Zsombor Piros and Jozef Kovalik will play each other in the 2nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.47
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Zsombor Piros and Jozef Kovalik play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Piros (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Piros won 6-3 7-6(6) in the 2nd round in the Sanremo Challenger back in 2023.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, the Hungarian got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Michalski 7-60 6-2.
In the 1st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Michalski (7-60 6-2). During the match, Piros scored 78 points vs Michalski’s 63. Piros was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 56% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Michalski 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Piros has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (243-140). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has a compiled155-74 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.
Zsombor has an overall 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-23 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-34 | 1-3 | 21-28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 3-6 | 29-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-1 | 26-20 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-16 | 2-3 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213, Jozef reached the 2nd round after defeating Evan Furness 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-0 6-2). During the match Kovalik scored 60 points vs Furness’s 32. Jozef was pretty aggressive to blast 16 winners.
About the serving games, Kovalik managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was very efficient on serve to win 84% (16/19) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovalik broke Furness 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
The Slovakian has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 |
| Pts | 78-63 | 60-32 |
| Total Points | 141 | 92 |
| Winners | 25 | 16 |
| %Winners | 32% | 27% |
Both Piros and Kovalik played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Piros and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Piros played 7 games more than Kovalik. Zsombor scored 25 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian made 16 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 19/35 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 16/19 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 63% |
Piros recorded 2 aces . Kovalik scored 4 aces . Piros won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 25% | 46% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Zsombor broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Zsombor lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Michalski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-60 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/66 | 37/66 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Furness |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 60-32 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 16/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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