Jozef Kovalik and Nino Serdarusic will fight against each other in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Nino Serdarusic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.77
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Nino Serdarusic
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Nino Serdarusic square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Serdarusic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Serdarusic won 7-6(3) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in the Warsaw Challenger back in 2021.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 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 got to the quarter after beating Evan Furness 6-0 6-2 and Zsombor Piros 0-6 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Piros, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-64 6-3).During the match, Kovalik scored less points (8) than Piros. In fact, the world no. 213 won 82 points vs Piros’s. That means that Kovalik was more focused during the important points. Kovalik was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Piros twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Kovalik has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (280-249). 4-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a composed 230-163 match record in the last years on clay.
Jozef has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Nino Serdarusic
6 - 7win/loss
513
167
LLLWLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-24 | 1-2 | 19-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-33 | 0-4 | 26-23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-34 | 6-6 | 17-20 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-33 | 0-0 | 23-25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-14 | 3-2 | 6-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 353, Serdarusic got to the quarter after beating Matteo Martineau 6-3 6-1 and Zdenek Kolar 2-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Kolar, Serdarusic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Serdarusic scored 85 points vs Kolar’s 75. Nino was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Serdarusic fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nino Serdarusic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Serdarusic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. Nino broke Kolar 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nino has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Nino has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 41 |
| Pts | 142-122 | 144-114 |
| Total Points | 264 | 258 |
| Winners | 46 | 54 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Both Kovalik and Serdarusic played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set, while Nino Serdarusic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Serdarusic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kovalik played 1 game more than Serdarusic. The Slovakian scored 46 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Serdarusic scored 54 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 69/125 | 81/134 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 46/69 | 54/81 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 33/56 | 32/53 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 60% |
Kovalik bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Serdarusic managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Kovalik won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Serdarusic won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 42% | 47% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 44% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Jozef broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Serdarusic conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Furness |
R2 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 0-6 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 | 42 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 82-90 | 142-122 | |
| Total points | 92 | 172 | 264 | |
| Winners | 16 | 30 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 19/35 | 50/90 | 69/125 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 30/50 | 46/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 60% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 23/40 | 33/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 2/6 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Serdarusic | ||||
| R1 Martineau |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 41 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 85-75 | 144-114 | |
| Total points | 98 | 160 | 258 | |
| Winners | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 55/92 | 81/134 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 35/55 | 54/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 22/37 | 32/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 59% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 57% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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