Jozef Kovalik and Jonas Forejtek will play each other in the semifinal of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jonas Forejtek who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jonas Forejtek is the pick to win this match.
Jonas Forejtek -> 1.86
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Jonas Forejtek
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Jonas Forejtek clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Forejtek (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Forejtek won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the Ostrava Challenger back in 2022.
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, the Slovakian reached the semifinal after defeating Evan Furness 6-0 6-2, Zsombor Piros 0-6 7-64 6-3 and Nino Serdarusic 3-6 6-3 7-64.
In the quarter against Serdarusic, Jozef recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-64). During the match, Kovalik scored 100 points vs Serdarusic’s 89. Jozef was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 68% (26/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovakian broke Serdarusic twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Kovalik has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (281-249). 5-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a composed 231-163 match record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Jonas Forejtek
19 - 9win/loss
361
217
LLWLLLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-27 | 5-4 | 23-20 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-21 | 0-3 | 17-10 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 32-24 | 3-2 | 14-11 | 14-9 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 35-31 | 2-2 | 13-18 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 2-3 | 13-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 421, Jonas reached the semifinal after beating Marino Jakic 6-1 6-2, Mark Wallner 6-4 6-3, Oleksii Krutykh 6-1 5-7 6-2, Dino Prizmic 7-68 0-6 6-4 and Lukas Neumayer 6-3 1-6 6-4.
In the quarter, Forejtek defeated Neumayer (6-3 1-6 6-4).During the match Forejtek scored less points (2) than Neumayer. In fact, the world no. 213 won 93 points vs Neumayer’s. That means that Forejtek was more focused during the important points. Forejtek was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Forejtek scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jonas Forejtek lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Forejtek put 59% of his first serves in, winning 57% (33/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (21/41) on the 2nd serve. Jonas broke Neumayer 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Jonas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Esch/Alzette.
Forejtek has an aggregate 19-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Forejtek has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 116 |
| Pts | 242-211 | 425-387 |
| Total Points | 453 | 812 |
| Winners | 81 | 167 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Kovalik played 3 matches while Forejtek competed in 5 matches. Forejtek started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 2 sets, while Jonas Forejtek conceded 3 sets. Kovalik has played 5 set(s) less than Forejtek (8 vs 13). Therefore, Kovalik played 43 games less than Forejtek. Kovalik scored 81 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Forejtek bagged 167 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.4 |
| 1st in | 114/208 | 265/412 |
| %1st in | 55% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 81/114 | 167/265 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 59/94 | 73/147 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 50% |
Kovalik blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Forejtek struck 12 aces (2.4 per match). Kovalik won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Forejtek won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Forejtek |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 25 |
| Converted | 10/24 | 25/57 |
| % Converted | 42% | 44% |
| Conceded | 11 | 38 |
| Saved | 4 | 22 |
| % Saved | 36% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 16 |
Kovalik broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jozef surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 25 times with a 44% conversion rate. Jonas conceded his serve 16 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||||
| R1 Furness |
R2 Piros |
1/4 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 0-6 7-64 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 | 31 | 73 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 82-90 | 100-89 | 242-211 | |
| Total points | 92 | 172 | 189 | 453 | |
| Winners | 16 | 30 | 35 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 19/35 | 50/90 | 45/83 | 114/208 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 56% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 30/50 | 35/45 | 81/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 60% | 78% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 23/40 | 26/38 | 59/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 68% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 2/6 | 2/5 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 33% | 40% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/8 | 0/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 0% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| Forejtek | |||||||
| Q1 Jakic |
Q3 Wallner |
R1 Krutykh |
R2 Prizmic |
1/4 Neumayer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | 7-68 0-6 6-4 | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 116 | |
| pts | 54-31 | 76-59 | 112-97 | 90-105 | 93-95 | 425-387 | |
| Total points | 85 | 135 | 209 | 195 | 188 | 812 | |
| Winners | 20 | 30 | 47 | 37 | 33 | 167 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 42% | 41% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 41/60 | 65/96 | 74/116 | 58/99 | 265/412 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 68% | 68% | 64% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 30/41 | 47/65 | 37/74 | 33/58 | 167/265 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 72% | 50% | 57% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/19 | 11/31 | 21/42 | 21/41 | 73/147 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 53% | 35% | 50% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/11 | 6/17 | 5/5 | 5/17 | 25/57 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 36% | 35% | 100% | 29% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 38 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 5/8 | 8/15 | 7/12 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 63% | 53% | 58% | 108% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Zadar Challenger
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Sandro KoppKopp (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Manuel Guinard/Gregoire JacqGuinard/Gregoire Jacq – Scott Duncan/Marcus WillisDuncan/Marcus Willis (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens (6-3 3-6 10-6) – See score progression
- Nikola Cacic/Denys MolchanovCacic/Denys Molchanov – Jonas Forejtek/Michael VrbenskyForejtek/Michael Vrbensky (6-74 6-2 13-11) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
