Luca Nardi and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the 1st round of the Naples Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO D’AVALOS. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 3 sets.
Luca Nardi -> 1.49
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Nardi and Jozef Kovalik clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Nardi won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-10 | 9-7 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 96 (career-high), the Italian will start his run in the Naples Challenger after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Mensik in the qualifications on the 18th of March.
The Italian has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Nardi’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Chennai Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Nardi has an overall 130-101 record. He has a positive 51-42 record on clay.
Previously in the Naples Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-9 | 3-4 | 14-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, will start his run in the Naples Challenger after he won the title in the Zadar Challenger after beating 6-4 6-2 Andreev in the final.
The Slovakian has a compiled 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he overcame Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2.
Jozef won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Kovalik has an overall 475-351 record. He has a positive 360-223 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Naples Challenger
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-6 7-5 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Zsombor PirosPiros (4-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Manuel GuinardGuinard (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mathias BourgueBourgue – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Maximilian MartererMarterer (1-5) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (1-0) – H2H and prediction