Jozef Kovalik and Nicholas David Ionel will play each other in the 1st round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.49
Nicholas David Ionel -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Nicholas David Ionel

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Nicholas David Ionel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

10 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
7-3
Rank
127
High
80
LWLWLLWWLL
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. 177, the Slovakian will start his run in the Split Challenger after he played his last match in the Naples Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Nardi in the 1st round on the 27th of March.

The Slovakian has a compiled 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2.

Talking about his overall career, Kovalik has an overall 475-352 record. He has a positive 360-224 record on clay.

Previously in the Split Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.

Split Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Nicholas David Ionel

Nicholas David Ionel

15 - 10win/loss

Hard
0-2
I Hard
0-1
Clay
15-7
Rank
323
High
184
LWWLWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 74-34 0-2 74-31 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 50-38 7-7 43-30 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 66-33 17-9 48-20 1-4 0-0 0-0
2021 47-33 14-4 33-29 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 19-14 16-8 3-5 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 267, David will start his run in the Split Challenger after he played his last match in the Barcelona Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3

to Hardt in the quarter on the 5th of April.

The Romanian has a compiled 15-10 win-loss record in 2024, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

David’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.

In terms of his career, The Romanian has an overall 228-140 record. He has a positive 173-102 record on clay.

Previously in the Split Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Split Challenger
David's Record

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