Jozef Kovalik and Stefano Travaglia will square off in the quarter of the Split Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.65
Stefano Travaglia -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Stefano Travaglia

This will be the 3^rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Stefano Travaglia play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Travaglia (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Travaglia won 7-5 3-6 3-0 ret. in the quarter in the Tenerife 2 Challenger back in February 2024.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 179, Kovalik reached the quarter after defeating Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-1 and Quentin Halys 6-2 3-6 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Slovakian defeated Halys (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 88 points vs Halys’s 78. Jozef was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 55% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Halys 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kovalik has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Kovalik has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (285-250). 9-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has an aggregate 235-164 record in the last years on clay.

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

Kovalik has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

Stefano Travaglia

Ranked no. 203, Travaglia reached the quarter after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 3-6 6-4 4-0 ret. and Marko Topo 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Travaglia had a good straight sets win against Topo (6-4 6-2). During the match Travaglia scored 66 points vs Topo’s 44. Travaglia was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Travaglia scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Stefano Travaglia was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Stefano broke Topo 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Stefano’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Tenerife 2 Challenger.

Stefano has a composed 10-10 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Travaglia
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	6
Tot Games	44	41
Pts	148-117	159-129
Total Points	265	288
Winners	52	61
%Winners	35%	38%

Both Kovalik and Travaglia played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set, while Stefano Travaglia surrendered 1 set. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Travaglia (5 vs 6). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kovalik played 3 games more than Travaglia. The Slovakian scored 52 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Travaglia fired 61 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Travaglia
Aces	6	1
Avg per match	3	0.5
1st in	76/131	94/143
%1st in	58%	66%
1st pts	52/76	61/94
%1st pts	68%	65%
2nd pts	32/55	27/49
%2nd pts	58%	55%

Kovalik scored 6 aces (3 per match). Travaglia scored 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kovalik won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Travaglia won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Travaglia
Won	10	10
Converted	10/16	10/18
% Converted	63%	56%
Conceded	8	16
Saved	2	11
% Saved	25%	69%
Times Broken	6	5

Jozef broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Kovalik lost his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Travaglia conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 David	R2 Halys	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-2 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	17	27	44
pts	60-39	88-78	148-117
Total points	99	166	265
Winners	23	29	52
%Winners	38%	33%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	6
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	31/49	45/82	76/131
% 1st in	63%	55%	58%
1st pts	23/31	29/45	52/76
% 1st pts	74%	64%	68%
2nd pts	12/18	20/37	32/55
% 2nd pts	67%	54%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	6	10
Converted	4/4	6/12	10/16
Converted %	100%	50%	63%
Conceded	1	7	8
Saved	0/1	2/7	2
Saved %	0%	29%	15%
Times Broken	1	5	6

Travaglia
	R1 Manuel	R2 Topo	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 4-0 ret.	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	23	18	41
pts	93-85	66-44	159-129
Total points	178	110	288
Winners	38	23	61
%Winners	41%	35%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	1	1
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	62/97	32/46	94/143
% 1st in	64%	70%	66%
1st pts	38/62	23/32	61/94
% 1st pts	61%	72%	65%
2nd pts	17/35	10/14	27/49
% 2nd pts	49%	71%	55%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/10	5/8	10/18
Converted %	50%	63%	56%
Conceded	13	3	16
Saved	10/13	1/3	11
Saved %	77%	33%	55%
Times Broken	3	2	5

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