Benjamin Bonzi and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.83
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Jozef Kovalik

There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

7 - 12win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
0-3
Clay
4-3
Rank
75
High
42
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 50-32 13-13 7-10 24-6 6-3 0-0
2023 29-26 10-8 2-4 17-11 0-3 0-0
2022 35-27 7-10 9-5 11-8 8-4 0-0
2021 57-27 23-5 7-7 20-13 7-2 0-0
2020 30-12 21-3 5-4 4-5 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 168, Bonzi got to the semifinal after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-2 6-2, Duje Ajdukovic 6-3 4-6 7-65 and Henri Squire 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Squire, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Bonzi scored 86 points vs Squire’s 79. The French player was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Bonzi scored 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (40/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Squire 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Bonzi has conceded 2 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Bonzi has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (326-212). 4-2 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bonzi has an aggregate114-74 record in the last 9 years on clay.

The French player has an aggregate 7-11 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

The French player has never competed in this tournament before.

Split Challenger
Bonzi's Record

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

14 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-3
Rank
127
High
80
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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
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Ranked no. 179, Jozef got to the semifinal after defeating Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-1, Quentin Halys 6-2 3-6 6-4 and Stefano Travaglia 6-4 7-62.

In the quarter, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (6-4 7-62). During the match Kovalik scored 77 points vs Travaglia’s 62. Jozef was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Kovalik made 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 74% of his first serves in, winning 74% (37/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Travaglia 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

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

Jozef has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Split Challenger
Kovalik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Bonzi
J.Kovalik
5h:53
5h:53
Time on court​
5h:08
5h:08
1h:53
1h:53
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
3
3
Match played
3
3
77
77
Games Played​
67
67
8
8
Set played​​
7
7
273
273
Total points​
225
225
91
91
Avg point​
75
75
113
113
Winners
89
89
37.7
37.7
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
41%
41%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
8
8
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
2.7
2.7
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
113/177
113/177
1st won total​
89/126
89/126
64%
64%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
45/87
45/87
2nd won total​
41/73
41/73
52%
52%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
16/29
16/29
BP won
14/26
14/26
5.3/9.7
5.3/9.7
Avg BP won
4.7/8.7
4.7/8.7
!
55%
55%
Won
!
54%
54%
23
23
Conceded
14
14
7.7
7.7
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
11
11
Broken
9
9
3.7
3.7
Avg Broken
3
3
12
12
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bonzi Kovalik
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 7
Tot Games 77 67
Pts 273-242 225-179
Total Points 515 404
Winners 113 89
%Winners 41% 40%

Both Bonzi and Kovalik played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Benjamin Bonzi lost 2 sets, while Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set. Bonzi has played 1 set more than Kovalik (8 vs 7). Therefore, Bonzi played 10 games more than Kovalik. Benjamin scored 113 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kovalik blasted 89 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bonzi Kovalik
Aces 10 8
Avg per match 3.3 2.7
1st in 177/264 126/199
%1st in 67% 63%
1st pts 113/177 89/126
%1st pts 64% 71%
2nd pts 45/87 41/73
%2nd pts 52% 56%

Bonzi managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Kovalik recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Bonzi won 64% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bonzi Kovalik
Won 16 14
Converted 16/29 14/26
% Converted 55% 54%
Conceded 23 14
Saved 12 5
% Saved 52% 36%
Times Broken 11 9

Bonzi broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve 11 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded. Kovalik broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded.

Bonzi
R1
Rodriguez		 R2
Ajdukovic		 1/4
Squire		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-3 4-6 7-65 4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 32 29 77
pts 67-45 120-118 86-79 273-242
Total points 112 238 165 515
Winners 22 51 40 113
%Winners 33% 43% 47% 41%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 6 10
Double Faults 1 4 2 7
1st in 30/45 92/135 55/84 177/264
% 1st in 67% 68% 65% 67%
1st pts 22/30 51/92 40/55 113/177
% 1st pts 73% 55% 73% 64%
2nd pts 10/15 21/43 14/29 45/87
% 2nd pts 67% 49% 48% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 7 4 16
Converted 5/11 7/11 4/7 16/29
Converted % 45% 64% 57% 55%
Conceded 2 16 5 23
Saved 1/2 9/16 2/5 12
Saved % 50% 56% 40% 49%
Times Broken 1 7 3 11
Kovalik
R1
David		 R2
Halys		 1/4
Travaglia		 Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-2 3-6 6-4 6-4 7-62
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 17 27 23 67
pts 60-39 88-78 77-62 225-179
Total points 99 166 139 404
Winners 23 29 37 89
%Winners 38% 33% 48% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 1 2 8
Double Faults 2 1 0 3
1st in 31/49 45/82 50/68 126/199
% 1st in 63% 55% 74% 63%
1st pts 23/31 29/45 37/50 89/126
% 1st pts 74% 64% 74% 71%
2nd pts 12/18 20/37 9/18 41/73
% 2nd pts 67% 54% 50% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 6 4 14
Converted 4/4 6/12 4/10 14/26
Converted % 100% 50% 40% 54%
Conceded 1 7 6 14
Saved 0/1 2/7 3/6 5
Saved % 0% 29% 50% 26%
Times Broken 1 5 3 9

Tennis Scores in Split Challenger

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