Zsombor Piros and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the final of the Split Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.68
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Jozef Kovalik

This will be the 3^rd time that Zsombor Piros and Jozef Kovalik play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Piros and Kovalik (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kovalik won 0-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the 2^nd round in the Zadar Challenger back in March 2024.

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 114, Zsombor got to the final after defeating Nerman Fatic 4-6 6-3 6-1, Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-2, Filip Misolic 6-4 6-1 and Matej Dodig 6-3 6-3.

In the semifinal, Zsombor had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-3 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 72 points vs Dodig’s 53. Zsombor was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Piros scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Zsombor Piros was very effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Piros broke Dodig 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Hungarian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Piros has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (247-142). 7-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Piros has a compiled159-76 record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.

The Hungarian has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 179, Kovalik reached the final after defeating Nicholas David Ionel 6-4 6-1, Quentin Halys 6-2 3-6 6-4, Stefano Travaglia 6-4 7-6² and Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (6-4 6-3). During the match Kovalik scored 66 points vs Bonzi’s 45. Jozef was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kovalik recorded 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jozef Kovalik was very effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kovalik broke Bonzi twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jozef has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

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

The Slovakian has a compiled 14-7 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

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

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Piros	Kovalik
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	78	86
Pts	284-218	291-224
Total Points	502	515
Winners	118	115
%Winners	42%	40%

Both Piros and Kovalik played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Zsombor Piros dropped 1 set, while Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Piros and Kovalik have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Piros played 8 games less than Kovalik. Piros scored 118 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Jozef bagged 115 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Piros	Kovalik
Aces	8	10
Avg per match	2	2.5
1st in	158/234	155/247
%1st in	68%	63%
1st pts	118/158	115/155
%1st pts	75%	74%
2nd pts	43/76	56/92
%2nd pts	57%	61%

Piros blasted 8 aces (2 per match). Kovalik managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Piros won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Piros	Kovalik
Won	16	16
Converted	16/43	16/34
% Converted	37%	47%
Conceded	14	16
Saved	10	7
% Saved	71%	44%
Times Broken	4	9

The Hungarian broke his opponents 16 times with a 37% conversion rate. Zsombor lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Jozef conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Piros
	R1 Fatic	R2 Neumayer	1/4 Misolic	1/2 Dodig	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-1	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-1	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	26	17	17	18	78
pts	89-74	56-40	67-51	72-53	284-218
Total points	163	96	118	125	502
Winners	40	29	21	28	118
%Winners	45%	52%	31%	39%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	1	1	8
Double Faults	4	2	3	1	10
1st in	57/78	36/49	27/54	38/53	158/234
% 1st in	73%	73%	50%	72%	68%
1st pts	40/57	29/36	21/27	28/38	118/158
% 1st pts	70%	81%	78%	74%	75%
2nd pts	8/21	8/13	16/27	11/15	43/76
% 2nd pts	38%	62%	59%	73%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	3	4	3	16
Converted	6/13	3/4	4/13	3/13	16/43
Converted %	46%	75%	31%	23%	37%
Conceded	8	1	2	3	14
Saved	5/8	1/1	1/2	3/3	10
Saved %	63%	100%	50%	100%	78%
Times Broken	3	0	1	0	4

Kovalik
	R1 David	R2 Halys	1/4 Travaglia	1/2 Bonzi	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-2 3-6 6-4	6-4 7-62	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	9
Tot Games	17	27	23	19	86
pts	60-39	88-78	77-62	66-45	291-224
Total points	99	166	139	111	515
Winners	23	29	37	26	115
%Winners	38%	33%	48%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	1	2	2	10
Double Faults	2	1	0	0	3
1st in	31/49	45/82	50/68	29/48	155/247
% 1st in	63%	55%	74%	60%	63%
1st pts	23/31	29/45	37/50	26/29	115/155
% 1st pts	74%	64%	74%	90%	74%
2nd pts	12/18	20/37	9/18	15/19	56/92
% 2nd pts	67%	54%	50%	79%	61%
Breaks
Won	4	6	4	2	16
Converted	4/4	6/12	4/10	2/8	16/34
Converted %	100%	50%	40%	25%	47%
Conceded	1	7	6	2	16
Saved	0/1	2/7	3/6	2/2	7
Saved %	0%	29%	50%	100%	45%
Times Broken	1	5	3	0	9

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