Stefano Napolitano and Jozef Kovalik will face off in the 1st round of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on CAMPO 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.74
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 3rd time that Stefano Napolitano and Jozef Kovalik play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Napolitano won 7-6(3) 3-6 7-5 in the 3rd round in the Rome Challenger back in 2019.
Stefano Napolitano
15 - 5win/loss
126
125
LLWWWWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-7 | 9-3 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 125 (career-high), Napolitano will start his run in the Oeiras 3 Challenger after he won the title in the Madrid Challenger after beating 6-3 6-3 Riedi in the final.
The Italian has a compiled 15-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Bengaluru Challenger where he overcame Seong Chan Hong in the final 4-6 6-3 6-3 and the Madrid Challenger where he defeated Leandro Riedi in the final 6-3 6-3.
The Italian won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Napolitano has an overall 326-267 record. He has a positive 153-128 record on clay.
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-9 | 3-4 | 13-5 | 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. 155, will start his run in the Oeiras 3 Challenger after he won the title in the Split Challenger after beating 6-4 5-7 7-5 Piros in the final.
Kovalik has a compiled 15-7 win-loss record in 2024, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he defeated Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.
Jozef won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Kovalik has an overall 480-352 record. He has a positive 365-224 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWWLW Tennis Scores in Oeiras 3 Challenger
- Dennis NovakNovak – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jaime FariaFaria – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-2 3-6 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vilius GaubasVilius – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFrederico (7-5 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gastao EliasElias – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Francisco ComesanaComesana (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
