Jozef Kovalik and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on DECATHLON 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.44
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 2-5 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 164, Kovalik will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-2 to Napolitano in the 1st round on the 16th of April.
Jozef has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he overcame Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Jozef has an overall 480-353 record. He has a positive 365-225 record on clay.
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-32 | 0-3 | 42-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-36 | 2-2 | 30-33 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-31 | 4-5 | 41-23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-29 | 5-0 | 26-25 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-32 | 0-2 | 39-28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 264, Sanchez-Izquierdo will start his run in the Rome Challenger after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 6-7(2) 6-2 6-3 to Mayot in the qualifications on the 13th of April.
Sanchez-Izquierdo has an overall 10-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Nikolas’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.
In terms of his career, Nikolas has an overall 269-186 record. He has a positive 250-159 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Hugo DellienDellien – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (4-6 6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (6-74 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Billy HarrisHarris – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nerman FaticNerman – Jesper De JongJesper (6-3 6-7(6) 1-4 ret. (Fatic ret.)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Giovanni OradiniOradini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Edoardo LavagnoLavagno – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan NijboerNijboer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
