Jozef Kovalik and Gustavo Heide will face off in the 2^nd round of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Gustavo Heide who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gustavo Heide is the pick to win this match.
Gustavo Heide -> 1.87
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Gustavo Heide

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

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 160, Kovalik got to the 2^nd round after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-0 7-6⁰.

In the 1^st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Gaubas (6-0 7-6⁰). During the match, Kovalik scored 69 points vs Gaubas’s 43. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Jozef broke Gaubas 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).

Kovalik has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (290-252). 14-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has an aggregate 240-166 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he overcame Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he beat Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.

The Slovakian has a compiled 17-9 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Gustavo Heide

Ranked no. 182, Heide got to the 2^nd round after defeating Arthur Gea 6-3 1-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Brazilian defeated Gea (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match Heide scored 84 points vs Gea’s 80. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Heide fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gustavo Heide lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Heide put 68% of his first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Gustavo broke Gea 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat Joao Fonseca in the final 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1.

Gustavo has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Heide
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	25
Pts	69-43	84-80
Total Points	112	164
Winners	21	36
%Winners	30%	43%

Both Kovalik and Heide played 1 match. At the moment, Gustavo Heide surrendered 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Heide (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovalik played 6 games less than Heide. Kovalik scored 21 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian scored 36 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Heide
Aces	0	4
Avg per match	0	4
1st in	32/57	56/82
%1st in	56%	68%
1st pts	21/32	36/56
%1st pts	66%	64%
2nd pts	13/25	16/26
%2nd pts	52%	62%

Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Heide struck 4 aces . Kovalik won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Heide won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Heide
Won	6	3
Converted	6/11	3/14
% Converted	55%	21%
Conceded	4	10
Saved	1	7
% Saved	25%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Kovalik broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Kovalik surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Heide broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Heide conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 Gaubas	Total
Score	6-0 7-60
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	69-43	69-43
Total points	112	112
Winners	21	21
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	32/57	32/57
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	21/32	21/32
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	13/25	13/25
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/11	6/11
Converted %	55%	55%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Heide
	R1 Gea	Total
Score	6-3 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	84-80	84-80
Total points	164	164
Winners	36	36
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	56/82	56/82
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	36/56	36/56
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	16/26	16/26
% 2nd pts	62%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/14	3/14
Converted %	21%	21%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

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• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lucas PouilleLucas – Jan ChoinskiJan (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression

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