Jozef Kovalik and Gerald Melzer will play each other in the quarter of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.57
Gerald Melzer -> 2.27

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Gerald Melzer

This will be the 3^rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Gerald Melzer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kovalik won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 160, Jozef got to the quarter after beating Vilius Gaubas 6-0 7-6⁰ and Gustavo Heide 6-2 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kovalik scored 68 points vs Heide’s 49. Jozef was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Heide 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jozef hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Kovalik has good record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (291-252). 15-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a composed 241-166 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he defeated 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.

Kovalik has an aggregate 18-9 win-loss record in 2024, 15-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Gerald Melzer

Ranked no. 497, Melzer got to the quarter after defeating Neil Oberleitner 7-5 7-5, Louis Wessels 6-4 6-3, Jerome Kym 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Roman Andres Burruchaga 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Melzer had a good straight sets win against Andres Burruchaga (6-4 6-4). During the match Melzer scored 60 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 55. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Melzer couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 54% of his first serves in, winning 71% (24/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Gerald broke Andres Burruchaga 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Austrian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Gerald has an aggregate 13-6 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Melzer
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	34	89
Pts	137-92	285-246
Total Points	229	531
Winners	43	111
%Winners	31%	39%

Kovalik played 2 matches while Melzer competed in 4 matches. Melzer started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Gerald Melzer lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 5 set(s) less than Melzer (4 vs 9). Therefore, Kovalik played 55 games less than Melzer. Jozef scored 43 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 111 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Melzer
Aces	3	13
Avg per match	1.5	3.3
1st in	65/120	156/281
%1st in	54%	56%
1st pts	43/65	111/156
%1st pts	66%	71%
2nd pts	31/55	71/125
%2nd pts	56%	57%

Kovalik bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Melzer struck 13 aces (3.3 per match). Kovalik won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Melzer
Won	10	15
Converted	10/19	15/24
% Converted	53%	63%
Conceded	7	24
Saved	4	18
% Saved	57%	75%
Times Broken	3	6

Jozef broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Gerald broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. Melzer conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 Gaubas	R2 Heide	Total
Score	6-0 7-60	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	15	34
pts	69-43	68-49	137-92
Total points	112	117	229
Winners	21	22	43
%Winners	30%	32%	31%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	32/57	33/63	65/120
% 1st in	56%	52%	54%
1st pts	21/32	22/33	43/65
% 1st pts	66%	67%	66%
2nd pts	13/25	18/30	31/55
% 2nd pts	52%	60%	56%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/11	4/8	10/19
Converted %	55%	50%	53%
Conceded	4	3	7
Saved	1/4	3/3	4
Saved %	25%	100%	63%
Times Broken	3	0	3

Melzer
	Q1 Oberleitner	Q3 Wessels	R1 Kym	R2 Andres	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	6-4 6-3	6-2 3-6 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	24	19	26	20	89
pts	75-70	66-48	84-73	60-55	285-246
Total points	145	114	157	115	531
Winners	35	23	29	24	111
%Winners	47%	35%	35%	40%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	5	0	13
Double Faults	1	1	3	3	8
1st in	53/81	28/52	41/85	34/63	156/281
% 1st in	65%	54%	48%	54%	56%
1st pts	35/53	23/28	29/41	24/34	111/156
% 1st pts	66%	82%	71%	71%	71%
2nd pts	15/28	14/24	28/44	14/29	71/125
% 2nd pts	54%	58%	64%	48%	57%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	4	15
Converted	4/6	4/7	3/4	4/7	15/24
Converted %	67%	57%	75%	57%	63%
Conceded	10	3	7	4	24
Saved	8/10	2/3	6/7	2/4	18
Saved %	80%	67%	86%	50%	142%
Times Broken	2	1	1	2	6

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Gerald MelzerMelzer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction