Jozef Kovalik and Dimitar Kuzmanov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm 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 -> 1.53
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Dimitar Kuzmanov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Kovalik won 4-6 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Tenerife 2 Challenger back in February 2024.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 17-16 | 2-3 | 15-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, the Slovakian reached the semifinal after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-0 7-60, Gustavo Heide 6-2 6-1 and Gerald Melzer 7-66 6-3.
In the quarter, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Melzer (7-66 6-3). During the match, Kovalik scored 71 points vs Melzer’s 63. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 50% of his first serves in, winning 74% (25/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (15/34) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Melzer 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovalik hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Kovalik has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (292-252). 16-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an overall 242-166 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he overcame 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.
Kovalik has an overall 19-9 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger
Dimitar Kuzmanov
10 - 13win/loss
382
158
WWWLWWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-22 | 10-5 | 9-13 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260, the Bulgarian got to the semifinal after defeating Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-2, Lukas Neumayer 2-6 6-2 6-0 and Joel Schwaerzler 6-2 6-3.
In the quarter, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Schwaerzler (6-2 6-3). During the match Kuzmanov scored 63 points vs Schwaerzler’s 39. Kuzmanov was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dimitar broke Schwaerzler 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitar has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Kuzmanov has an aggregate 10-13 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 56 |
| Pts | 208-155 | 203-141 |
| Total Points | 363 | 344 |
| Winners | 68 | 78 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Kovalik and Kuzmanov played 3 matches. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov conceded 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzmanov (6 vs 7). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (56). Jozef scored 68 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov managed to score 78 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 99/188 | 99/157 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 68/99 | 78/99 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 46/89 | 38/58 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 66% |
Kovalik managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kuzmanov made 6 aces (2 per match). Kovalik won 69% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 11 |
| Converted | 15/25 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 60% | 46% |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 45% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 15 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kovalik surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||||
| R1 Gaubas |
R2 Heide |
1/4 Melzer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-60 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 22 | 56 | |
| pts | 69-43 | 68-49 | 71-63 | 208-155 | |
| Total points | 112 | 117 | 134 | 363 | |
| Winners | 21 | 22 | 25 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 32% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 32/57 | 33/63 | 34/68 | 99/188 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 52% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 22/33 | 25/34 | 68/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 67% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 18/30 | 15/34 | 46/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 60% | 44% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/8 | 5/6 | 15/25 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 50% | 83% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 3/3 | 1/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 100% | 25% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||||
| R1 Safwat |
R2 Neumayer |
1/4 Schwaerzler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 6-2 6-0 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 17 | 56 | |
| pts | 67-40 | 73-62 | 63-39 | 203-141 | |
| Total points | 107 | 135 | 102 | 344 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 24 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 41/63 | 29/49 | 99/157 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 65% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 28/41 | 24/29 | 78/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 68% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 12/22 | 15/20 | 38/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 75% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/9 | 3/7 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 56% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWLLLW Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger
- Lucas PouillePouille – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Gerald MelzerMelzer (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Neil Oberleitner/Joel SchwaerzlerOberleitner/Joel Schwaerzler – Orlando Luz/Fernando RomboliLuz/Fernando Romboli (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Gerald MelzerMelzer (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – H2H and prediction
