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

Jozef Kovalik

19 - 9win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
16-5
Rank
125
High
80
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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
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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

Mauthausen Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Dimitar Kuzmanov

10 - 13win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
3-4
Clay
5-4
Rank
382
High
158
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-22 8-5 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
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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).

Mauthausen Challenger
Kuzmanov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Kovalik
D.Kuzmanov
4h:28
4h:28
Time on court​
4h:33
4h:33
1h:42
1h:42
Last match​
1h:14
1h:14
3
3
Match played
3
3
56
56
Games Played​
56
56
6
6
Set played​​
7
7
208
208
Total points​
203
203
69.3
69.3
Avg point​
67.7
67.7
68
68
Winners
78
78
22.7
22.7
Avg Winners​
26
26
33%
33%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
6
6
1.7
1.7
Avg Aces
2
2
7
7
Double Faults
4
4
2.3
2.3
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
68/99
68/99
1st won total​
78/99
78/99
69%
69%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
46/89
46/89
2nd won total​
38/58
38/58
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
66%
66%
-- Break Points --
15/25
15/25
BP won
11/24
11/24
5/8.3
5/8.3
Avg BP won
3.7/8
3.7/8
!
60%
60%
Won
46%
46%
11
11
Conceded
6
6
3.7
3.7
Avg Conceded
2
2
6
6
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
5
5
Saved
4
4
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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

Tennis Scores in Mauthausen Challenger

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