H2H, prediction of Jozef Kovalik vs Lucas Pouille in Mauthausen Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 12th May 2024

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Lucas Pouille

Jozef Kovalik and Lucas Pouille will square off in the final of the Mauthausen Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 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 Lucas Pouille who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Lucas Pouille is the pick to win this match.
Lucas Pouille -> 1.63
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Lucas Pouille

This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Lucas Pouille play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Kovalik won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the final in Serbia F14.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik
Jozef Kovalik

20 - 9win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
17-5
Rank
125
High
80
LWLWLLWWLL
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, Kovalik got to the final after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-0 7-60, Gustavo Heide 6-2 6-1 and Gerald Melzer 7-66 6-3.

In the quarter, Kovalik 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.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik managed to score 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. The Slovakian 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 tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Kovalik has winning 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 competition, Kovalik has an aggregate 242-166 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year 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.

Kovalik has a composed 19-9 win-loss record in 2024, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Mauthausen Challenger

Kovalik
Mauthausen Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Lucas Pouille

Lucas Pouille
Lucas Pouille

20 - 11win/loss

Hard
9-2
I Hard
4-5
Clay
7-4
Rank
97
High
10
LWWWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 43-17 15-5 8-5 15-7 5-0 0-0
2023 16-10 3-2 7-5 4-2 2-1 0-0
2022 7-15 0-3 3-6 4-4 0-2 0-0
2021 18-24 7-3 2-7 7-10 2-4 0-0
2020 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 229, Lucas reached the final after beating Dennis Novak 6-3 3-6 6-4, Jan Choinski 7-63 6-3, Max Hans Rehberg 6-2 6-3 and Francisco Comesana 7-65 3-1 ret..

In the semifinal against Comesana, Pouille had a free pass after Comesana retired on a 7-65 3-1 . scoreline.

The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.

Lucas has an overall 20-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Pouille
Mauthausen Challenger
Pouille's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

J.Kovalik
L.Pouille
6h:56
6h:56
Time on court​
6h:32
6h:32
!
2h:28
2h:28
Last match​
1h:42
1h:42
4
4
Match played
4
4
84
84
Games Played​
84
84
9
9
Set played​​
10
10
323
323
Total points​
313
313
80.8
80.8
Avg point​
78.3
78.3
105
105
Winners
104
104
26.3
26.3
Avg Winners​
26
26
33%
33%
Ratio winners
33%
33%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
20
20
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
5
5
10
10
Double Faults
15
15
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
3.8
3.8
105/147
105/147
1st won total​
104/136
104/136
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
70/132
70/132
2nd won total​
88/160
88/160
53%
53%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
21/45
21/45
BP won
12/29
12/29
5.3/11.3
5.3/11.3
Avg BP won
3/7.3
3/7.3
47%
47%
Won
41%
41%
17
17
Conceded
26
26
4.3
4.3
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
8
8
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
9
9
Saved
20
20

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kovalik Pouille
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 10
Tot Games 84 84
Pts 323-245 313-259
Total Points 568 572
Winners 105 104
%Winners 33% 33%

Both Kovalik and Pouille played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik conceded 1 set, while Lucas Pouille lost 1 set. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Pouille (9 vs 10). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (84). The Slovakian scored 105 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Pouille scored 104 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kovalik Pouille
Aces 10 20
Avg per match 2.5 5
1st in 147/279 136/296
%1st in 53% 46%
1st pts 105/147 104/136
%1st pts 71% 76%
2nd pts 70/132 88/160
%2nd pts 53% 55%

Kovalik managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Pouille scored 20 aces (5 per match). Kovalik won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kovalik Pouille
Won 21 12
Converted 21/45 12/29
% Converted 47% 41%
Conceded 17 26
Saved 9 20
% Saved 53% 77%
Times Broken 8 6

Jozef broke his opponents 21 times with a 47% conversion rate. Jozef surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. Pouille broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Pouille conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% 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
Pouille
R1
Novak
R2
Choinski
1/4
Hans
1/2
Comesana
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4 7-63 6-3 6-2 6-3 7-65 3-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 2 2 2 9
Tot Games 28 22 17 17 84
pts 91-86 85-75 68-42 69-56 313-259
Total points 177 160 110 125 572
Winners 32 31 25 16 104
%Winners 35% 36% 37% 23% 33%
SERVE
Aces 7 7 4 2 20
Double Faults 7 4 3 1 15
1st in 41/90 39/83 30/56 26/67 136/296
% 1st in 46% 47% 54% 39% 46%
1st pts 32/41 31/39 25/30 16/26 104/136
% 1st pts 78% 79% 83% 62% 76%
2nd pts 26/49 23/44 15/26 24/41 88/160
% 2nd pts 53% 52% 58% 59% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 2 4 3 12
Converted 3/6 2/8 4/9 3/6 12/29
Converted % 50% 25% 44% 50% 41%
Conceded 8 7 4 7 26
Saved 6/8 6/7 3/4 5/7 20
Saved % 75% 86% 75% 71% 102%
Times Broken 2 1 1 2 6

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kovalik
LWLWLLWWLL
Pouille
LWWWWWWWWW
2024 2023 2022
35 - 23
43 - 17
3-5
Hard
15-5
2-2
I Hard
15-7
30-15
Clay
8-5
0-1
Grass
5-0
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