Jozef Kovalik and Benjamin Bonzi will square off in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 14. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.61
Benjamin Bonzi -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Benjamin Bonzi
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Benjamin Bonzi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kovalik won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in the Split Challenger back in April 2024.
Jozef Kovalik
21 - 10win/loss
123
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. 146, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after beating Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 56 points vs Paire’s 37. Jozef was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kovalik put 68% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Paire 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Kovalik has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (294-253). 18-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a composed 244-167 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season 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.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 21-10 win-loss record in 2024, 18-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Benjamin Bonzi
10 - 18win/loss
124
42
WWLWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-32 | 13-13 | 7-10 | 19-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-26 | 10-8 | 2-4 | 17-11 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 7-10 | 9-5 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-27 | 23-5 | 7-7 | 20-13 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 30-12 | 21-3 | 5-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Benjamin got to the qualifications after defeating Hugo Dellien 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Dellien, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Bonzi scored 89 points vs Dellien’s 80. Bonzi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonzi fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Benjamin broke Dellien 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Benjamin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Split Challenger.
Benjamin has a compiled 10-18 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 |
| Pts | 56-37 | 89-80 |
| Total Points | 93 | 169 |
| Winners | 24 | 33 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Kovalik and Bonzi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Benjamin Bonzi lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Bonzi (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovalik played 10 games less than Bonzi. Kovalik scored 24 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin fired 33 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 49/83 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 33/49 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 50% |
Kovalik made 4 aces . Bonzi fired 2 aces . Kovalik won 86% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Bonzi won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 56% | 42% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Kovalik broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Jozef surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Bonzi broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Bonzi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 56-37 | 56-37 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bonzi | |||
| Q1 Dellien |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 89-80 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/83 | 49/83 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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