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

Jozef Kovalik

21 - 10win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
18-6
Rank
114
High
80
LLWWWLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-14 3-4 24-9 0-0 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

French Open
Kovalik's Record

Benjamin Bonzi

Benjamin Bonzi

10 - 18win/loss

Hard
3-6
I Hard
0-3
Clay
7-9
Rank
152
High
42
WLWWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-21 3-6 7-10 0-3 6-2 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.

French Open
Bonzi's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Kovalik
B.Bonzi
0h:53
0h:53
Time on court​
!
2h:03
2h:03
!
0h:53
0h:53
Last match​
!
2h:03
2h:03
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
27
27
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
56
56
Total points​
89
89
56
56
Avg point​
89
89
24
24
Winners
33
33
24
24
Avg Winners​
33
33
43%
43%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
2
2
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
24/28
24/28
1st won total​
33/49
33/49
!
86%
86%
1st won %
67%
67%
6/13
6/13
2nd won total​
17/34
17/34
46%
46%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
BP won
5/12
5/12
5/9
5/9
Avg BP won
5/12
5/12
!
56%
56%
Won
42%
42%
1
1
Conceded
11
11
1
1
Avg Conceded
11
11
1
1
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
4
4
0
0
Saved
7
7

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

Tennis Scores – French Open

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