Marcos Giron and Jozef Kovalik will square off in the 1st round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 5 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.7
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Jozef Kovalik

There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Marcos Giron

Marcos Giron

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Rank
55
High
37
WLLLLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-20 10-10 4-7 1-0 3-3 0-0
2024 29-27 6-11 3-8 11-4 9-4 0-0
2023 32-30 17-15 7-6 5-5 3-4 0-0
2022 23-31 11-13 3-9 6-5 3-4 0-0
2021 33-24 12-10 5-5 11-6 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 48, the American will start his run at the French Open after he played his last match in Geneva where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Ruusuvuori in the 1st round on the 20th of May.

Giron has a compiled 11-13 win-loss record in 2024, 3-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Marcos’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Dallas.

Talking about his overall career, Giron has an overall 357-261 record. He has a negative 31-40 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021 and 2023. See his history.

French Open
Giron's Record

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

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Rank
577
High
80
LWLLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-19 2-4 4-11 0-3 1-1 0-0
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

Ranked no. 146, the Slovakian reached the 1st round after defeating Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4 and Benjamin Bonzi 6-3 6-2.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he beat Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.

Kovalik has an aggregate 22-11 win-loss record in 2024, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2018 and 2019. See his history.

French Open
Kovalik's Record

Tennis Scores – French Open

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