Jozef Kovalik and Martin Klizan will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.833
Martin Klizan -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Martin Klizan

This will be the 2^nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Martin Klizan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Klizan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Klizan won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Munich back in 2018.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

26 - 12win/loss

Hard

3-4

I Hard

0-0

Clay

23-8

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. 119, Kovalik reached the 2^nd round after defeating Sebastian Gima 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Gima (6-3 7-5). During the match, Kovalik scored 80 points vs Gima’s 62. Jozef was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was very effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jozef broke Gima 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Kovalik has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (298-255). 22-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has a composed 248-169 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he defeated 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.

Jozef has an aggregate 25-12 win-loss record in 2024, 22-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger

Bratislava 1 Challenger

Kovalik's Record

Martin Klizan

Martin Klizan

32 - 6win/loss

Hard

11-2

I Hard

2-1

Clay

19-3

Rank
310

High
24

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	49-20	12-2	35-14	2-4	0-0	0-0
2023	3-1	0-0	3-1	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0
2021	9-14	0-1	6-7	3-5	0-1	0-0
2020	14-15	6-4	6-7	2-3	0-0	0-1

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Ranked no. 484, Martin reached the 2^nd round after beating Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Martin had a good straight sets win against Svrcina (6-4 6-0). During the match Klizan scored 60 points vs Svrcina’s 40. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Klizan recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Martin Klizan was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Klizan broke Svrcina 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Martin’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Telde,M25 Valldoreix and M25 Reggio Emilia.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 32-5 win-loss record in 2024, 19-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2010. See his history.

Bratislava 1 Challenger

Klizan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovalik and Klizan played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Klizan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 5 games more than Klizan. The Slovakian scored 27 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Martin recorded 18 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Kovalik managed to score 2 aces . Klizan made 4 aces . Kovalik won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Jozef broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Martin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Jozef
Kovalik

2:1

Martin
Klizan

Rank

125

High

80

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Rank

310

High

24

Win Loss

Kovalik

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2024 2023 2022

35 - 23

49 - 20

3-5

Hard

12-2

2-2

I Hard

2-4

30-15

Clay

35-14

Tennis Scores in Bratislava 1 Challenger

• Dmitry PopkoPopko – Yanki ErelErel (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin KrumichKrumich – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ivan Liutarevich/Sergio Martos GornesLiutarevich/Sergio Martos Gornes – Pedro Cachin/Genaro Alberto OlivieriCachin/Genaro Alberto Olivieri (3-6 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-7⁵ 7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Denys Molchanov/Philipp OswaldMolchanov/Philipp Oswald – Dmitry Popko/Vitaliy SachkoPopko/Vitaliy Sachko (7-6¹ 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Milos Karol/Tomas LanikKarol/Tomas Lanik – Inigo Cervantes/Oriol Roca BatallaCervantes/Oriol Roca Batalla (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-6¹ 6-1) – See score progression
• Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Simon Freund/Johannes IngildsenFreund/Johannes Ingildsen (4-6 6-4 10-6) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Sebastian GimaGima (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Lukas Pokorny/Igor ZelenayPokorny/Igor Zelenay (4-6 7-5 10-7) – See score progression
• Pedro CachinCachin – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-7³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin KlizanKlizan – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (6-2 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Martin KlizanKlizan – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro CachinCachin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Kovalik

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Klizan