Jozef Kovalik and Martin Landaluce will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT . In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.36
Martin Landaluce -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Martin Landaluce
This will be the 2nd time that Jozef Kovalik and Martin Landaluce square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Landaluce (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Landaluce won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Madrid Challenger back in 2023.
Jozef Kovalik
26 - 12win/loss
127
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. 119, Jozef reached the quarter after beating Sebastian Gima 6-3 7-5 and Martin Klizan 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Klizan, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 92 points vs Klizan’s 75. Kovalik was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kovalik broke Klizan 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jozef has lost 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Kovalik has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (299-255). 23-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has an overall 249-169 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season 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 defeated Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.
Kovalik has an aggregate 26-12 win-loss record in 2024, 23-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Martin Landaluce
15 - 10win/loss
151
151
LWWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-24 | 23-9 | 13-11 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 11-10 | 15-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312, Martin reached the quarter after defeating Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-4 and Martin Krumich 6-3 7-67.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Krumich (6-3 7-67). During the match Landaluce scored 81 points vs Krumich’s 65. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Landaluce recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Martin Landaluce was quite effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Landaluce broke Krumich twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Martin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Martin has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Landaluce |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 42 |
| Pts | 172-137 | 154-129 |
| Total Points | 309 | 283 |
| Winners | 63 | 69 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Kovalik and Landaluce played 2 matches. At the moment, Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set while Martin Landaluce hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set more than Landaluce (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kovalik played 7 games more than Landaluce. Kovalik scored 63 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Martin managed to score 69 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Landaluce |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 83/140 | 87/149 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 63/83 | 69/87 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 34/57 | 33/62 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 53% |
Kovalik recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Landaluce bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Kovalik won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Landaluce won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Landaluce |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 56% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Kovalik broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Landaluce broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Landaluce conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Gima |
R2 Klizan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 49 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 92-75 | 172-137 | |
| Total points | 142 | 167 | 309 | |
| Winners | 27 | 36 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 48/82 | 83/140 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 36/48 | 63/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 21/34 | 34/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 62% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Landaluce | ||||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
R2 Krumich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 81-65 | 154-129 | |
| Total points | 137 | 146 | 283 | |
| Winners | 37 | 32 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 39/72 | 87/149 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 32/39 | 69/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 82% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 21/33 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 64% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/8 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 25% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 5/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 83% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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