Jozef Kovalik and Martin Landaluce will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st round in the Madrid Challenger back in 2023.

Jozef Kovalik

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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