Jozef Kovalik and Henrique Rocha will square off in the semifinal of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.222
Henrique Rocha -> 3.85

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Henrique Rocha

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Henrique Rocha since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 119, Jozef got to the semifinal after beating Sebastian Gima 6-3 7-5, Martin Klizan 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Martin Landaluce 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Landaluce (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 71 points vs Landaluce’s 61. Jozef was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 61% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Landaluce 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kovalik has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Kovalik has positive record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (300-255). 24-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a composed 250-169 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current 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.

The Slovakian has a compiled 27-12 win-loss record in 2024, 24-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger

Henrique Rocha

Ranked no. 199, the Portuguese got to the semifinal after beating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-4, Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6⁶ 5-7 6-1 and Norbert Gombos 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Gombos (6-3 6-1). During the match Rocha scored 83 points vs Gombos’s 63. Rocha was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Rocha fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Henrique Rocha conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (37/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke Gombos 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.

Rocha has an aggregate 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger

The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Rocha
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	68	68
Pts	243-198	271-229
Total Points	441	500
Winners	90	103
%Winners	37%	38%

Both Kovalik and Rocha played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik surrendered 1 set, while Henrique Rocha lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Rocha have played the same amount of sets 7. They also played the same amount of games (68). Kovalik scored 90 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Henrique bagged 103 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Rocha
Aces	15	15
Avg per match	5	5
1st in	124/207	136/260
%1st in	60%	52%
1st pts	90/124	103/136
%1st pts	73%	76%
2nd pts	49/83	60/124
%2nd pts	59%	48%

Kovalik bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Rocha made 15 aces (5 per match). Kovalik won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Rocha
Won	11	12
Converted	11/29	12/28
% Converted	38%	43%
Conceded	13	33
Saved	8	28
% Saved	62%	85%
Times Broken	5	5

The Slovakian broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 Gima	R2 Klizan	1/4 Landaluce	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	4-6 6-4 6-2	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	21	28	19	68
pts	80-62	92-75	71-61	243-198
Total points	142	167	132	441
Winners	27	36	27	90
%Winners	34%	39%	38%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	8	5	15
Double Faults	1	3	3	7
1st in	35/58	48/82	41/67	124/207
% 1st in	60%	59%	61%	60%
1st pts	27/35	36/48	27/41	90/124
% 1st pts	77%	75%	66%	73%
2nd pts	13/23	21/34	15/26	49/83
% 2nd pts	57%	62%	58%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/6	4/10	3/13	11/29
Converted %	67%	40%	23%	38%
Conceded	4	5	4	13
Saved	2/4	3/5	3/4	8
Saved %	50%	60%	75%	62%
Times Broken	2	2	1	5

Rocha
	R1 Alberto	R2 Ramos-Vinolas	1/4 Gombos	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-66 5-7 6-1	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	20	32	16	68
pts	74-63	114-103	83-63	271-229
Total points	137	217	146	500
Winners	27	39	37	103
%Winners	36%	34%	45%	38%
SERVE
Aces	5	7	3	15
Double Faults	8	8	4	20
1st in	33/71	51/108	52/81	136/260
% 1st in	46%	47%	64%	52%
1st pts	27/33	39/51	37/52	103/136
% 1st pts	82%	76%	71%	76%
2nd pts	19/38	28/57	13/29	60/124
% 2nd pts	50%	49%	45%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	5	4	12
Converted	3/3	5/16	4/9	12/28
Converted %	100%	31%	44%	43%
Conceded	11	12	10	33
Saved	10/11	8/12	10/10	28
Saved %	91%	67%	100%	86%
Times Broken	1	4	0	5

Tennis Scores in Bratislava 1 Challenger

• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Norbert GombosGombos (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Jerome KymKym – Pedro CachinCachin (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Ji Sung Nam/Patrik Niklas-SalminenSung Nam/Patrik Niklas-Salminen – Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Denys Molchanov/Philipp OswaldMolchanov/Philipp Oswald – Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski (3-6 7-6⁵ 10-7) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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