Jozef Kovalik and Liam Gavrielides will play each other in the 2nd round of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.133
Liam Gavrielides -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Liam Gavrielides
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Liam Gavrielides since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
28 - 14win/loss
109
80
WWWWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-14 | 3-4 | 28-9 | 0-0 | 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. 109, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after defeating Niklas Schell 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Schell (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 60 points vs Schell’s 32. Jozef was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik managed to score 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Jozef Kovalik was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 93% (13/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Schell 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kovalik has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (301-257). 25-9 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a compiled 251-170 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he defeated 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.
Jozef has a composed 28-14 win-loss record in 2024, 25-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Jozef has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Gavrielides
27 - 21win/loss
622
605
LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-22 | 6-5 | 19-12 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 6-3 | 29-21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 622, Liam got to the 2nd round after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 5-7 7-68 6-2, David Fix 6-1 6-3 and Goncalo Oliveira 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gavrielides had a good straight sets win against Fix (6-1 6-3). During the match Gavrielides scored 70 points vs Fix’s 46. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Gavrielides bagged 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Liam Gavrielides was very efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Liam broke Fix 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Villena and M15 Antalya.
The German has a composed 26-21 win-loss record in 2024, 18-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Gavrielides |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 66 |
| Pts | 60-32 | 242-187 |
| Total Points | 92 | 429 |
| Winners | 21 | 99 |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% |
Kovalik played 1 match while Gavrielides competed in 3 matches. Gavrielides started his run from the qualifications while Kovalik had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Liam Gavrielides conceded 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kovalik has played 5 set(s) less than Gavrielides (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kovalik played 51 games less than Gavrielides. The Slovakian scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 99 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Gavrielides |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 123/192 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 99/123 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 13/14 | 36/69 |
| %2nd pts | 93% | 52% |
Kovalik managed to score 5 aces . Gavrielides bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Kovalik won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 93% of the points. On the other side, Gavrielides won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Gavrielides |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 80% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Jozef very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Liam broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Schell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 60-32 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 21/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/14 | 13/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 93% | 93% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gavrielides | ||||
| Q1 Martin |
Q3 Fix |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-68 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 115-107 | 70-46 | 185-153 | |
| Total points | 222 | 116 | 338 | |
| Winners | 53 | 23 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 71/110 | 26/39 | 97/149 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 23/26 | 76/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 88% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 7/13 | 26/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/14 | 9/24 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 0% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Karlsruhe Challenger
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Joris De LooreDe Loore (7-65 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Niklas SchellSchell (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Hugo DellienDellien (5-7 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam GavrielidesGavrielides – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Clement TaburTabur – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Jerome KymKym (6-3 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Diego Dedura-PalomeroDedura-Palomero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Hugo DellienDellien (5-7 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Justin EngelEngel – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Joris De LooreDe Loore (7-6(5) 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam GavrielidesGavrielides – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Niklas SchellSchell (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
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