Jozef Kovalik and Daniel Masur will play each other in the semifinal of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.363
Daniel Masur -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Daniel Masur

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

The last time that they locked horns, Kovalik won 6-2 6-2 in the 2^nd round in the Braunschweig Challenger back in 2018.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 109, Kovalik got to the semifinal after beating Niklas Schell 6-1 6-2, Liam Gavrielides 5-7 6-3 6-4 and Rudolf Molleker 7-6(6) 6-2.

In the quarter, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Molleker (7-6⁶ 6-2). During the match, Kovalik scored 71 points vs Molleker’s 60. Kovalik was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovalik broke Molleker 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.

Kovalik has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (303-257). 27-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovalik has an overall 253-170 match record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year 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 overcame Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 5-7 7-5.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 30-14 win-loss record in 2024, 27-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger

Kovalik has never competed in this tournament before.

Daniel Masur

Ranked no. 296, Masur got to the semifinal after defeating Alibek Kachmazov 3-6 6-4 7-5, Abedallah Shelbayh 7-6(6) 6-3, Benjamin Hassan 6-3 6-3 and Jozef Kovalik .

In the quarter, Masur had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-3 6-3). During the match Masur scored 68 points vs Hassan’s 51. Masur was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Masur made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Daniel Masur lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Masur put 67% of his first serves in, winning 84% (32/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Hassan 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

Daniel’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Cadolzburg,M25 Nussloch,M25 Trento and the Lugano Challenger.

The German has an aggregate 38-12 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Masur
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	67	71
Pts	229-174	254-220
Total Points	403	474
Winners	80	104
%Winners	35%	41%

Both Kovalik and Masur played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik surrendered 1 set, while Daniel Masur conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Masur have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Kovalik played 4 games less than Masur. Kovalik scored 80 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Masur blasted 104 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Masur
Aces	12	7
Avg per match	4	2.3
1st in	107/199	142/227
%1st in	54%	63%
1st pts	80/107	104/142
%1st pts	75%	73%
2nd pts	66/92	36/85
%2nd pts	72%	42%

Kovalik scored 12 aces (4 per match). Masur managed to score 7 aces (2.3 per match). Kovalik won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Masur won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Masur
Won	10	14
Converted	10/19	14/34
% Converted	53%	41%
Conceded	6	19
Saved	3	10
% Saved	50%	53%
Times Broken	3	9

Kovalik broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Slovakian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 Schell	R2 Gavrielides	1/4 Molleker	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	5-7 6-3 6-4	7-66 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	15	31	21	67
pts	60-32	98-82	71-60	229-174
Total points	92	180	131	403
Winners	21	31	28	80
%Winners	35%	32%	39%	35%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	5	12
Double Faults	0	2	0	2
1st in	28/42	44/90	35/67	107/199
% 1st in	67%	49%	52%	54%
1st pts	21/28	31/44	28/35	80/107
% 1st pts	75%	70%	80%	75%
2nd pts	13/14	33/46	20/32	66/92
% 2nd pts	93%	72%	63%	72%
Breaks
Won	4	3	3	10
Converted	4/5	3/7	3/7	10/19
Converted %	80%	43%	43%	53%
Conceded	1	2	3	6
Saved	1/1	0/2	2/3	3
Saved %	100%	0%	67%	56%
Times Broken	0	2	1	3

Masur
	R1 Kachmazov	R2 Shelbayh	1/4 Hassan	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 7-5	7-66 6-3	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	31	22	18	71
pts	102-98	84-71	68-51	254-220
Total points	200	155	119	474
Winners	42	30	32	104
%Winners	41%	36%	47%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	3	3	7
Double Faults	5	2	5	12
1st in	62/103	42/67	38/57	142/227
% 1st in	60%	63%	67%	63%
1st pts	42/62	30/42	32/38	104/142
% 1st pts	68%	71%	84%	73%
2nd pts	14/41	16/25	6/19	36/85
% 2nd pts	34%	64%	32%	42%
Breaks
Won	7	3	4	14
Converted	7/15	3/11	4/8	14/34
Converted %	47%	27%	50%	41%
Conceded	14	2	3	19
Saved	8/14	0/2	2/3	10
Saved %	57%	0%	67%	41%
Times Broken	6	2	1	9

Tennis Scores in Karlsruhe Challenger

• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Daniel MasurMasur – Jozef KovalikKovalik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction