Jozef Kovalik and Nikoloz Basilashvili will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Como Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.58
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Basilashvili won 4-6 6-4 7-5 in the 2nd round in Cagliari back in 2021.
Highlights Nikoloz Basilashvili vs Jozef Kovalik – Cagliari 07-April-2021
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 14-23 | 2-5 | 11-14 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 114, Kovalik will start his run in the Como Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 to Chan Hong in the qualifications on the 19th of August.
Jozef has a compiled 32-18 win-loss record in 2024, 29-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat 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 and the Karlsruhe Challenger where he beat Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the final 6-3 7-6(2).
Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 497-363 record. He has a positive 382-233 record on clay.
Previously in the Como Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-28 | 8-10 | 12-12 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 361, Nikoloz reached the 1st round after beating Matthew Dellavedova 7-6(2) 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Dellavedova (7-62 6-2). During the match Basilashvili scored 75 points vs Dellavedova’s 62. Nikoloz was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Basilashvili struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Dellavedova 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Nikoloz’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger.
Nikoloz has a compiled 37-23 win-loss record in 2024, 26-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 7-66 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Valerio AboianAboian – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (7-5 1-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-3 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-1 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrew PaulsonAndrew – Stefano NapolitanoStefano (7-6(4) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
