Mikalai Haliak and Markos Kalovelonis will square off in the qualifications of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikalai Haliak who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikalai Haliak is the pick to win this match.
Mikalai Haliak -> 1.4
Markos Kalovelonis -> 2.8

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Prediction and head to head Mikalai Haliak vs. Markos Kalovelonis

There is no head to head record between Mikalai Haliak and Markos Kalovelonis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Mikalai Haliak

Mikalai Haliak

12 - 26win/loss

Hard
5-14
I Hard
2-5
Clay
5-7
Rank
612
High
364
LWWWLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 21-32 14-20 5-7 2-5 0-0 0-0
2023 43-28 12-9 25-13 4-5 0-0 2-1
2022 26-25 5-7 15-12 6-6 0-0 0-0
2021 19-11 1-2 2-3 16-6 0-0 0-0
2020 5-7 2-3 0-1 3-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 439, Mikalai got to the qualifications after defeating Ivan Denisov 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Belarussian defeated Denisov (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match, Haliak scored 96 points vs Denisov’s 95. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Haliak blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikalai Haliak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Haliak put 52% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (23/47) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Denisov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Haliak has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 51% of his matches (210-204). 5-14 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Haliak has an overall57-75 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Mikalai’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25+H Bacau.

The Belarussian has an overall 12-26 win-loss record in 2024, 5-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Guangzhou Challenger
Haliak's Record

Markos Kalovelonis

Markos Kalovelonis

2 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
High
445
LLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 5-14 5-12 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 5-4 5-1 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 5-14 2-7 3-5 0-2 0-0 0-0
2020 4-9 4-9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Currently unranked, Kalovelonis reached the qualifications after defeating Jimmy Yang 7-6(4) 7-5.

In the qualifications, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Yang (7-64 7-5). During the match Kalovelonis scored 81 points vs Yang’s 70. Markos was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kalovelonis blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Markos Kalovelonis was very effective on serve to win 86% (31/36) of his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kalovelonis broke Yang once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Markos has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

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

Guangzhou Challenger
Kalovelonis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Haliak
M.Kalovelonis
2h:37
2h:37
Time on court​
1h:49
1h:49
!
2h:37
2h:37
Last match​
1h:49
1h:49
1
1
Match played
1
1
30
30
Games Played​
25
25
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
96
96
Total points​
81
81
96
96
Avg point​
81
81
37
37
Winners
31
31
37
37
Avg Winners​
31
31
39%
39%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
13
13
2
2
Avg Aces
!
13
13
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
37/51
37/51
1st won total​
31/36
31/36
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
23/47
23/47
2nd won total​
23/34
23/34
49%
49%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
4/12
4/12
BP won
1/3
1/3
4/12
4/12
Avg BP won
1/3
1/3
33%
33%
Won
33%
33%
8
8
Conceded
1
1
8
8
Avg Conceded
1
1
3
3
Broken
0
0
3
3
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
1
1

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Haliak Kalovelonis
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 30 25
Pts 96-95 81-70
Total Points 191 151
Winners 37 31
%Winners 39% 38%

Both Haliak and Kalovelonis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mikalai Haliak dropped 1 set while Markos Kalovelonis hasn’t lost a set so far. Haliak has played 1 set more than Kalovelonis (3 vs 2). Therefore, Haliak played 5 games more than Kalovelonis. The Belarussian scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Markos managed to score 31 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Haliak Kalovelonis
Aces 2 13
Avg per match 2 13
1st in 51/98 36/70
%1st in 52% 51%
1st pts 37/51 31/36
%1st pts 73% 86%
2nd pts 23/47 23/34
%2nd pts 49% 68%

Haliak recorded 2 aces . Kalovelonis scored 13 aces . Haliak won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kalovelonis won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Haliak Kalovelonis
Won 4 1
Converted 4/12 1/3
% Converted 33% 33%
Conceded 8 1
Saved 5 1
% Saved 63% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

Mikalai broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Mikalai conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Markos broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Markos was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Haliak
Q1
Denisov
Total
Score 7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 30 30
pts 96-95 96-95
Total points 191 191
Winners 37 37
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 51/98 51/98
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 37/51 37/51
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 23/47 23/47
% 2nd pts 49% 49%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/12 4/12
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 5/8 5
Saved % 63% 63%
Times Broken 3 3
Kalovelonis
Q1
Yang
Total
Score 7-64 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 25 25
pts 81-70 81-70
Total points 151 151
Winners 31 31
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 36/70 36/70
% 1st in 51% 51%
1st pts 31/36 31/36
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 23/34 23/34
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/3 1/3
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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