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.
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
12 - 26win/loss
617
364
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-34 | 16-22 | 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
Markos Kalovelonis
| 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)
.Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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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