Jozef Kovalik and Raphael Collignon will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT LISBOA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Raphael Collignon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raphael Collignon is the pick to win this match.
Raphael Collignon -> 1.86
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Raphael Collignon

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Raphael Collignon since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

34 - 21win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
1-2
Clay
30-13
Grass
0-1
Rank
127
High
80
LWLWLLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
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. 123, Kovalik got to the 2nd round after defeating Martin Klizan 6-3 7-6(6).

In the 1st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Klizan (6-3 7-66). During the match, Kovalik scored 70 points vs Klizan’s 54. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 77% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Jozef was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Klizan 3 times.

Kovalik has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (307-264). 30-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a compiled 256-174 record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he overcame 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 overcame Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the final 6-3 7-6(2).

Kovalik has a compiled 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 30-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lisbon Challenger

The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.

Lisbon Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Raphael Collignon

Raphael Collignon

58 - 17win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
10-8
Clay
43-6
Rank
121
High
121
LWWWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 72-23 5-3 46-8 21-12 0-0 0-0
2023 15-16 0-0 6-5 8-10 1-1 0-0
2022 61-22 14-4 38-12 9-6 0-0 0-0
2021 20-20 11-11 9-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 8-6 6-5 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 191 (career-high), the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Gastao Elias 7-5 6-3.

In the 1st round, Collignon had a good straight sets win against Elias (7-5 6-3). During the match Collignon scored 67 points vs Elias’s 47. Collignon was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Collignon blasted 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Raphael Collignon was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Belgian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Elias 5 times.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.

The Belgian has a composed 58-17 win-loss record in 2024, 43-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Lisbon Challenger
Collignon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Kovalik
R.Collignon
1h:37
1h:37
Time on court​
1h:25
1h:25
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
70
70
Total points​
67
67
70
70
Avg point​
67
67
38
38
Winners
30
30
38
38
Avg Winners​
30
30
54%
54%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
5
5
Avg Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
5
5
3
3
Avg Double Faults
5
5
38/49
38/49
1st won total​
30/41
30/41
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
7/15
7/15
2nd won total​
11/21
11/21
47%
47%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
3/3
3/3
BP won
5/5
5/5
3/3
3/3
Avg BP won
5/5
5/5
!
100%
100%
Won
!
100%
100%
3
3
Conceded
7
7
3
3
Avg Conceded
7
7
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
1
1
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kovalik Collignon
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 21
Pts 70-54 67-47
Total Points 124 114
Winners 38 30
%Winners 54% 45%

Both Kovalik and Collignon played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Collignon have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 1 game more than Collignon. Jozef scored 38 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Collignon struck 30 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kovalik Collignon
Aces 5 2
Avg per match 5 2
1st in 49/64 41/62
%1st in 77% 66%
1st pts 38/49 30/41
%1st pts 78% 73%
2nd pts 7/15 11/21
%2nd pts 47% 52%

Kovalik scored 5 aces . Collignon struck 2 aces . Kovalik won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Collignon won 73% 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 Collignon
Won 3 5
Converted 3/3 5/5
% Converted 100% 100%
Conceded 3 7
Saved 1 4
% Saved 33% 57%
Times Broken 2 3

Jozef broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Slovakian dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Collignon broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Collignon conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
R1
Klizan
Total
Score 6-3 7-66
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 70-54 70-54
Total points 124 124
Winners 38 38
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 49/64 49/64
% 1st in 77% 77%
1st pts 38/49 38/49
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 7/15 7/15
% 2nd pts 47% 47%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/3 3/3
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2
Collignon
R1
Elias
Total
Score 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 67-47 67-47
Total points 114 114
Winners 30 30
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 41/62 41/62
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 30/41 30/41
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 11/21 11/21
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/5 5/5
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 4/7 4
Saved % 57% 57%
Times Broken 3 3

Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger

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