Jozef Kovalik and Clement Tabur will square off in the 1st round of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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
Clement Tabur -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Clement Tabur

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Clement Tabur since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

34 - 22win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
1-2
Clay
30-14
Grass
0-1
Rank
127
High
80
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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 will start his run in the Braga Challenger after he played his last match in the Lisbon Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Collignon in the 2nd round on the 27th of September.

The Slovakian has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2024, 30-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he defeated 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).

Talking about his overall career, Jozef has an overall 499-367 record. He has a positive 383-235 record on clay.

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Jozef has never competed in this tournament before.

Braga Challenger
Kovalik's Record

Clement Tabur

Clement Tabur

23 - 28win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
23-24
Grass
0-1
Rank
378
High
202
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 27-33 2-4 25-26 0-2 0-1 0-0
2023 62-25 16-7 45-14 1-4 0-0 0-0
2022 45-26 20-8 16-11 9-7 0-0 0-0
2021 35-22 9-4 25-17 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 21-12 11-4 6-3 4-4 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 320, Clement got to the 1st round after defeating Neil Oberleitner 7-6(9) 6-1.

The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and the Kigali 2 Challenger.

Tabur has an aggregate 23-28 win-loss record in 2024, 23-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Braga Challenger
Tabur's Record

Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger

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