Milos Karol and Kalin Ivanovski will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kalin Ivanovski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kalin Ivanovski is the pick to win this match.
Kalin Ivanovski -> 1.68
Milos Karol -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Milos Karol vs. Kalin Ivanovski
There is no head to head record between Milos Karol and Kalin Ivanovski since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Milos Karol
49 - 27win/loss
422
419
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-31 | 8-5 | 21-17 | 24-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 28-27 | 3-2 | 11-13 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 6-24 | 3-5 | 1-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 10-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 540, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after beating Maxime Cressy 7-6(1) 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Cressy (7-61 6-1). During the match, Karol scored 69 points vs Cressy’s 45. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Karol struck 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Milos Karol was quite effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karol was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cressy twice.
Karol has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (106-99). 19-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karol has an aggregate45-27 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Milos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Vienna,M15 Pardubice,M15 Trnava and M25 Trnava.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 48-27 win-loss record in 2024, 19-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Kalin Ivanovski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-11 | 19-12 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-21 | 23-12 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 742, Ivanovski reached the qualifications after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(4) 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, The Malawian had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-64 7-63). During the match Ivanovski scored 80 points vs Kovacevic’s 73. Kalin was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Ivanovski made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kalin Ivanovski was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (45/50) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Ivanovski has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karol | Ivanovski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 |
| Pts | 69-45 | 80-73 |
| Total Points | 114 | 153 |
| Winners | 37 | 45 |
| %Winners | 54% | 56% |
Both Karol and Ivanovski played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Karol and Ivanovski have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Karol played 6 games less than Ivanovski. The Slovakian scored 37 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Malawian bagged 45 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karol | Ivanovski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 8 |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 50/75 |
| %1st in | 73% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 45/50 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 14/25 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Karol made 12 aces . Ivanovski made 8 aces . Karol won 86% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Ivanovski won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Karol | Ivanovski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 0 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 0/1 |
| % Converted | 100% | 0% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Karol broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Slovakian pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. On the other side, Kalin hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Kalin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Karol | |||
| Q1 Cressy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-45 | 69-45 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 43/59 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivanovski | |||
| Q1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 80-73 | 80-73 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/75 | 50/75 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 45/50 | 45/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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