Jozef Kovalik and Aslan Karatsev will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.36
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Aslan Karatsev
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
35 - 23win/loss
127
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. 128, Kovalik reached the 2nd round after defeating Luca Van Assche 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(0).
In the 1st round against Van Assche, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 7-60). During the match, Kovalik scored 116 points vs Van Assche’s 112. Jozef was exceptionally aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite effective on serve to win 74% (54/73) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Jozef broke Van Assche twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Kovalik has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (308-266). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a composed 19-31 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Zadar Challenger where he overcame Adrian Andreev in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Split Challenger where he defeated 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).
The Slovakian has an overall 35-23 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Aslan Karatsev
11 - 16win/loss
287
14
LLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-18 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-22 | 13-10 | 14-5 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-31 | 8-9 | 5-9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 23-9 | 9-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 7-4 | 17-2 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 313, Aslan got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Ritschard 6-7(6) 7-6(4) 7-6(3).
In the 1st round against Ritschard, Karatsev recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-64 7-63). During the match Karatsev scored 130 points vs Ritschard’s 129. Karatsev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Talking about serving, Karatsev blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aslan Karatsev lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Karatsev put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (62/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Ritschard twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
The Russian has an aggregate 11-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 39 |
| Pts | 116-112 | 130-129 |
| Total Points | 228 | 259 |
| Winners | 54 | 62 |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% |
Both Kovalik and Karatsev played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Jozef Kovalik dropped 1 set, while Aslan Karatsev surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Karatsev have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kovalik played 3 games less than Karatsev. Jozef scored 54 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Aslan managed to score 62 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 73/110 | 91/128 |
| %1st in | 66% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 62/91 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Kovalik fired 2 aces . Karatsev struck 7 aces . Kovalik won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/11 |
| % Converted | 22% | 18% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Slovakian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 18% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 116-112 | 116-112 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 54 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/110 | 73/110 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 54/73 | 54/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Karatsev | |||
| R1 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 130-129 | 130-129 | |
| Total points | 259 | 259 | |
| Winners | 62 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 91/128 | 91/128 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 62/91 | 62/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/11 | 2/11 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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