Jozef Kovalik and Lukas Klein will face off in the qualifications of the Belgrade Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 3 sets.
Lukas Klein -> 1.43
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Lukas Klein
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Lukas Klein square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Klein (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Klein won 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Braunschweig Challenger back in July 2024.
Jozef Kovalik
36 - 24win/loss
123
80
| 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, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after beating Zsombor Piros 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Piros, Kovalik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovalik scored 88 points vs Piros’s 79. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovalik fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jozef Kovalik was quite efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovakian broke Piros 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kovalik has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (309-267). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has a compiled 20-32 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Zadar Challenger where he beat 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 defeated Camilo Ugo Carabelli in the final 6-3 7-6(2).
The Slovakian has a compiled 36-24 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Belgrade
Lukas Klein
30 - 23win/loss
153
109
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-23 | 16-10 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 146, Klein reached the qualifications after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Klein had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (6-4 6-4). During the match Klein scored 61 points vs Hanfmann’s 51. Lukas was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Klein struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lukas Klein was very efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Klein broke Hanfmann twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The Slovakian has an overall 30-23 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 |
| Pts | 88-79 | 61-51 |
| Total Points | 167 | 112 |
| Winners | 39 | 35 |
| %Winners | 44% | 57% |
Both Kovalik and Klein played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jozef Kovalik lost 1 set while Lukas Klein hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set more than Klein (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kovalik played 9 games more than Klein. The Slovakian scored 39 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 35 winners (57%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 54/89 | 46/60 |
| %1st in | 61% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 35/46 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 71% |
Kovalik made 6 aces . Klein made 7 aces . Kovalik won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Klein won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Klein |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 43% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Jozef lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Klein was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Piros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/89 | 54/89 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/54 | 39/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Klein | |||
| Q1 Hanfmann | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 61-51 | 61-51 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/60 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 35/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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