Jozef Kovalik and Bernard Tomic will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Kia Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernard Tomic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernard Tomic is the pick to win this match.
Bernard Tomic -> 1.55
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Bernard Tomic
This will be the 3rd time that Jozef Kovalik and Bernard Tomic fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Tomic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tomic won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open Qualifying back in 2021.
Jozef Kovalik
36 - 25win/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 will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Belgrade where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to Klein in the qualifications on the 3rd of November.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 501-370 record. He has a positive 90-76 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016 and 2020. See his history.
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-29 | 34-19 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 214, Bernard will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Noumea Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Brouwer in the 1st round on the 30th of December.
Bernard has an aggregate 0-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Tomic has an overall 456-343 record. He has a positive 289-171 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2012, 2015 and 2016. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Matteo GiganteGigante – Nick HardtHardt (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Cristian GarinGarin – Murkel DellienDellien (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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