Jozef Kovalik and August Holmgren will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on Court 17. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.76
August Holmgren -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. August Holmgren

There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 128, Kovalik got to the qualifications after beating Bernard Tomic 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Tomic (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kovalik scored 59 points vs Tomic’s 36. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jozef Kovalik was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kovalik broke Tomic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Kovalik has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (283-236). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has a composed 30-43 record in the last years on hard.

The Slovakian has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

August Holmgren

Ranked no. 199, the Dane got to the qualifications after beating Hayden Jones 7-6(8) 4-6 7-6(8).

In the qualifications, The Dane defeated Jones (7-6⁸ 4-6 7-6⁸). During the match Holmgren scored 121 points vs Jones’s 119. August was extremely aggressive to blast 62 winners.

About the serving games, Holmgren blasted 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. August Holmgren lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Holmgren put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (62/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve.

Holmgren has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

August has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Holmgren
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	16	36
Pts	59-36	121-119
Total Points	95	240
Winners	25	62
%Winners	42%	51%

Both Kovalik and Holmgren played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, August Holmgren lost 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Holmgren (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovalik played 20 games less than Holmgren. Jozef scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Dane managed to score 62 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Holmgren
Aces	6	16
Avg per match	6	16
1st in	32/45	73/113
%1st in	71%	65%
1st pts	25/32	62/73
%1st pts	78%	85%
2nd pts	9/13	20/40
%2nd pts	69%	50%

Kovalik bagged 6 aces . Holmgren bagged 16 aces . Kovalik won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Holmgren
Won	4	0
Converted	4/6	0/9
% Converted	67%	0%
Conceded	0	4
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	75%
Times Broken	0	1

Kovalik broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kovalik pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. On the other side, August hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. August conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	Q1 Tomic	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	59-36	59-36
Total points	95	95
Winners	25	25
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	32/45	32/45
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	25/32	25/32
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	9/13	9/13
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Holmgren
	Q1 Jones	Total
Score	7-68 4-6 7-68
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	36	36
pts	121-119	121-119
Total points	240	240
Winners	62	62
%Winners	51%	51%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	73/113	73/113
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	62/73	62/73
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	20/40	20/40
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	0	0
Converted	0/9	0/9
Converted %	0%	0%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	3/4	3
Saved %	75%	75%
Times Broken	1	1

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