Jozef Kovalik and Matej Dodig will face off in the 1^st round of the Zadar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.666
Matej Dodig -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Matej Dodig

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

Jozef Kovalik

2 - 7win/loss

Hard

2-4

I Hard

0-3

Rank
381

High
80

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	5-16	2-4	2-8	0-3	1-1	0-0
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

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Ranked no. 125, Kovalik will start his run in the Zadar Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Uchiyama in the qualifications on the 3^rd of March.

Kovalik has a compiled 2-7 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on clay.

Talking about his overall career, The Slovakian has an overall 503-377 record. He has a positive 383-236 record on clay.

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.

Zadar Challenger

Kovalik's Record

Matej Dodig

1 - 5win/loss

Clay

1-1

Rank
364

High
263

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2025	12-17	0-0	12-13	0-4	0-0	0-0
2024	46-26	14-5	30-20	2-1	0-0	0-0
2023	43-16	1-2	38-12	2-1	0-0	2-1

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Ranked no. 292, the Croatian will start his run in the Zadar Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Porec where he lost 6-3 2-6 7-6(3)

to Pieri in the 2^nd round on the 13^th of March.

Matej has a compiled 1-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Matej has an overall 90-47 record. He has a positive 69-33 record on clay.

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2024. See his history.

Zadar Challenger

Dodig's Record

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