Jozef Kovalik and Zsombor Piros will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Zadar Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Jozef Kovalik who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.72
Zsombor Piros -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Zsombor Piros

This will be the 5^th time that Jozef Kovalik and Zsombor Piros fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kovalik (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Kovalik won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the qualifications in Belgrade back in 2024.

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 127, the Slovakian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Matej Dodig 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Kovalik had a good straight sets win against Dodig (7-5 6-3). During the match, Kovalik scored 76 points vs Dodig’s 68. Jozef was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovalik couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. Kovalik broke Dodig 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Kovalik has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (285-243). 1-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovalik has an aggregate 232-157 record in the last years on clay.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 3-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 266, Piros got to the 2^nd round after beating Filip Misolic 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Misolic (7-5 6-4). During the match Piros scored 79 points vs Misolic’s 65. Piros was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Piros scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Misolic 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Zsombor’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Piros has a compiled 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovalik	Piros
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	22
Pts	76-68	79-65
Total Points	144	144
Winners	29	32
%Winners	38%	41%

Both Kovalik and Piros played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovalik and Piros have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovalik played 1 game less than Piros. The Slovakian scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Piros managed to score 32 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovalik	Piros
Aces	0	1
Avg per match	0	1
1st in	42/75	51/82
%1st in	56%	62%
1st pts	29/42	32/51
%1st pts	69%	63%
2nd pts	14/33	14/31
%2nd pts	42%	45%

Kovalik didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Piros bagged 1 ace . Kovalik won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovalik	Piros
Won	5	6
Converted	5/8	6/10
% Converted	63%	60%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7	6
% Saved	70%	60%
Times Broken	3	4

Kovalik broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Piros conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovalik
	R1 Dodig	Total
Score	7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	76-68	76-68
Total points	144	144
Winners	29	29
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	42/75	42/75
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	29/42	29/42
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	14/33	14/33
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Piros
	R1 Misolic	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	79-65	79-65
Total points	144	144
Winners	32	32
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	51/82	51/82
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	32/51	32/51
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	14/31	14/31
% 2nd pts	45%	45%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	6/10	6
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Zadar Challenger

• Borna CoricCoric – Pedro CachinCachin (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Mirza BasicBasic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Andrej MartinMartin (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Filip MisolicMisolic (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Matej DodigDodig (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Mili PoljicakPoljicak – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Pedro CachinCachin (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Mirza BasicBasic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Henri SquireSquire (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nerman FaticFatic – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Borna CoricCoric – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (0-1) – H2H and prediction