Jozef Kovalik and Enrico Dalla Valle will play each other in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.4
Enrico Dalla Valle -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Jozef Kovalik vs. Enrico Dalla Valle
There is no head to head record between Jozef Kovalik and Enrico Dalla Valle since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 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 |
Ranked no. 127, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Matej Dodig 7-5 6-3 and Zsombor Piros 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Piros (6-4 6-1). During the match, Kovalik scored 67 points vs Piros’s 47. Jozef was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovalik fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Piros 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Kovalik has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (286-243). 2-0 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovalik has an overall 233-157 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kovalik has an overall 4-7 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Enrico Dalla Valle
6 - 6win/loss
314
242
LWWWLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 4-6 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-31 | 7-8 | 26-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-27 | 8-6 | 33-17 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 314, Dalla Valle reached the quarter after defeating Max Hans Rehberg 3-6 6-3 6-1 and Francesco Maestrelli 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Dalla Valle had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (7-5 6-2). During the match Dalla Valle scored 80 points vs Maestrelli’s 64. Enrico was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Dalla Valle struck 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Enrico Dalla Valle lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Dalla Valle put 80% of his first serves in, winning 73% (33/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (4/11) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Maestrelli 5 times after converting 24% of his break points (5/21).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Enrico has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Dalla Valle has a compiled 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovalik | Dalla Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 45 |
| Pts | 143-115 | 180-153 |
| Total Points | 258 | 333 |
| Winners | 50 | 72 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Both Kovalik and Dalla Valle played 2 matches. At the moment, Enrico Dalla Valle dropped 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovalik has played 1 set(s) less than Dalla Valle (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kovalik played 7 games less than Dalla Valle. Kovalik scored 50 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Dalla Valle recorded 72 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovalik | Dalla Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 73/129 | 113/142 |
| %1st in | 57% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 50/73 | 72/113 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 29/56 | 11/29 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 38% |
Kovalik struck 4 aces (2 per match). Dalla Valle blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Kovalik won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Dalla Valle won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovalik | Dalla Valle |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 13/37 |
| % Converted | 53% | 35% |
| Conceded | 14 | 15 |
| Saved | 10 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 53% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kovalik lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Dalla Valle broke his opponents 13 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovalik | ||||
| R1 Dodig |
R2 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 76-68 | 67-47 | 143-115 | |
| Total points | 144 | 114 | 258 | |
| Winners | 29 | 21 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/75 | 31/54 | 73/129 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 21/31 | 50/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 15/23 | 29/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 65% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 45% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 3/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 75% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dalla Valle | ||||
| R1 Hans Rehberg |
R2 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 20 | 45 | |
| pts | 100-89 | 80-64 | 180-153 | |
| Total points | 189 | 144 | 333 | |
| Winners | 39 | 33 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 68/86 | 45/56 | 113/142 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 39/68 | 33/45 | 72/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 73% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 4/11 | 11/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 36% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 5/21 | 13/37 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 24% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 2/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 50% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
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