Carlos Taberner and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sassuolo Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Carlos Taberner who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.28
Jozef Kovalik -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 6th time that Carlos Taberner and Jozef Kovalik clash against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Taberner (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Taberner won 7-5 3-6 6-4 in the qualifications in Santiago back in 2023.
Carlos Taberner
22 - 13win/loss
130
85
LLWLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-13 | 1-2 | 21-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-36 | 0-3 | 46-31 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 3-4 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-33 | 1-2 | 29-27 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 3-4 | 33-15 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, Carlos will start his run in the Sassuolo Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Vacherot in the qualifications on the 20th of May.
The Spaniard has an overall 22-13 win-loss record in 2025, 21-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Jesper De Jong in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Taberner has an overall 426-265 record. He has a positive 382-211 record on clay.
Previously in the Sassuolo Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-14 | 2-4 | 2-7 | 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. 381, Kovalik will start his run in the Sassuolo Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Choinski in the 1st round on the 10th of June.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 4-14 win-loss record in 2025, 2-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Jozef has an overall 505-384 record. He has a positive 385-243 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Andrej MartinMartin (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Alexander WeisWeis (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan NijboerNijboer – Lorenzo BocchiBocchi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan NijboerNijboer – Lorenzo BocchiBocchi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Taro DanielDaniel – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan NijboerNijboer – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
