Alex Barrena and Jozef Kovalik will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Barrena who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Barrena -> 1.62
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Alex Barrena vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Alex Barrena and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Barrena
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-26 | 0-1 | 46-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 29-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 51-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-19 | 2-1 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 1-5 | 10-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260 (career-high), the Argentine will start his run in the Braunschweig Challenger after he played his last match in the Lima 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Boscardin in the quarter on the 26th of June.
Barrena has an aggregate 28-12 win-loss record in 2025, 28-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the San Miguel de Tucuman Challenger where he defeated Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 7-5 6-2 and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger where he overcame Franco Roncadelli in the final 5-7 7-5 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Argentine has an overall 152-113 record. He has a positive 149-105 record on clay.
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
6 - 17win/loss
587
80
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-23 | 2-5 | 11-14 | 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 |
Ranked no. 383, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after defeating Tom Zeuch 6-1 6-0.
In the qualifications, Jozef had a good straight sets win against Zeuch (6-1 6-0). During the match Kovalik scored 54 points vs Zeuch’s 27. Jozef was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jozef Kovalik was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jozef broke Zeuch 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Slovakian has a composed 6-16 win-loss record in 2025, 3-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.
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