Franco Roncadelli and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am 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.
Jozef Kovalik -> 1.64
Franco Roncadelli -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Franco Roncadelli vs. Jozef Kovalik
There is no head to head record between Franco Roncadelli and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Franco Roncadelli
27 - 18win/loss
350
336
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38-27 | 1-1 | 37-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 48-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-29 | 3-5 | 34-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 0-0 | 38-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-25 | 0-0 | 36-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 380, Franco got to the qualifications after defeating Adil Kalyanpur 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Franco defeated Kalyanpur (6-2 6-75 6-2). During the match, Roncadelli scored 105 points vs Kalyanpur’s 84. Roncadelli was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Roncadelli wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Franco Roncadelli lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Roncadelli put 68% of his first serves in, winning 59% (36/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Franco broke Kalyanpur 8 times after converting 47% of his break points (8/17).
Roncadelli has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (198-148). 26-17 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Roncadelli has a composed194-140 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Uruguayan’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger,M25+H Bacau and M25 Pitesti.
Franco has an aggregate 27-18 win-loss record in 2025, 26-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger
Jozef Kovalik
7 - 18win/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. 576, Jozef reached the qualifications after beating Max Alcala Gurri 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Alcala Gurri (6-3 6-4). During the match Kovalik scored 69 points vs Alcala Gurri’s 57. Kovalik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovalik struck 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Jozef Kovalik lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovalik put 41% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alcala Gurri 5 times.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 7-18 win-loss record in 2025, 4-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roncadelli | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 |
| Pts | 105-84 | 69-57 |
| Total Points | 189 | 126 |
| Winners | 36 | 19 |
| %Winners | 34% | 28% |
Both Roncadelli and Kovalik played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Franco Roncadelli surrendered 1 set while Jozef Kovalik hasn’t dropped a set so far. Roncadelli has played 1 set more than Kovalik (3 vs 2). Therefore, Roncadelli played 10 games more than Kovalik. Roncadelli scored 36 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 19 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roncadelli | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 28/68 |
| %1st in | 68% | 41% |
| 1st pts | 36/61 | 19/28 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 20/40 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 50% |
Roncadelli didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kovalik blasted 3 aces . Roncadelli won 59% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Roncadelli | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 5 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 47% | 100% |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Franco broke his opponent 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Roncadelli surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Jozef broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roncadelli | |||
| Q1 Kalyanpur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-75 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 105-84 | 105-84 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/90 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 36/61 | 36/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kovalik | |||
| Q1 Alcala | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/68 | 28/68 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 41% | |
| 1st pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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