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.

As per the initial odds, Jozef Kovalik is the pick to win this match.
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

Franco Roncadelli

27 - 18win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
26-17
Rank
350
High
336
LLWLWWLLWL
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

Sofia 2 Challenger
Roncadelli's Record

Jozef Kovalik

Jozef Kovalik

7 - 18win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
0-3
Clay
4-10
Grass
1-1
Rank
587
High
80
LLWWLWWWLW
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).

Sofia 2 Challenger
Kovalik's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Roncadelli
J.Kovalik
!
2h:22
2h:22
Time on court​
1h:29
1h:29
!
2h:22
2h:22
Last match​
1h:29
1h:29
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
19
19
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
105
105
Total points​
69
69
105
105
Avg point​
69
69
36
36
Winners
19
19
36
36
Avg Winners​
19
19
34%
34%
Ratio winners
28%
28%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
0
0
Avg Aces
3
3
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
36/61
36/61
1st won total​
19/28
19/28
59%
59%
1st won %
68%
68%
18/29
18/29
2nd won total​
20/40
20/40
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
8/17
8/17
BP won
5/5
5/5
8/17
8/17
Avg BP won
5/5
5/5
47%
47%
Won
!
100%
100%
8
8
Conceded
6
6
8
8
Avg Conceded
6
6
4
4
Broken
3
3
4
4
Avg Broken
3
3
4
4
Saved
3
3

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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