Thiago Agustin Tirante and Jozef Kovalik will face off in the 2^nd round of the Szczecin Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Agustin Tirante is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.44
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.625

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Jozef Kovalik

There is no head to head record between Thiago Agustin Tirante and Jozef Kovalik since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Thiago Agustin Tirante

Ranked no. 116, the Argentine got to the 2^nd round after beating Alexey Vatutin 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Thiago had a good straight sets win against Vatutin (6-1 6-1). During the match, Agustin Tirante scored 57 points vs Vatutin’s 32. Agustin Tirante was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about the service games, Agustin Tirante managed to score 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Agustin Tirante put 58% of his first serves in, winning 82% (18/22) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Vatutin 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Agustin Tirante has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (252-182). 26-17 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Agustin Tirante has a composed180-136 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Cordoba Challenger where he beat Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-4 6-0.

Agustin Tirante has a compiled 40-25 win-loss record in 2025, 26-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szczecin Challenger

Jozef Kovalik

Ranked no. 552, Kovalik got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bartosz Surudo 6-2 6-1, Marvin Moeller 6-2 6-3 and Michael Vrbensky 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Vrbensky (6-1 6-1). During the match Kovalik scored 51 points vs Vrbensky’s 26. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Talking about serving, Kovalik scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Jozef Kovalik was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jozef broke Vrbensky 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Kovalik has an aggregate 12-20 win-loss record in 2025, 9-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Agustin Tirante	Kovalik
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	14	46
Pts	57-32	170-104
Total Points	89	274
Winners	18	63
%Winners	32%	37%

Agustin Tirante played 1 match while Kovalik competed in 3 matches. Kovalik started his run from the qualifications while Agustin Tirante had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Agustin Tirante has played 4 set(s) less than Kovalik (2 vs 6). Therefore, Agustin Tirante played 32 games less than Kovalik. Agustin Tirante scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Jozef fired 63 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Agustin Tirante	Kovalik
Aces	5	9
Avg per match	5	3
1st in	22/38	73/125
%1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	18/22	63/73
%1st pts	82%	86%
2nd pts	8/16	30/52
%2nd pts	50%	58%

Agustin Tirante bagged 5 aces . Kovalik fired 9 aces (3 per match). Agustin Tirante won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kovalik won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Agustin Tirante	Kovalik
Won	6	14
Converted	6/10	14/22
% Converted	60%	64%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	1	2
% Saved	50%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Agustin Tirante surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Jozef broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Kovalik conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Agustin Tirante
	R1 Vatutin	Total
Score	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	14	14
pts	57-32	57-32
Total points	89	89
Winners	18	18
%Winners	32%	32%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	22/38	22/38
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	18/22	18/22
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	8/16	8/16
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Kovalik
	Q1 Surudo	Q3 Moeller	R1 Vrbensky	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-2 6-3	6-1 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	17	14	46
pts	56-33	63-45	51-26	170-104
Total points	89	108	77	274
Winners	19	26	18	63
%Winners	34%	41%	35%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	1	9
Double Faults	1	1	3	5
1st in	21/37	32/51	20/37	73/125
% 1st in	57%	63%	54%	58%
1st pts	19/21	26/32	18/20	63/73
% 1st pts	90%	81%	90%	86%
2nd pts	10/16	10/19	10/17	30/52
% 2nd pts	63%	53%	59%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	4	5	14
Converted	5/7	4/7	5/8	14/22
Converted %	71%	57%	63%	64%
Conceded	0	3	0	3
Saved	0/0	2/3	0/0	2
Saved %	–	67%	–	67%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Szczecin Challenger

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• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri SquireSquire – Francesco PassaroPassaro (3-6 7-6⁸ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Diego DeduraDedura (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Hynek BartonBarton (5-7 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-6⁵ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Henri SquireSquire – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-0) – H2H and prediction