Grand Slam · 1st Round Qualifying · Australian Open
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Tomic
🤖 Servebot
Kovalik
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 5,334 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Bernard Tomic here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Tomic | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–8 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.59 | 2.07 |
| ROI % | -52.2% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -5.74u | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
1
Tomic
1
Kovalik
Jan 1, 2025
Australian Open
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 8, 2021
Australian Open
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Tomic | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.8% | 59.2% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 70.5% | 59.5% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 48.5% | 43.8% |
| Aces / Match | 6.2 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.8 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 63.8% | 35% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 32.5% | 27% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.3% | 42.3% |
| BP Converted % | 47.2% | 50% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 29.9 | 18 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 38 | 33 |
| Net Pts Won % | 65.3% | 25% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.8% | 42.5% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 50% | 67% |
Last five matches per player
Benjamin Bonzi
Libema Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 8
Conor Gannon
Dublin Challenger · Round of 32
Jun 8
Hayato Matsuoka
Texas Spine and Joint Men's Championship · Round of 32
Jun 3
Michael Mmoh
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Quarterfinals
May 30
Blaise Bicknell
UAMS Health Little Rock Open · Round of 32
May 25
Matchup overview
Bernard Tomic and Jozef Kovalik face off in the 1st Round Qualifying at Australian Open on Hard.
Bernard Tomic leads 1-1 over 2 previous meetings.
Bernard Tomic is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Benjamin Bonzi (Jun 8).
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (Jun 19).
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