ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Split
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovalik
⚙️ Grinder
Ionel
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
⚙️ Grinder vs ⚔️ The Gladiator is historically tight (51% vs 49%, 2,579 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Jozef Kovalik plays Nicholas David Ionel.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kovalik | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.07 | 1.32 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | -49.0% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | -0.98u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Kovalik
0
Ionel
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Kovalik and Ionel posted a 0% win rate.
| Opponent | Kovalik | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Andrej Martin | L 57 26 | L 36 64 26 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kovalik | Ionel |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 59.2% | 74% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 59.5% | 55.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 43.8% | 45.7% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 0.3 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3 | 1.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 35% | 60% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27% | 33.1% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 42.3% | 50.3% |
| BP Converted % | 50% | 46.1% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 42.5% | 47% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 45% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Jozef Kovalik and Nicholas David Ionel face off in the Round of 32 at Split on Clay.
Jozef Kovalik leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (Jun 19).
Nicholas David Ionel is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Daniil Sarksian (Jun 1).
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