ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Bad Waltersdorf
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Sorger
⚔️ The Gladiator
Kovalik
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 59% vs 🏃 Pusher across 480 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Sebastian Sorger here.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Sorger | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–4 | - |
| Avg odds | 2.27 | - |
| ROI % | -100.0% | - |
| Units P/L | -4.00u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Sorger
0
Kovalik
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kovalik has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Sorger's 0%).
| Opponent | Sorger | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Novak | L 75 36 36 | W 61 36 61 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Sorger | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 61.2% | 53.4% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 63.1% | 61.3% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 55.4% | 51.9% |
| Aces / Match | 3.3 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 3 | 4 |
| Break Points Saved % | 58.9% | 50% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 32.7% | 33.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 37.9% | 34.6% |
| BP Converted % | 30% | 100% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 21.8 | 18 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 40 | 33 |
| Net Pts Won % | 70.8% | 25% |
| Total Pts Won % | 47.7% | 45.3% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 0% |
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Matchup overview
Sebastian Sorger and Jozef Kovalik face off in the Round of 32 at Bad Waltersdorf on Clay.
Sebastian Sorger leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
Sebastian Sorger is 0-5 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Daniel Bagnolini (May 17).
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Andrej Martin (May 26).
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