ATP Challenger Tour · Quarterfinals · Heilbronn
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Nishioka
💥 Big Hitter
Kovalik
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 55% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 4,745 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Yoshihito Nishioka here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. 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 | Nishioka | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.07 |
| ROI % | - | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 3 career meetings
2
Nishioka
1
Kovalik
May 11, 2016
Heilbronn
C Clay · Round of 32
Mar 23, 2016
ATP Masters 1000 Miami
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
May 12, 2015
Heilbronn
C Clay · Quarterfinals
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Nishioka | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 0% | 59.2% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 0% | 59.5% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 0% | 43.8% |
| Aces / Match | 0 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 0 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 0% | 35% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 0% | 27% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 0% | 42.3% |
| BP Converted % | 0% | 50% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 0% | 42.5% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Yoshihito Nishioka and Jozef Kovalik face off in the Quarterfinals at Heilbronn on Clay.
Yoshihito Nishioka leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Yoshihito Nishioka is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Coleman Wong (Feb 14).
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (Jun 19).
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