ATP Challenger Tour · Semifinals · Luedenscheid
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Zhang
🤖 Servebot
Kovalik
⚙️ Grinder
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 5,936 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Zhizhen Zhang here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service 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 | Zhang | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–8 | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | 2.04 | 2.07 |
| ROI % | -27.2% | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | -4.08u | -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
Zhang
1
Kovalik
Jul 2, 2022
Luedenscheid
C Clay · Semifinals
Jul 1, 2021
Hamburg
C Clay · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 26, 2016
Shenzhen
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Zhang | Kovalik |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 63.9% | 59.2% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 75.2% | 59.5% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.5% | 43.8% |
| Aces / Match | 9.4 | 1 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.3 | 3 |
| Break Points Saved % | 53.1% | 35% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 27.5% | 27% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.3% | 42.3% |
| BP Converted % | 40.2% | 50% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 26.6 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 21 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 67.9% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.4% | 42.5% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 30% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Otto Virtanen
Lexus Nottingham Open · Semifinals
Jun 17
Jaime Faria
Lexus Nottingham Open · Round of 16
Jun 16
Oliver Okonkwo
Lexus Nottingham Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 14
Roman Safiullin
Lexus Nottingham Open · Quarterfinals
Jun 14
Mark Ceban
Lexus Nottingham Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 13
Matchup overview
Zhizhen Zhang and Jozef Kovalik face off in the Semifinals at Luedenscheid on Clay.
Zhizhen Zhang leads 2-1 over 3 previous meetings.
Zhizhen Zhang is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Otto Virtanen (Jun 17).
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Dimitar Kuzmanov (Jun 19).
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