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Jozef Kovalik#117 def. Prajnesh Gunneswaran#322

7-6(2) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 2, 2017
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Jozef Kovalik
Score	7-6(2) 6-2
Loser	Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Jozef Kovalik	Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Aces	2	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	76	63
Second serve points won %	39	41
Break points saved %	83	43
Break points converted %	57	17
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jozef Kovalik	Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Country	SVK	IND
Birth date	Nov 4, 1992	Nov 12, 1989
Age	24	27
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	117	322
Ranking points (entering)	501	148
Elo (entering)	1,609	1,505
Career W-L	26–46	7–21
Career earnings	$2,291,625	$959,286

Pre-match H2H

Jozef Kovalik 1 – 0 Prajnesh Gunneswaran

Path

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2017	Q1	Franko Skugor	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2017	R32	Gastao Elias	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Prajnesh Gunneswaran's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2017	Q1	Hiroki Moriya	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data