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Jozef Kovalik #117 def. Gastao Elias #81

6-7(5) 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2017*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jozef Kovalik
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Gastao Elias
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Jozef Kovalik	Gastao Elias
Aces	4	7
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	62	52
First serve points won %	75	72
Second serve points won %	55	56
Break points saved %	83	43
Break points converted %	57	17
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jozef Kovalik	Gastao Elias
Country	SVK	POR
Birth date	Nov 4, 1992	Nov 24, 1990
Age	24	26
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	117	81
Ranking points (entering)	501	675
Elo (entering)	1,620	1,673
Career W-L	26–46	24–45
Career earnings	$2,293,813	$1,566,670

Pre-match H2H

Jozef Kovalik 0 – 0 Gastao Elias

Path

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2017	Q2	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	7-6(2) 6-2	W	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 6, 2017	R16	Marin Cilic	7-6(5) 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Gastao Elias's path

No prior matches in this tournament.