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Jozef Kovalik#128 def. Matteo Viola#251

7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Apr 5, 2021
Tournament	Cagliari
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	Q2
Winner	Jozef Kovalik
Score	7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(4)
Loser	Matteo Viola
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Jozef Kovalik	Matteo Viola
Aces	2	3
Double faults	6	11
First serve %	53	63
First serve points won %	66	62
Second serve points won %	46	47
Break points saved %	36	54
Break points converted %	46	64
Service points won %	56	57
Return points won %	43	44
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jozef Kovalik	Matteo Viola
Country	SVK	ITA
Birth date	Nov 4, 1992	Jul 7, 1987
Age	28	33
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	128	251
Ranking points (entering)	583	250
Elo (entering)	1,556	1,519
Career W-L	26–46	4–13
Career earnings	$2,291,625	$821,594

Pre-match H2H

Jozef Kovalik 0 – 0 Matteo Viola

Path

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2021	Q1	Malek Jaziri	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2021	R32	Sumit Nagal	3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Matteo Viola's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2021	Q1	Brandon Nakashima	6-7(4) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data