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Max Purcell #216 def. Jozef Kovalik #139

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 21, 2020*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Max Purcell
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Jozef Kovalik
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Max Purcell	Jozef Kovalik
Aces	7	4
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	58	56
First serve points won %	77	59
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	50	43
Break points converted %	57	50
Service points won %	66	54
Return points won %	46	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Max Purcell	Jozef Kovalik
Country	AUS	SVK
Birth date	Apr 3, 1998	Nov 4, 1992
Age	21	27
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	216	139
Ranking points (entering)	221	379
Elo (entering)	1,493	1,559
Career W-L	31–49	26–46
Career earnings	$4,685,745	$2,293,813

Pre-match H2H

Max Purcell 0 – 0 Jozef Kovalik

Path

Max Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2020	Q2	Gianluca Mager	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2020	Q1	Andrea Collarini	7-6(2) 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Max Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2020	R128	Jannik Sinner	6-7(2) 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2020	Q2	Luke Saville	6-7(7) 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2020	Q1	Tobias Kamke	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data