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Jozef Kovalik#139 def. Luke Saville#306

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 21, 2020*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Jozef Kovalik
Score	6-7(7) 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Luke Saville
Duration	3h 10m

Stat	Jozef Kovalik	Luke Saville
Aces	5	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	53	67
First serve points won %	73	57
Second serve points won %	46	49
Break points saved %	67	71
Break points converted %	29	33
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jozef Kovalik	Luke Saville
Country	SVK	AUS
Birth date	Nov 4, 1992	Feb 1, 1994
Age	27	25
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	139	306
Ranking points (entering)	379	131
Elo (entering)	1,547	1,467
Career W-L	26–46	2–7
Career earnings	$2,291,625	$1,431,995

Pre-match H2H

Jozef Kovalik 0 – 0 Luke Saville

Path

Jozef Kovalik's path

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

Jozef Kovalik's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2020	Q3	Max Purcell	6-4 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

Luke Saville's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2020	Q1	Mikael Torpegaard	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data