Jozef Kovalík

Jozef Kovalík

Kovalík at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Slovakia
Residence	Bratislava, Slovakia
Born	(1992-11-04) 4 November 1992 (age 32) Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 2,084,332
Singles
Career record	29–53
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 80 (22 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 123 (4 November 2024)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2020)
French Open	3R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
US Open	1R (2016, 2019, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	2–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 245 (2 April 2018)
Current ranking	No. 386 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2019)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Jozef Kovalík (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈjɔzef ˈkɔʋaliːk]; born 4 November 1992) is a Slovak professional tennis player who competes on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 80 and a doubles ranking of No. 245 reached in 2018. He is currently the No. 1 Slovak player.^[2]

Kovalík together with Filip Horanský won bronze medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

He won his first Challenger title on 17 August 2014, after beating second seed Andrey Kuznetsov.^[3] He became the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger title while ranked outside the top 300.^[4]

He played his first match at ATP level on 5 January 2016 in Chennai, where he lost in the first round.^[5] He played his first match at a Grand Slam at the 2016 Australian Open, where he lost to fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round.^[6]

At the 2016 BNP Paribas Open Kovalík won his first match at ATP level, defeating another qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round.^[7][8] He lost in two tight tie-breaks in the subsequent round, to fellow up-and-coming talent Dominic Thiem.^[9][10][11] Despite the loss his tennis was of an extremely high quality as he was able to win cheap points off his first serve, utilised an effective kicking second serve, and consistently hit his groundstrokes with great accuracy, power and depth.^{[citation needed]} In addition he remained mentally composed on key points and played intelligent tennis throughout.^{[citation needed]} During the match he was watched by fellow Slovak and coach of Novak Djokovic, Marián Vajda. ^{[citation needed]}

Kovalík won the 2016 Capri Watch Cup, his second title on the ATP Challenger Tour.

At the 2018 Sofia Open he had his best ATP tournament, reaching the semifinals and losing to Marius Copil in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2.^[12] Kovalík reached another ATP level semifinal at 2018 German Open in Hamburg, where he lost to the defending champion Leonardo Mayer.^[13] After the tournament, Kovalík reached the Top 100 for the first time.^[14][15]

He won his first Challenger title of the season and first since 2022 in Zadar, Croatia defeating Adrian Andreev in the final.^[16] Following a third final showing for the season at the 2024 Upper Austria Open in Mauthausen, where he lost to Lucas Pouille, Kovalik returned in the top 150 in the rankings on 20 May 2024.^[17][18] At 31 years old, he entered the main draw of the 2024 French Open as a lucky loser, after more than three years of absence at the Grand Slam level and recorded his first Major wins over Marcos Giron and 18th seed Karen Khachanov.^[19] As a result, he returned to No. 119 on 10 June 2024 and to No. 102 a month later on 15 July 2024.

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Current through the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2011	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Arnau Brugués Davi	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina F5, Kiseljak	Futures	Clay	Aldin Šetkić	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2011	Estonia F2, Kuressaare	Futures	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	6–1, 2–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	Aug 2011	Slovakia F2, Tatranska Lomnica	Futures	Clay	Daniel Lustig	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Jan 2012	Israel F2, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Daniel Smethurst	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Jul 2012	Italy F15, Viterbo	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Bellotti	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Win	4–3	Sep 2012	Italy F25, Trieste	Futures	Clay	Sandro Ehrat	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	5–3	Sep 2012	Serbia F12, Subotica	Futures	Clay	Laslo Djere	3–6, 6–0, 6–3
Win	6–3	Sep 2012	Serbia F14, Sokobanja	Futures	Clay	Lucas Pouille	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Apr 2013	Itajaí, Brasil	Challenger	Clay	Rogério Dutra da Silva	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	6–5	Feb 2014	Turkey F3, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Artem Smirnov	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 4–6
Win	7–5	Mar 2014	Greece F1, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Jan Hernych	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Win	8–5	Apr 2014	Greece F4, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Dejan Katic	6–0, 6–2
Win	9–5	Jun 2014	Slovenia F2, Maribor	Futures	Clay	Julien Cagnina	7–6(7–2), 6–1
Win	10–5	Aug 2014	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	6–1, 6–4
Loss	10–6	Jun 2015	Mestre, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	1–6, 3–6
Win	11–6	Apr 2016	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–3, 6–2
Loss	11–7	May 2017	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marco Cecchinato	4–6, 4–6
Loss	11–8	Oct 2017	Lima, Perù	Challenger	Clay	Gerald Melzer	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	12–8	Jun 2018	Poprad, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–4, 6–0
Loss	12–9	Oct 2018	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Yannick Hanfmann	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	13–9	Aug 2019	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Loss	13–10	Oct 2019	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Salvatore Caruso	4–6, 2–6
Win	14–10	Nov 2019	Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Constant Lestienne	6–0, 6–4
Win	15–10	Sep 2022	Tulln an der Donau, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Jelle Sels	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	15–11	Oct 2022	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Timofey Skatov	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 4–6
Win	16–11	Mar 2024	Zadar, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Andreev	6–4, 6–2
Win	17–11	Apr 2024	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Zsombor Piros	6–4, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	17–12	May 2024	Mauthausen, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Pouille	3–6, 3–6

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	8 January 2012	São Paulo	Hard	José Pereira	Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2.	9 April 2017	Sophia Antipolis	Clay	Uladzimir Ignatik	Tristan Lamasine Franko Škugor	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	23 June 2017	Scheveningen	Clay	Stefanos Tsitsipas	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	2–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Win	4.	30 September 2017	Rome	Clay	Martin Kližan	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	5.	31 March 2018	Marbella	Clay	Martin Kližan	Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar	3–6, 4–6

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2017
1.	Marin Čilić	6	Chennai, India	Hard	2R	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–5

• Jozef Kovalík at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jozef Kovalík at the International Tennis Federation
• Jozef Kovalík at the Davis Cup
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• Jozef Kovalík at Olympics.com
• Jozef Kovalík at Olympic.sk (in Slovak)