Jozef Kovalík (; 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.ATP Profile

Career 2010–2014: First Challenger title Kovalík together with Filip Horanský won bronze medal in doubles at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

He won his first Challenger title as a wildcard on 17 August 2014 in Meerbusch, Germany, after defeating second seed Andrey Kuznetsov. He became the fourth player to win an ATP Challenger title while ranked outside the top 300.

2016: ATP, Masters & Grand Slam debuts He played his first match at ATP level on 5 January 2016 in Chennai, where he lost in the first round. 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.

At the 2016 BNP Paribas Open Kovalík won his first match at ATP level, defeating another qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round. He lost in two tight tie-breaks in the subsequent round, to fellow up-and-coming talent Dominic Thiem. 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. In addition he remained mentally composed on key points and played intelligent tennis throughout. During the match he was watched by fellow Slovak and coach of Novak Djokovic, Marián Vajda.

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

2017–2020: Roland Garros, Wimbledon & Top 100 debuts 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. Kovalík reached another ATP level semifinal at 2018 German Open in Hamburg, where he lost to the defending champion Leonardo Mayer. After the tournament, Kovalík made his Top 100 debut on 30 July 2018.

2024: Challenger titles, first Major wins, back to top 125 He won his first Challenger title of the season and first since 2022 in Zadar, Croatia defeating Adrian Andreev in the final. 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. 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. As a result, he returned to No. 119 on 10 June 2024 and to No. 102 a month later on 15 July 2024.

Performance timelines

Singles Current through the 2024 French Open.

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024 2025SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ21RQ1Q2A1RQ1Q1Q1Q1Q30 / 20–2French OpenQ2AAQ11R1R1RQ1Q3Q1Q13RQ10 / 42–4WimbledonQ1AQ1Q3Q2Q11RNHQ1Q1Q1Q1Q20 / 10–1US OpenAAQ11RQ1Q11R1RAQ2Q1Q1A0 / 30–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–20–10–10–30–20–00–00–0 2–1 0–00 / 102–10ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAA2RQ1AQ1NHAAAAQ10 / 11–1Miami OpenAAAQ1Q1AANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAQ1AANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAANHAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAAAQ3Q1AQ1AA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAQ1AAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersAAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0 0–00 / 11–1National representationDavis CupAAAPOZ1Z1APO0 / 02–4Career statistics20132014201520162017201820192020202120222023 20242025CareerTournaments000966966341050Overall win–loss0–00–00–04–93–67–61–91–66–61–33–43–4 0–129–54Year-end ranking33920225911716585139131148137228125

Doubles Current through the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1.

Tournament20182019202020212022SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAANHAA0 / 00–0US OpenA2RAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–01–10–00–00–00 / 11–1Career statistics20182019202020212022CareerTournaments120014Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 0Overall win–loss0–11–20–00–00–11–4Year-end ranking3323924391009

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles 31: (19–12) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (9–8)ITF Futures Tour (9–4)Titles by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (17–9)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Turkey F14, AntalyaFuturesHard Arnau Brugués Davi5–7, 2–6Win1–1Bosnia and Herzegovina F5, KiseljakFuturesClay Aldin Šetkić6–3, 6–4Loss1–2Estonia F2, KuressaareFuturesClay Hans Podlipnik Castillo6–1, 2–6, 0–6Win2–2Slovakia F2, Tatranska LomnicaFuturesClay Daniel Lustig6–2, 4–6, 6–3Loss2–3Israel F2, EilatFuturesHard Daniel Smethurst4–6, 2–6Win3–3Italy F15, ViterboFuturesClay Riccardo Bellotti6–2, 4–6, 6–2Win4–3Italy F25, TriesteFuturesClay Sandro Ehrat7–6(7–2), 6–4Win5–3Serbia F12, SuboticaFuturesClay Laslo Djere3–6, 6–0, 6–3Win6–3Serbia F14, SokobanjaFuturesClay Lucas Pouille6–3, 5–7, 6–4Loss6–4Itajaí, BrasilChallengerClay Rogério Dutra da Silva6–4, 3–6, 1–6Loss6–5Turkey F3, AntalyaFuturesHard Artem Smirnov6–7(4–7), 6–1, 4–6Win7–5Greece F1, HeraklionFuturesHard Jan Hernych6–3, 7–6(8–6)Win8–5Greece F4, HeraklionFuturesHard Dejan Katic6–0, 6–2Win9–5Slovenia F2, MariborFuturesClay Julien Cagnina7–6(7–2), 6–1Win10–5Meerbusch, GermanyChallengerClay Andrey Kuznetsov6–1, 6–4Loss10–6Mestre, ItalyChallengerClay Máximo González1–6, 3–6Win11–6Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Arthur De Greef6–3, 6–2Loss11–7Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Cecchinato4–6, 4–6Loss11–8Lima, PerùChallengerClay Gerald Melzer5–7, 6–7(4–7)Win12–8Poprad, SlovakiaChallengerClay Arthur De Greef6–4, 6–0Loss12–9Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Yannick Hanfmann2–6, 6–3, 3–6Win13–9Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4Loss13–10Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Salvatore Caruso4–6, 2–6Win14–10Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Constant Lestienne6–0, 6–4Win15–10Tulln an der Donau, AustriaChallengerClay Jelle Sels7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–3)Loss15–11Parma, ItalyChallengerClay Timofey Skatov5–7, 7–6(7–2), 4–6Win16–11Zadar, CroatiaChallengerClay Adrian Andreev6–4, 6–2Win17–11Split, CroatiaChallengerClay Zsombor Piros6–4, 5–7, 7–5Loss17–12Mauthausen, AustriaChallengerClay Lucas Pouille3–6, 3–6Win18–12Karlsruhe, GermanyChallengerClay Camilo Ugo Carabelli 6–3, 7–6(7–2)

Doubles OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1.8 January 2012São PauloHard José Pereira Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva7–5, 6–2Loss2.9 April 2017Sophia AntipolisClay Uladzimir Ignatik Tristan Lamasine Franko Škugor2–6, 2–6Loss3.23 June 2017ScheveningenClay Stefanos Tsitsipas Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen2–6, 6–4, [10–12]Win4.30 September 2017RomeClay Martin Kližan Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss5.31 March 2018MarbellaClay Martin Kližan Guido Andreozzi Ariel Behar3–6, 4–6

Wins over top 10 players

Kovalík's match record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Season 2017 Total Wins 1 1

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore2017 1. Marin Čilić6 Chennai Open, IndiaHard 2R 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 7–5

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