

What Time Will Cameron Norrie Play Against Jozef Kovalik?
Norrie and Kovalik are on the Day 1 Schedule at Nordea Open 2024 on Monday 15 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
[5] Cameron Norrie from Great Britain will be facing Jozef Kovalik from Slovakia in their first tour-level meeting. However, they have previously met in the 2014 Greece F4 tournament, where Kovalik emerged victorious with a score of 6-4 6-4. Norrie is 28 years old and currently ranked 42nd in the world, with a career-high ranking of 8th in September 2022. He had a successful 2024 season, reaching the semifinals in Rio de Janeiro. Notably, Norrie became the 4th British man in history to break into the top 10 rankings, achieving this feat in April 2022. He has participated in 13 ATP Tour finals since May 2021, including a significant win at the 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, where he became the first British champion in the tournament’s 46-year history. In the 2022 Wimbledon, Norrie reached the fourth round, quarterfinals, and semifinals for the first time in a Grand Slam, but fell to the eventual champion, Djokovic, in four sets. Notably, he secured notable victories over No. 2 Nadal at the 2023 United Cup and No. 2 Alcaraz in the 2023 Rio de Janeiro final. Born in South Africa with a Scottish father and Welsh mother, Norrie grew up in New Zealand and has represented Great Britain since 2013. It is worth mentioning that Norrie aims to be the first British match winner in Bastad since Bedene reached the second round in 2016. He has an impressive record of 23-2 against players ranked outside the top 100 on clay
Tatjana Maria
Ella Seidel
Elise Mertens
Diana Shnaider
Alexander Zverev
Daniel Altmaier
Luciano Darderi
Miomir Kecmanovic
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Varvara Gracheva
David Goffin
Mariano Navone
Fiona Ferro
Jessika Ponchet
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Jaqueline Cristian
Linda Fruhvirtova
Olga Danilovic
Francisco Cerundolo
Alexander Shevchenko
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Karen Khachanov
Tallon Griekspoor
Yannick Hanfmann
Ugo Humbert
Fabian Marozsan
Jacob Fearnley
Alex De Minaur
Zizou Bergs
Diego Dedura-Palomero
since the beginning of the 2021 season, including ATP Tour qualification matches.
On the other hand, Jozef Kovalik is 31 years old and is currently ranked 102nd in the world, with a career-high ranking of 80th during the 2018 season. He achieved his first ATP Tour semifinal at the 2018 Sofia and reached his second semifinal at the 2018 Hamburg. In 2017, he secured the biggest win of his career by defeating No. 6 Cilic in the second round of the Chennai tournament as a qualifier. Kovalik has qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open, Roland Garros, and Australian Open in previous years and boasts a record of 0-9 in Grand Slam main draws before making it to the 2024 Roland Garros third round as a lucky loser, defeating Giron and Khachanov. He has also entered Grand Slam main draws as a lucky loser at the 2016 US Open, 2020 Australian Open, and 2024 Roland Garros. Overall, Kovalik has won nine Challenger titles, ending his 2019 season on an 18-3 run with titles at Szczecin and Maia. In 2024, he won Challenger titles in Split, Zadar, and Karlsruhe and reached the final in Mauthausen. It is noteworthy that Kovalik has a recent record of 3-2 in his last five matches against top 50 players, although his overall record against such opponents is 5-22 across all levels. He defeated No. 35 Davidovich Fokina in the first round of the 2023 Bastad, as well as No. 50 Giron and No. 18 Khachanov at the 2024 Roland Garros.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Norrie will win.
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