Jozef Kovalík

Jozef Kovalík (born 4 November 1992) is a Slovakian tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 11 April 2016, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 139 and his highest doubles ranking of 366 achieved on 9 January 2012.

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

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

He played his first match at ATP level on January 5, 2016 in Chennai, where he lost in the first round.

He played his first match at Grandslam on January 18, 2016 in Australian Open, where he lost to fellow qualifier Marco Trungelliti in the first round.

At 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. Kovalík was able to win cheap points of 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 Marian Vajda.

In 2016 Kovalík won Capri Watch Cup. His second title on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Singles

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	14 April 2013	Itajaí	Clay	Rogério Dutra da Silva	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	17 August 2014	Meerbusch	Clay	Andrey Kuznetsov	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1 June 2015	Mestre	Clay	Máximo González	1–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	10 April 2016	Napoli	Clay	Arthur De Greef	6–3, 6–2

Doubles

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	8 January 2012	São Paulo	Hard	José Pereira	Fernando Romboli Júlio Silva	7–5, 6–2