Benjamin Bonzi and Aleksandar Kovacevic will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Court 17. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.21
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Bonzi and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 94 (career-high), Benjamin got to the qualifications after beating Daniel Masur 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-0 6-2). During the match, Bonzi scored 60 points vs Masur’s 34. Bonzi was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bonzi blasted 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Benjamin broke Masur 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Bonzi has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (239-141). 13-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bonzi has an overall70-27 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Potchefstroom 1 Challenger where he defeated Liam Broady in the final 7-5 6-4 and in the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame Renzo Olivo in the final 6-4 6-4 and in the Segovia Challenger where he overcame Tim Van Rijthoven in the final 7-6(10) 3-6 6-4.
The French player has a compiled 41-20 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Ranked no. 410, the American reached the qualifications after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 3-6 7-62 6-1.
In the qualifications against Giustino, Aleksandar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 6-1). During the match Kovacevic scored 106 points vs Giustino’s 89. Kovacevic was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic recorded 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (45/54) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovacevic broke Giustino 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
The American has a composed 11-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 |
| Pts | 60-34 | 106-89 |
| Total Points | 94 | 195 |
| Winners | 21 | 45 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Bonzi and Kovacevic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic lost 1 set while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t lost a set so far. Bonzi has played 1 set(s) less than Kovacevic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bonzi played 15 games less than Kovacevic. The French player scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kovacevic blasted 45 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 14 |
| 1st in | 24/45 | 54/86 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 45/54 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Bonzi struck 10 aces . Kovacevic fired 14 aces . Bonzi won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/15 |
| % Converted | 45% | 20% |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Bonzi broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The French player extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 20% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | |||
| Q1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 60-34 | 60-34 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 106-89 | 106-89 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/86 | 54/86 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 45/54 | 45/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/15 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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