Aleksandar Kovacevic and Patrick Kypson will fight against each other in the quarter of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.55
Patrick Kypson -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Patrick Kypson
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Patrick Kypson since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-34 | 19-16 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Kovacevic reached the quarter after defeating Cooper Williams 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Karlis Ozolins 7-65 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Ozolins (7-65 6-3). During the match, Kovacevic scored 73 points vs Ozolins’s 56. The American was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty efficient on serve to win 97% (30/31) of his 1st serve and 76% (19/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Ozolins once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (147-112). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has an aggregate39-24 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he overcame Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) and the Waco Challenger where he beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2 and the Shenzhen 1 Challenger where he defeated Nuno Borges in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
The American has a composed 38-25 win-loss record in 2023, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Patrick Kypson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 8-11 | 4-7 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 10-11 | 17-6 | 11-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-14 | 13-7 | 2-2 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-11 | 4-2 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-9 | 7-6 | 5-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 239 (career-high), Kypson reached the quarter after beating Mark Whitehouse 6-1 7-65 and Kenta Miyoshi 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Miyoshi (6-3 6-1). During the match Kypson scored 58 points vs Miyoshi’s 34. Patrick was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Kypson struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Patrick Kypson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Patrick broke Miyoshi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kypson hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Medellin Challenger where he beat Benjamin Lock in the final 6-3 6-3.
The American has a compiled 35-21 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 36 |
| Pts | 155-132 | 128-86 |
| Total Points | 287 | 214 |
| Winners | 71 | 53 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Kovacevic and Kypson played 2 matches. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 1 set while Patrick Kypson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set more than Kypson (5 vs 4). Therefore, Kovacevic played 13 games more than Kypson. Kovacevic scored 71 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 53 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 78/135 | 63/102 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 71/78 | 53/63 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 32/57 | 25/39 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 64% |
Kovacevic struck 28 aces (14 per match). Kypson blasted 19 aces (9.5 per match). Kovacevic won 91% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kypson won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Kypson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Kovacevic broke his opponents 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Kovacevic lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Kypson broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Patrick was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Williams |
R2 Ozolins |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 22 | 49 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 73-56 | 155-132 | |
| Total points | 158 | 129 | 287 | |
| Winners | 41 | 30 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 31/56 | 78/135 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 55% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/47 | 30/31 | 71/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 97% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 19/25 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 76% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/3 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kypson | ||||
| R1 Whitehouse |
R2 Miyoshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-65 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 58-34 | 128-86 | |
| Total points | 122 | 92 | 214 | |
| Winners | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 27/47 | 63/102 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 22/27 | 53/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 81% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 12/20 | 25/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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