Karen Khachanov and Aleksandar Kovacevic will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.222
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	23-18	12-10	8-4	2-1	1-3	0-0
2023	34-18	18-10	10-5	6-3	0-0	0-0
2022	36-25	17-11	9-7	6-5	4-2	0-0
2021	35-24	17-9	5-6	8-6	5-3	0-0
2020	20-15	12-6	4-3	4-6	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 15, the Russian got to the 2^nd round after beating Daniel Altmaier 5-7 6-3 7-6⁵ 7-6³.

In the 1^st round against Altmaier, Karen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-6⁵ 7-6³). During the match, Khachanov scored 149 points vs Altmaier’s 143. Khachanov was extremely aggressive to blast 65 winners.

Talking about the service games, Khachanov recorded 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Karen Khachanov was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (65/85) of his 1st serve and 53% (33/62) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Russian broke Altmaier 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (337-217). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has an aggregate 136-84 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Karen has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open

Khachanov's Record

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	25-27	18-14	5-8	0-1	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

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Ranked no. 101 (career-high), Kovacevic reached the 2^nd round after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-3 6-7⁹ 7-6⁷, Vitaliy Sachko 7-6⁵ 7-6⁴, Shintaro Mochizuki 1-6 6-2 6-2 and Alejandro Tabilo 6-7² 7-6⁷ 1-6 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Aleksandar had a tough win against Tabilo to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (6-7² 7-6⁷ 1-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Kovacevic scored 154 points vs Tabilo’s 151. Aleksandar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 76 winners.

About the serving games, Kovacevic overpowered his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (76/101) of his 1st serve and 56% (34/61) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kovacevic broke Tabilo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

The American has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Australian Open

Kovacevic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Khachanov played 1 match while Kovacevic competed in 4 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Khachanov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Karen Khachanov dropped 1 set, while Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 4 sets. Khachanov has played 9 set(s) less than Kovacevic (4 vs 13). Therefore, Khachanov played 86 games less than Kovacevic. The Russian scored 65 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar scored 202 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Khachanov scored 15 aces . Kovacevic bagged 55 aces (13.8 per match). Khachanov won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Karen broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Kovacevic broke his opponents 12 times with a 32% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

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Karen
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Aleksandar
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Rank

27

High

8

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Rank

73

High

72

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

23 - 18

25 - 27

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18-14

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I Hard

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8-4

Clay

5-8

1-3

Grass

2-4

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

• Lukas KleinKlein – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-6⁰ 4-6 7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-7³ 6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 3-6 7-6³ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-3 7-6¹ 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 6-3 6-2 6-7² 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-7² 7-6⁷ 1-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Patrick KypsonKypson (4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Omar JasikaJasika (7-6⁴ 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andy MurrayMurray (6-4 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Terence AtmaneAtmane (5-7 6-2 6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-5 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Ben SheltonShelton – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-2 7-6² 7-5) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (3-6 7-6³ 6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 7-5 6-7⁵ 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Jakub MensikMensik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Benjamin BonziBonzi (7-6³ 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-6 7-6³ 4-6 6-4 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (5-7 6-3 7-6⁵ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-4 2-6 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Milos RaonicRaonic (6-7⁶ 6-3 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Zizou BergsBergs (5-7 6-1 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-7² 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Flavio CobolliCobolli – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Sebastian BaezBaez – Jeff WolfWolf (3-6 6-2 6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-6⁷ 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pedro CachinCachin (4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Lloyd HarrisHarris (4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5 7-6²) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-5 6-1 6-7⁶ 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Adam WaltonWalton (7-6⁵ 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-3 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-5 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Dane SweenySweeny (3-6 6-3 6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Taylor FritzFritz – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (4-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-6 6-3 7-6³ 4-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Marin CilicCilic (6-1 2-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Cristian GarinGarin (3-6 7-5 4-6 6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Laslo DjereDjere (6-2 6-7(3) 6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 7-5 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (2-6 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-3 7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (7-6(0) 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6(5) 3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Max PurcellPurcell – Mate ValkuszValkusz (3-6 7-6(2) 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Casper RuudRuud – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-1 6-3 6-1) – See score progression

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• Daniel EvansEvans – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
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• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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• Max PurcellPurcell – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Tomas MachacMachac (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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