Stefanos Tsitsipas and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the quarter of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on ESTADIO MEXTENIS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.134
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 5.9
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-13 | 10-6 | 19-5 | 1-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, Stefanos reached the quarter after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-3 6-0). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 57 points vs Vukic’s 36. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas fired 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Stefanos Tsitsipas was very effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Greek broke Vukic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (450-205). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tsitsipas has an aggregate 173-87 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Greek has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-21 | 14-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 100, the American got to the quarter after beating Steve Johnson 7-5 6-3, Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-4, Brandon Holt 6-1 6-4 and Rinky Hijikata 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar defeated Hijikata (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 96 points vs Hijikata’s 84. Aleksandar was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Hijikata 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 87 |
| Pts | 57-36 | 303-242 |
| Total Points | 93 | 545 |
| Winners | 22 | 114 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Tsitsipas played 1 match while Kovacevic competed in 4 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Tsitsipas had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 1 set while Stefanos Tsitsipas hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 7 set(s) less than Kovacevic (2 vs 9). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 72 games less than Kovacevic. Tsitsipas scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kovacevic managed to score 114 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 147/270 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 114/147 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 66/123 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 54% |
Tsitsipas made 6 aces . Kovacevic managed to score 24 aces (6 per match). Tsitsipas won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 16/31 |
| % Converted | 36% | 52% |
| Conceded | 3 | 24 |
| Saved | 3 | 17 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Greek very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The American broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kovacevic | ||||||
| Q1 Johnson |
Q3 Svajda |
R1 Holt |
R2 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 17 | 29 | 87 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 69-59 | 63-38 | 96-84 | 303-242 | |
| Total points | 136 | 128 | 101 | 180 | 545 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 24 | 38 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 38% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/66 | 36/66 | 30/48 | 51/90 | 147/270 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 55% | 63% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 27/36 | 24/30 | 38/51 | 114/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 17/30 | 15/18 | 15/39 | 66/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 83% | 38% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 3/5 | 6/14 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 43% | 60% | 43% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 7/8 | 2/2 | 3/8 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 88% | 100% | 38% | 309% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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