Ben Shelton and Aleksandar Kovacevic will square off in the 1st round of the Swiss Indoors Basel for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on Center Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ben Shelton who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ben Shelton is the pick to win this match.
Ben Shelton -> 1.166
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Ben Shelton vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 6th time that Ben Shelton and Aleksandar Kovacevic play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Shelton (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Shelton won 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in the Champaign Challenger back in 2022.
Ben Shelton
40 - 17win/loss
4
4
LWLLLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40-17 | 21-8 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 40-24 | 23-9 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-26 | 22-13 | 8-4 | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-26 | 21-13 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-11 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 24-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4 (career-high), Shelton will start his run in Basel after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(5) 7-6(3) to Gea in the 3rd round on the 11th of October.
The American has a compiled 40-17 win-loss record in 2026, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in Dallas where he defeated Taylor Fritz in the final 3-6 6-3 7-5 and in Munich where he overcame Flavio Cobolli in the final 6-2 7-5 and in Stuttgart where he beat Taylor Fritz in the final 6-4 2-6 6-4 and in Montreal where he beat Brandon Nakashima in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Talking about his overall career, Shelton has an overall 208-111 record. He has a positive 48-19 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Basel
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
23 - 34win/loss
84
54
LWLLLWLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-34 | 11-15 | 7-9 | 4-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-33 | 13-14 | 4-7 | 16-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-35 | 20-17 | 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 |
Ranked no. 84, the American got to the 1st round after defeating James Duckworth 7-6(6) 6-3 and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-6(2) 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (7-66 6-3). During the match Kovacevic scored 74 points vs Duckworth’s 64. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic overwhelmed his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 73% of his first serves in, winning 82% (42/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Duckworth once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
ATP Basel - Aleksandar Kovacevic's projected path
Kovacevic has an aggregate 23-34 win-loss record in 2026, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Basel
Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.
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