Aleksandar Kovacevic and Strong Kirchheimer will play each other in the qualifications of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.51
Strong Kirchheimer -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Strong Kirchheimer

This will be the 4^th time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Strong Kirchheimer play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kirchheimer (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kirchheimer won 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(2) in the qualifications in the Little Rock Challenger back in May 2021.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 414, Aleksandar reached the qualifications after defeating Anuj Watane 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Watane (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kovacevic scored 65 points vs Watane’s 37. The American was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovacevic struck 9 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Watane 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Kovacevic has won exactly 50% of his matches (19-19) in the last 5 years. 6-6 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovacevic has an overall7-9 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Kovacevic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.

Aleksandar has an aggregate 13-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2021. See his history.

Cary 2 Challenger

Kovacevic's Record

Strong Kirchheimer

Ranked no. 521, the American got to the qualifications after beating Thomas Fancutt 4-6 6-3 7-6⁴.

In the qualifications against Fancutt, Strong recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴). During the match Kirchheimer scored 109 points vs Fancutt’s 106. Kirchheimer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Kirchheimer blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Strong Kirchheimer was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kirchheimer broke Fancutt once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Edwardsville.

The American has a composed 13-13 win-loss record in 2021, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Cary 2 Challenger

Kirchheimer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovacevic and Kirchheimer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Strong Kirchheimer lost 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Kirchheimer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovacevic played 17 games less than Kirchheimer. Kovacevic scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 48 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Kovacevic recorded 9 aces . Kirchheimer struck 7 aces . Kovacevic won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kirchheimer won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Aleksandar had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Strong broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Aleksandar
Kovacevic

3:2

Strong
Kirchheimer

Rank

88

High

83

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Rank

498

High

375

Win Loss

Kovacevic

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Kirchheimer

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19 - 19

13 - 16

14-7

Hard

9-8

0-1

I Hard

2-4

5-8

Clay

2-4

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