Denis Kudla and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the 2nd round of the Cary 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.38
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 96, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Donald Young 7-63 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Denis defeated Young (7-63 4-6 6-2). During the match, Kudla scored 98 points vs Young’s 86. The American was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla fired 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 57% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Kudla broke Young 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kudla has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (354-260). 16-9 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has a composed 166-127 record in the last years on hard.
Denis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Orlando Challenger and the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
Denis has a compiled 33-21 win-loss record in 2021, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Ranked no. 377 (career-high), Aleksandar reached the 2nd round after defeating Anuj Watane 6-1 6-2, Strong Kirchheimer 6-3 6-4 and Garrett Johns 7-63 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Johns (7-63 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 74 points vs Johns’s 63. Aleksandar was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Johns 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kovacevic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Aleksandar has an aggregate 15-10 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 57 |
| Pts | 98-86 | 213-161 |
| Total Points | 184 | 374 |
| Winners | 42 | 84 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Kudla played 1 match while Kovacevic competed in 3 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Kudla had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Denis Kudla lost 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudla has played 3 set(s) less than Kovacevic (3 vs 6). Therefore, Kudla played 26 games less than Kovacevic. Denis scored 42 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 84 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 10 |
| 1st in | 54/94 | 104/190 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 84/104 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 46/86 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 53% |
Kudla managed to score 10 aces . Kovacevic managed to score 30 aces (10 per match). Kudla won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 50% | 34% |
| Conceded | 11 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 10 |
| % Saved | 64% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Young |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 98-86 | 98-86 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 54/94 | 54/94 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/54 | 42/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kovacevic | |||||
| Q1 Watane |
Q3 Kirchheimer |
R1 Johns |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 23 | 57 | |
| pts | 65-37 | 74-61 | 74-63 | 213-161 | |
| Total points | 102 | 135 | 137 | 374 | |
| Winners | 24 | 28 | 32 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 11 | 10 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 34/73 | 42/74 | 104/190 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 47% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 28/34 | 32/42 | 84/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 82% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 19/39 | 18/32 | 46/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 49% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/10 | 3/5 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 30% | 60% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 86% | 67% | 153% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLLLL Tennis Scores in Cary 2 Challenger
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Garrett JohnsJohns (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Alexander SarkissianSarkissian (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Luca StaeheliStaeheli (6-3 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Jason JungJung (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Stefan KozlovKozlov (7-5 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Noah RubinRubin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dayne KellyKelly – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Donald YoungYoung (7-63 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jc AragoneAragone – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Christian HarrisonHarrison (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Noah RubinRubin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Dayne KellyKelly (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jc AragoneAragone – Max PurcellPurcell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
