Taro Daniel and Aleksandar Kovacevic will square off in the quarter of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.56
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Taro Daniel vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Taro Daniel and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 120, Daniel reached the quarter after beating Jordan Sauer 6-0 6-2 and Tatsuma Ito 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Taro had a good straight sets win against Ito (6-2 6-1). During the match, Daniel scored 58 points vs Ito’s 29. Taro was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Daniel fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Taro Daniel was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Ito 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Taro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 65% of the points he played.
Daniel has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (404-281). 5-6 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Daniel has an overall 116-92 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Daniel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger, Belgrade,the Oeiras 3 Challenger and the Lyon Challenger.
Daniel has an aggregate 30-23 win-loss record in 2021, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Ranked no. 352, the American reached the quarter after defeating Christopher Eubanks 6-1 3-6 7-65 and Daniel Altmaier 7-67 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Altmaier (7-67 6-3). During the match Kovacevic scored 83 points vs Altmaier’s 74. Kovacevic was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic bagged 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 54% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (14/37) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Altmaier 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Aleksandar has a composed 19-13 win-loss record in 2021, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Daniel | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 51 |
| Pts | 112-60 | 186-159 |
| Total Points | 172 | 345 |
| Winners | 44 | 76 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Daniel and Kovacevic played 2 matches. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded 1 set while Taro Daniel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Daniel has played 1 set(s) less than Kovacevic (4 vs 5). Therefore, Daniel played 22 games less than Kovacevic. Taro scored 44 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar recorded 76 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Daniel | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 91/169 |
| %1st in | 63% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 44/57 | 76/91 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 37/78 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 47% |
Daniel scored 6 aces (3 per match). Kovacevic bagged 17 aces (8.5 per match). Daniel won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Daniel | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/14 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 71% | 46% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Aleksandar broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Sauer |
R2 Ito |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 15 | 29 | |
| pts | 54-31 | 58-29 | 112-60 | |
| Total points | 85 | 87 | 172 | |
| Winners | 21 | 23 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 31/50 | 57/90 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 23/31 | 44/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 12/19 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/6 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 83% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Altmaier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 7-65 | 7-67 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 22 | 51 | |
| pts | 103-85 | 83-74 | 186-159 | |
| Total points | 188 | 157 | 345 | |
| Winners | 41 | 35 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 47/88 | 44/81 | 91/169 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 41/47 | 35/44 | 76/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 80% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/41 | 14/37 | 37/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 38% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 7/8 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 88% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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