Aleksandar Kovacevic and Evan King will play each other in the qualifications of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.26
Evan King -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Evan King
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Evan King since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 367, Aleksandar reached the qualifications after defeating Jay Clarke 4-6 7-63 6-4.
In the qualifications against Clarke, Kovacevic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic and Clarke scored the same amount of points (100). However, the world no. 367 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kovacevic was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovacevic fired 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (21/38) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Clarke 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Kovacevic has won exactly 50% of his matches (36-36) in the last 6 years. 6-3 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovacevic has an overall19-20 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Aleksandar has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan King
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-14 | 3-6 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 2-7 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 610, Evan got to the qualifications after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 7-62.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-4 7-62). During the match King scored 71 points vs Gerasimov’s 61. Evan was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, King bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Evan King conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, King put 70% of his first serves in, winning 87% (40/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. King was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gerasimov once.
The American has an aggregate 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | King |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 23 |
| Pts | 100-100 | 71-61 |
| Total Points | 200 | 132 |
| Winners | 38 | 40 |
| %Winners | 38% | 56% |
Both Kovacevic and King played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 1 set while Evan King hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set more than King (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kovacevic played 10 games more than King. Kovacevic scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 40 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | King |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 4 |
| 1st in | 60/98 | 46/66 |
| %1st in | 61% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 38/60 | 40/46 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 10/20 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Kovacevic struck 14 aces . King struck 4 aces . Kovacevic won 63% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, King won 87% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | King |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 1/1 |
| % Converted | 42% | 100% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 44% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Aleksandar broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. King broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. King was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 100-100 | 100-100 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 60/98 | 60/98 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 38/60 | 38/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/38 | 21/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| King | |||
| Q1 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-61 | 71-61 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 46/66 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 40/46 | 40/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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