Dominic Stephan Stricker and Aleksandar Kovacevic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Stephan Stricker who should win in 3 sets.
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 1.40
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Dominic Stephan Stricker vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Dominic Stephan Stricker and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Stephan Stricker got to the 2nd round after defeating Yuichi Sugita 7-65 6-1.
In the 1st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Sugita (7-65 6-1). During the match, Stephan Stricker scored 76 points vs Sugita’s 60. The Swiss was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Stephan Stricker made 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Dominic Stephan Stricker lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Stephan Stricker put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Sugita 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Stephan Stricker has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (44-30). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Stephan Stricker has an aggregate24-11 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Columbus Challenger and the Cleveland Challenger.
Dominic has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 400, Kovacevic got to the 2nd round after defeating Remy Bertola 7-5 6-2, Andrew Paulson 7-5 6-3 and Zhe Li 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Li (7-5 6-3). During the match Kovacevic scored 68 points vs Li’s 57. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic scored 16 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aleksandar Kovacevic was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Li twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Kovacevic has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Stephan Stricker | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 62 |
| Pts | 76-60 | 203-161 |
| Total Points | 136 | 364 |
| Winners | 31 | 98 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Stephan Stricker played 1 match while Kovacevic competed in 3 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Stephan Stricker had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Stephan Stricker has played 4 set(s) less than Kovacevic (2 vs 6). Therefore, Stephan Stricker played 42 games less than Kovacevic. The Swiss scored 31 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 98 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Stephan Stricker | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 10 |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 123/185 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 98/123 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 33/62 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 53% |
Stephan Stricker blasted 10 aces . Kovacevic fired 30 aces (10 per match). Stephan Stricker won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 80% of the points behind 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 | Stephan Stricker | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 75% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Dominic dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kovacevic broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Stephan Stricker | |||
| R1 Sugita | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 76-60 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 45/74 | 45/74 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kovacevic | |||||
| Q1 Bertola | Q3 Paulson | R1 Li | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 21 | 62 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 65-50 | 68-57 | 203-161 | |
| Total points | 124 | 115 | 125 | 364 | |
| Winners | 31 | 28 | 39 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 57% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 33/53 | 50/69 | 123/185 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 62% | 72% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 28/33 | 39/50 | 98/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 85% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 14/20 | 10/19 | 33/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 70% | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 100% | 171% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger
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- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Marius CopilCopil (6-4 3-6 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
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