Aleksandar Kovacevic and Martin Damm will square off in the qualifications of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on ELIZABETH MOORE 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 Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.57
Martin Damm -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Martin Damm
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Martin Damm since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 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. 369, the American reached the qualifications after beating Andre Goransson 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Goransson (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kovacevic scored 59 points vs Goransson’s 40. Aleksandar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic was extremely effective on serve to win 87% (27/31) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Goransson 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 51% of his matches (41-39). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has an aggregate6-4 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The American has a compiled 11-8 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 6-4 | 1-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 700, Martin got to the qualifications after beating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-3 5-7 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Dutra Da Silva (6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match Damm scored 110 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 99. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Damm scored 15 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Martin Damm lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Damm put 51% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (30/49) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Dutra Da Silva 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Martin has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 30 |
| Pts | 59-40 | 110-99 |
| Total Points | 99 | 209 |
| Winners | 27 | 35 |
| %Winners | 46% | 32% |
Both Kovacevic and Damm played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Martin Damm surrendered 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Damm (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovacevic played 13 games less than Damm. Kovacevic scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Martin bagged 35 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 15 |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 52/101 |
| %1st in | 63% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 35/52 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 30/49 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Kovacevic scored 5 aces . Damm bagged 15 aces . Kovacevic won 87% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Damm won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/14 |
| % Converted | 50% | 29% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Damm broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Martin conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Goransson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 27/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Damm | |||
| Q1 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 110-99 | 110-99 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/101 | 52/101 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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