Aleksandar Kovacevic and Yunseong Chung will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Morelos Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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 -> 1.64
Yunseong Chung -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Yunseong Chung

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Yunseong Chung since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 347, Aleksandar got to the 2^nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 3-6 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Pablo Ficovich, Kovacevic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-5). During the match, Kovacevic scored 92 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 91. Aleksandar was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovacevic blasted 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 66% (25/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Aleksandar broke Pablo Ficovich 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).

Kovacevic has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (45-41). 8-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has a compiled21-21 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Kovacevic has an overall 15-10 win-loss record in 2022, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Morelos Challenger

Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.

Yunseong Chung

Ranked no. 374, Chung got to the 2^nd round after defeating Bernard Tomic 6-3 3-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Yunseong defeated Tomic (6-3 3-6 6-4). During the match Chung scored 91 points vs Tomic’s 89. Yunseong was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Chung struck 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Yunseong Chung was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (41/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (22/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Korean broke Tomic 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

The Korean’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Monastir.

Yunseong has a compiled 11-7 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovacevic	Chung
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	28
Pts	92-91	91-89
Total Points	183	180
Winners	34	41
%Winners	37%	45%

Both Kovacevic and Chung played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost 1 set, while Yunseong Chung conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Chung have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kovacevic played 3 games more than Chung. The American scored 34 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Chung struck 41 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovacevic	Chung
Aces	11	7
Avg per match	11	7
1st in	48/86	57/98
%1st in	56%	58%
1st pts	34/48	41/57
%1st pts	71%	72%
2nd pts	25/38	22/41
%2nd pts	66%	54%

Kovacevic made 11 aces . Chung bagged 7 aces . Kovacevic won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Chung won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovacevic	Chung
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/8
% Converted	23%	38%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4	4
% Saved	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Chung broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovacevic
	R1 Pablo Ficovich	Total
Score	3-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	92-91	92-91
Total points	183	183
Winners	34	34
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	48/86	48/86
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	34/48	34/48
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	25/38	25/38
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/13	3/13
Converted %	23%	23%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Chung
	R1 Tomic	Total
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	91-89	91-89
Total points	180	180
Winners	41	41
%Winners	45%	45%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	57/98	57/98
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	41/57	41/57
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	22/41	22/41
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	4/6	4
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Morelos Challenger

• Benjamin LockLock – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Rodolfo Jauregui Sainz De RozasJauregui Sainz De Rozas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Keegan SmithSmith – Fajing SunSun (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Jay ClarkeClarke – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Malek JaziriJaziri – Pedja KrstinKrstin (5-7 6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Calvin HemeryHemery (7-6¹⁰ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Brayden SchnurSchnur (5-7 7-6³ 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Yunseong ChungChung – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Denis IstominIstomin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Benjamin LockLock – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Naoki NakagawaNakagawa – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Yunseong ChungChung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Keegan SmithSmith – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Malek JaziriJaziri (0-0) – H2H and prediction