Dominik Koepfer and Aleksandar Kovacevic will square off in the quarter of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Koepfer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominik Koepfer is the pick to win this match.
Dominik Koepfer -> 1.54
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Koepfer vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Dominik Koepfer and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Dominik Koepfer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-18 | 10-6 | 6-9 | 3-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-19 | 7-6 | 24-5 | 6-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-14 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-30 | 10-12 | 10-9 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 8-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, the German reached the quarter after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-1 6-3 and Li Tu 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Koepfer had a good straight sets win against Tu (6-2 6-3). During the match, Koepfer scored 58 points vs Tu’s 38. Koepfer was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Koepfer scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dominik Koepfer was very efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Tu 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominik hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 61% of the points he played.
Koepfer has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (220-153). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Koepfer has an overall44-30 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Dominik has a compiled 4-7 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
Koepfer has never competed in this tournament before.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-27 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269 (career-high), Aleksandar got to the quarter after beating Stefan Kozlov 6-3 6-74 6-4 and Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Shimabukuro (6-3 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 55 points vs Shimabukuro’s 42. The American was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Aleksandar Kovacevic was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Shimabukuro twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovacevic has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Little Rock Challenger.
Aleksandar has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Koepfer | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 51 |
| Pts | 121-76 | 157-127 |
| Total Points | 197 | 284 |
| Winners | 47 | 77 |
| %Winners | 39% | 49% |
Both Koepfer and Kovacevic played 2 matches. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded 1 set while Dominik Koepfer hasn’t lost a set so far. Koepfer has played 1 set(s) less than Kovacevic (4 vs 5). Therefore, Koepfer played 18 games less than Kovacevic. Koepfer scored 47 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar blasted 77 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Koepfer | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 93/146 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 77/93 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 35/53 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 66% |
Koepfer blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kovacevic blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Koepfer won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Koepfer | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 5 |
| Converted | 9/13 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 69% | 71% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Koepfer broke his opponents 9 times with a 69% conversion rate. Koepfer dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Koepfer | ||||
| R1 Couacaud |
R2 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 58-38 | 121-76 | |
| Total points | 101 | 96 | 197 | |
| Winners | 26 | 21 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 28/47 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 21/28 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 75% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 11/19 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/6 | 9/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 83% | 69% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Kozlov |
R2 Shimabukuro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-74 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 102-85 | 55-42 | 157-127 | |
| Total points | 187 | 97 | 284 | |
| Winners | 47 | 30 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 55% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/96 | 34/50 | 93/146 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 30/34 | 77/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 88% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/37 | 10/16 | 35/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 63% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/2 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 100% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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