Aleksandar Kovacevic and Billy Harris will face off in the 2nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.42
Billy Harris -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Billy Harris
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Billy Harris since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 229, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Zachary Svajda 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Svajda (7-5 6-1). During the match, Kovacevic scored 63 points vs Svajda’s 48. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic bagged 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Svajda 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (93-73). 12-7 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has a composed53-42 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Aleksandar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.
Aleksandar has a composed 25-17 win-loss record in 2022, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 6-8 | 6-6 | 14-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-13 | 19-10 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 314 (career-high), Harris got to the 2nd round after defeating Aidan Mchugh 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Brit defeated Mchugh (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Harris scored 83 points vs Mchugh’s 77. Harris was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Harris managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Billy Harris lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Harris put 68% of his first serves in, winning 76% (42/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Mchugh 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Billy’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Antalya and M25 Nottingham.
Harris has an aggregate 36-23 win-loss record in 2022, 15-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Harris has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 63-48 | 83-77 |
| Total Points | 111 | 160 |
| Winners | 22 | 42 |
| %Winners | 35% | 51% |
Both Kovacevic and Harris played 1 match. At the moment, Billy Harris dropped 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Harris (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovacevic played 8 games less than Harris. Aleksandar scored 22 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit made 42 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 55/81 |
| %1st in | 53% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 42/55 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 12/26 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 46% |
Kovacevic blasted 9 aces . Harris managed to score 7 aces . Kovacevic won 69% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Aleksandar broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Harris broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Billy conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-48 | 63-48 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 32/60 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Harris | |||
| R1 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 83-77 | 83-77 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 55/81 | 55/81 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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