Aleksandar Kovacevic and Roberto Quiroz will clash against each other in the quarter of the Lexington Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT 1. 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 Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.48
Roberto Quiroz -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Roberto Quiroz
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Roberto Quiroz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovacevic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kovacevic won 6-1 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in the Orlando Challenger back in 2021.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 229, the American reached the quarter after beating Zachary Svajda 7-5 6-1 and Billy Harris 7-65 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar defeated Harris (7-65 1-6 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic scored 104 points vs Harris’s 103. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic struck 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 63% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Harris 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (94-73). 13-7 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has an overall54-42 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Aleksandar’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.
Aleksandar has a compiled 26-17 win-loss record in 2022, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Roberto Quiroz
29 - 22win/loss
306
172
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 31-31 | 14-12 | 12-13 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-35 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 6-3 | 1-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 29-32 | 12-16 | 11-9 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 36-31 | 15-10 | 14-17 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, the Ecuadorian reached the quarter after defeating Yunseong Chung 6-2 5-7 6-1 and Gijs Brouwer 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-4 6-4). During the match Quiroz scored 56 points vs Brouwer’s 44. Roberto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Quiroz made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Roberto Quiroz was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Quiroz was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Brouwer 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Quiroz has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Ecuadorian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Cancun and the Salinas Challenger.
Quiroz has a compiled 29-21 win-loss record in 2022, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Quiroz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 47 |
| Pts | 167-151 | 150-125 |
| Total Points | 318 | 275 |
| Winners | 63 | 73 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Kovacevic and Quiroz played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Kovacevic surrendered 1 set, while Roberto Quiroz dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Quiroz have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kovacevic played 2 games more than Quiroz. The American scored 63 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Roberto blasted 73 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Quiroz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 94/158 | 98/146 |
| %1st in | 59% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 63/94 | 73/98 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 39/64 | 28/48 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Kovacevic struck 18 aces (9 per match). Quiroz managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Kovacevic won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Quiroz won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Quiroz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 37% | 62% |
| Conceded | 13 | 11 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 62% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. The Ecuadorian broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Quiroz conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Svajda | R2 Harris | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-65 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 63-48 | 104-103 | 167-151 | |
| Total points | 111 | 207 | 318 | |
| Winners | 22 | 41 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 32/60 | 62/98 | 94/158 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 41/62 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 21/36 | 39/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/11 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Quiroz | ||||
| R1 Chung | R2 Brouwer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| pts | 94-81 | 56-44 | 150-125 | |
| Total points | 175 | 100 | 275 | |
| Winners | 52 | 21 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 38% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 72/99 | 26/47 | 98/146 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 55% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 52/72 | 21/26 | 73/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 81% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 16/21 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 76% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/3 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 1/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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