Aleksandar Kovacevic and Juncheng Shang will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Lexington Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.76
Juncheng Shang -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Juncheng Shang

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Juncheng Shang since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 229, Aleksandar reached the semifinal after defeating Zachary Svajda 7-5 6-1, Billy Harris 7-6⁵ 1-6 6-4 and Roberto Quiroz 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Quiroz, Kovacevic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic scored 82 points vs Quiroz’s 66. The American was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kovacevic managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was extremely effective on serve to win 97% (36/37) of his 1st serve and 70% (21/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Quiroz twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (95-73). 14-7 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovacevic has a composed55-42 record in the last 6 years on hard.

Kovacevic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.

Aleksandar has a compiled 27-17 win-loss record in 2022, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Juncheng Shang

Ranked no. 344 (career-high), the Chinese reached the semifinal after defeating Stefan Dostanic 6-0 4-6 6-3, Mikhail Kukushkin 7-6⁵ 6-3 and Roman Safiullin 0-6 6-4 7-5.

In the quarter against Safiullin, Juncheng recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-4 7-5).During the match Shang scored less points (10) than Safiullin. In fact, the world no. 229 won 77 points vs Safiullin’s. That means that Shang was more focused during the important points. Shang was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Shang couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Juncheng Shang lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Shang put 50% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The Chinese broke Safiullin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shang has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Shang’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Naples.

Juncheng has a composed 26-16 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lexington Challenger

Juncheng has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovacevic	Shang
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	78	75
Pts	249-217	244-222
Total Points	466	466
Winners	99	107
%Winners	40%	44%

Both Kovacevic and Shang played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Kovacevic surrendered 2 sets, while Juncheng Shang conceded 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Shang have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Kovacevic played 3 games more than Shang. The American scored 99 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese struck 107 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovacevic	Shang
Aces	28	5
Avg per match	9.3	1.7
1st in	131/225	150/246
%1st in	58%	61%
1st pts	99/131	107/150
%1st pts	76%	71%
2nd pts	60/94	52/96
%2nd pts	64%	54%

Kovacevic fired 28 aces (9.3 per match). Shang bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kovacevic won 76% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Shang won 71% of the points behind 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	Shang
Won	9	10
Converted	9/26	10/17
% Converted	35%	59%
Conceded	14	23
Saved	8	16
% Saved	57%	70%
Times Broken	6	7

The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Aleksandar surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Shang broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Kovacevic
	R1 Svajda	R2 Harris	1/4 Quiroz	Total
Score	7-5 6-1	7-65 1-6 6-4	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	19	30	29	78
pts	63-48	104-103	82-66	249-217
Total points	111	207	148	466
Winners	22	41	36	99
%Winners	35%	39%	44%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	10	28
Double Faults	3	7	2	12
1st in	32/60	62/98	37/67	131/225
% 1st in	53%	63%	55%	58%
1st pts	22/32	41/62	36/37	99/131
% 1st pts	69%	66%	97%	76%
2nd pts	18/28	21/36	21/30	60/94
% 2nd pts	64%	58%	70%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	3	2	9
Converted	4/8	3/11	2/7	9/26
Converted %	50%	27%	29%	35%
Conceded	3	10	1	14
Saved	2/3	6/10	0/1	8
Saved %	67%	60%	0%	42%
Times Broken	1	4	1	6

Shang
	R1 Dostanic	R2 Kukushkin	1/4 Safiullin	Total
Score	6-0 4-6 6-3	7-65 6-3	0-6 6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	25	22	28	75
pts	96-79	71-56	77-87	244-222
Total points	175	127	164	466
Winners	38	38	31	107
%Winners	40%	54%	40%	44%
SERVE
Aces	3	2	0	5
Double Faults	6	2	4	12
1st in	63/98	45/64	42/84	150/246
% 1st in	64%	70%	50%	61%
1st pts	38/63	38/45	31/42	107/150
% 1st pts	60%	84%	74%	71%
2nd pts	19/35	12/19	21/42	52/96
% 2nd pts	54%	63%	50%	54%
Breaks
Won	6	1	3	10
Converted	6/9	1/3	3/5	10/17
Converted %	67%	33%	60%	59%
Conceded	15	1	7	23
Saved	12/15	1/1	3/7	16
Saved %	80%	100%	43%	74%
Times Broken	3	0	4	7

Tennis Scores in Lexington Challenger

• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni – Nicolas Mejia/Andres UrreaMejia/Andres Urrea (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Govind NandaNanda (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Enzo Couacaud/Andrew HarrisCouacaud/Andrew Harris – Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Emilio GomezGomez (2-2) – H2H and prediction