Aleksandar Kovacevic and Brandon Holt will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Las Vegas Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. 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 Brandon Holt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Brandon Holt is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Holt -> 1.83
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Brandon Holt square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Holt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Holt won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Santo Domingo back in March 2022.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-28 | 18-15 | 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. 165 (career-high), Aleksandar got to the 2nd round after defeating Emilio Nava 7-67 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Nava (7-67 6-2). During the match, Kovacevic scored 72 points vs Nava’s 57. Aleksandar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovacevic recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Nava 3 times.
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (103-83). 22-17 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovacevic has a compiled63-52 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Kovacevic’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 35-27 win-loss record in 2022, 22-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-26 | 34-23 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 228, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Maxim Verboven 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Verboven (6-2 6-2). During the match Holt scored 63 points vs Verboven’s 42. The American was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Holt fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Brandon Holt lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Holt put 63% of his first serves in, winning 81% (22/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Brandon broke Verboven 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Brandon’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Cancun,M25 Nottingham and M15 Los Angeles.
Brandon has a composed 50-18 win-loss record in 2022, 47-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Vegas Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 63-42 |
| Total Points | 129 | 105 |
| Winners | 28 | 22 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Both Kovacevic and Holt played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Holt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovacevic played 5 games more than Holt. Kovacevic scored 28 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Brandon fired 22 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 27/43 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 22/27 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 50% |
Kovacevic bagged 6 aces . Holt managed to score 5 aces . Kovacevic won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 100% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kovacevic broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Holt broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Nava |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/58 | 33/58 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Holt | |||
| R1 Verboven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 63-42 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLLWWL Tennis Scores in Las Vegas Challenger
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Emilio NavaNava (7-67 6-2) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Omni KumarKumar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-74 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Simon CarrCarr (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Facundo MenaMena (6-1 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Govind NandaNanda – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Maxim VerbovenVerboven (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Gastao EliasElias (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Alfredo PerezPerez – Denis KudlaKudla (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Alexander CozbinovCozbinov (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Omni KumarKumar (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Valentin VacherotVacherot (6-7(4) 7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan ZhuZhu – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Govind NandaNanda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
