Aleksandar Kovacevic and Inaki Montes-De La Torre will square off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.46
Inaki Montes-De La Torre -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Inaki Montes-De La Torre
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Inaki Montes-De La Torre square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Montes-De La Torre (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Montes-De La Torre won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Charlottesville Challenger back in November 2022.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 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. 177, Kovacevic reached the 2nd round after beating Ethan Quinn 7-62 4-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, Kovacevic defeated Quinn (7-62 4-6 7-65). During the match, Kovacevic scored 111 points vs Quinn’s 101. Kovacevic was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 61% of his first serves in, winning 83% (49/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Quinn 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kovacevic has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (105-85). 11-7 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovacevic has a composed28-21 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.
Aleksandar has an overall 37-29 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Inaki Montes-De La Torre
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22-9 | 5-4 | 9-2 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-11 | 8-7 | 7-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-7 | 9-4 | 10-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 562, Inaki reached the 2nd round after beating Martim Leote Prata 6-2 6-2, Sekou Bangoura 6-4 6-4 and Sebastian Fanselow 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Fanselow, Montes-De La Torre recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Montes-De La Torre scored 94 points vs Fanselow’s 80. Montes-De La Torre was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Montes-De La Torre scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Inaki Montes-De La Torre was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (38/51) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Inaki broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Mungia.
Montes-De La Torre has an overall 20-9 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Montes-De La Torre has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Montes-De La Torre |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 62 |
| Pts | 111-101 | 224-175 |
| Total Points | 212 | 399 |
| Winners | 49 | 91 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Kovacevic played 1 match while Montes-De La Torre competed in 3 matches. Montes-De La Torre started his run from the qualifications while Kovacevic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost 1 set, while Inaki Montes-De La Torre surrendered 1 set. Kovacevic has played 4 set(s) less than Montes-De La Torre (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kovacevic played 26 games less than Montes-De La Torre. The American scored 49 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Inaki bagged 91 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Montes-De La Torre |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 59/96 | 119/176 |
| %1st in | 61% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 91/119 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 30/57 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Kovacevic struck 12 aces . Montes-De La Torre scored 5 aces (1.7 per match). Kovacevic won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Montes-De La Torre won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Montes-De La Torre |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 12/33 |
| % Converted | 33% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Aleksandar broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Montes-De La Torre broke his opponents 12 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Quinn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 111-101 | 111-101 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/96 | 59/96 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 49/59 | 49/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Montes-De La Torre | |||||
| Q1 Leote Prata |
Q3 Bangoura |
R1 Fanselow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 26 | 62 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 74-62 | 94-80 | 224-175 | |
| Total points | 89 | 136 | 174 | 399 | |
| Winners | 22 | 31 | 38 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/39 | 42/58 | 51/79 | 119/176 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 72% | 65% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 31/42 | 38/51 | 91/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 9/16 | 15/28 | 30/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 56% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/10 | 4/16 | 12/33 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 30% | 25% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 5/6 | 4/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 83% | 67% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Emilio NavaNava (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 3-6 7-617) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Alexander BernardBernard (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Giles HusseyHussey (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Keegan SmithSmith (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Gage BrymerBrymer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (6-2 7-68) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Ezekiel ClarkClark (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Martin DammDamm (6-77 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-62 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Alexander BernardBernard (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Tristan MccormickMccormick (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Emilio NavaNava (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Giles HusseyHussey (7-6(1) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Aidan MchughMchugh (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Lucas GerchGerch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
