Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alafia Ayeni will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Champaign Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.36
Alafia Ayeni -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Alafia Ayeni
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alafia Ayeni square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kovacevic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Kovacevic won 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in USA F26 (Decatur) back in 2017.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-33 | 13-14 | 4-7 | 16-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 177, the American will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Knoxville Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Shelton in the quarter on the 11th of November.
Aleksandar has a composed 38-30 win-loss record in 2022, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Aleksandar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Indianapolis Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Kovacevic has an overall 106-86 record. He has a positive 29-22 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Alafia Ayeni
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-21 | 9-9 | 6-7 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-34 | 30-24 | 6-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 17-13 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-20 | 12-10 | 3-2 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 464, the American will start his run in the Champaign Challenger after he played his last match in the Calgary Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Haerteis in the qualifications on the 7th of November.
Alafia has an aggregate 21-17 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Alafia’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Fairfield Challenger.
In terms of his career, Alafia has an overall 116-105 record. He has a positive 35-24 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
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