Aleksandar Kovacevic and Carlos Taberner will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on Court 6. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.38
Carlos Taberner -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Carlos Taberner

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Carlos Taberner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic

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Rank
61
High
61
LLLWLWWLWL
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. 163, the American will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Champaign Challenger where he lost 6-7(3) 6-2 6-4 to Shelton in the semifinal on the 19th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

Talking about his overall career, Aleksandar has an overall 109-87 record. He has a positive 63-53 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Kovacevic's Record

Carlos Taberner

Carlos Taberner

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Rank
102
High
83
LWLWWLLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 46-28 1-3 45-24 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 47-36 0-3 46-31 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 25-23 3-4 22-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 31-33 1-2 29-27 1-2 0-2 0-0
2021 40-25 3-4 33-15 3-5 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 170, Carlos will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Valencia Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(2) to Vavassori in the 1st round on the 22nd of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

In terms of his career, The Spaniard has an overall 332-193 record. He has a positive 20-17 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

Australian Open
Taberner's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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