Aleksandar Kovacevic and Nicolas Mejia will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. 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 Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.25
Nicolas Mejia -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Nicolas Mejia since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 124, Kovacevic got to the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Mannarino 7-5 7-64.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (7-5 7-64). During the match, Kovacevic scored 82 points vs Mannarino’s 71. Kovacevic was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic blasted 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 88% (44/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Kovacevic broke Mannarino once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (115-89). 1-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has a composed64-55 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2).
Kovacevic has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-14 | 10-8 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-33 | 6-13 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-35 | 13-12 | 15-13 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 16-10 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Skander Mansouri 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Colombian defeated Mansouri (6-4 1-6 6-3).During the match Mejia scored less points (2) than Mansouri. In fact, the world no. 124 won 84 points vs Mansouri’s. That means that Mejia was more focused during the important points. The Colombian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Mansouri twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Mejia has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 26 |
| Pts | 82-71 | 84-86 |
| Total Points | 153 | 170 |
| Winners | 44 | 42 |
| %Winners | 54% | 50% |
Both Kovacevic and Mejia played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia lost 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Mejia (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovacevic played 1 game less than Mejia. Aleksandar scored 44 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Colombian struck 42 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 7 |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 62/86 |
| %1st in | 68% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 42/62 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 54% |
Kovacevic bagged 16 aces . Mejia struck 7 aces . Kovacevic won 88% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 68% 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 | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/5 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 20% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Aleksandar broke his opponent once with a 20% conversion rate. Aleksandar pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Nicolas broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Colombian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-71 | 82-71 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/73 | 50/73 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 44/50 | 44/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/5 | 1/5 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mejia | |||
| R1 Mansouri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-86 | 84-86 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 62/86 | 62/86 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWWWW Tennis Scores in Monterrey Challenger
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- Borna GojoGojo – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Jesse FloresFlores (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Evan ZhuZhu – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-62 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James Van DeinseVan Deinse (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Steven DiezDiez (6-4 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Bradley KlahnKlahn (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (2-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Brandon HoltHolt (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (2-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Bernard TomicTomic – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Nick ChappellChappell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Taro DanielDaniel (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Evan ZhuZhu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
