Christopher O Connell and Aleksandar Kovacevic will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm 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 Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.51
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-21 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86, the Australian will start his run in the Phoenix Challenger after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 6-3 5-7 7-5 to Tabilo in the qualifications on the 6th of March.
The Australian has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Christopher has an overall 328-189 record. He has a positive 144-95 record on hard.
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Christopher has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 107 (career-high), Kovacevic got to the 1st round after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-712 7-66 6-2 and Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Fratangelo (7-5 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 71 points vs Fratangelo’s 62. Kovacevic was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Fratangelo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovacevic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he beat Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) and the Waco Challenger where he beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
Aleksandar has an overall 14-4 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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