Quentin Halys and Aleksandar Kovacevic will clash against each other in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Quentin Halys is the pick to win this match.
Quentin Halys -> 1.67
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Quentin Halys vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Quentin Halys and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Quentin Halys
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-17 | 3-5 | 7-8 | 5-3 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-26 | 11-13 | 10-6 | 3-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-26 | 5-7 | 9-4 | 32-10 | 6-5 | 5-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 14-8 | 10-9 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 13-18 | 3-2 | 2-8 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 81, Halys got to the quarter after defeating Gregoire Barrere 6-3 6-1 and Emil Ruusuvuori 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Ruusuvuori, Quentin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Halys scored 96 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 90. Quentin was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about the service games, Halys managed to score 14 aces and he was not very steady on his 2nd serve to score 13 double faults. Quentin Halys lost the serve twice and he saved 14 break points. Furthermore, Halys put 57% of his first serves in, winning 81% (50/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (18/47) on the 2nd serve. Halys broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Quentin has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Halys has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (323-252). 6-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Halys has an overall 102-80 match record in the last years on hard.
Quentin has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Quentin has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 107 (career-high), Aleksandar got to the quarter after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-712 7-66 6-2, Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5 6-4, Christopher O Connell 6-3 3-6 7-66 and Richard Gasquet 6-2 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kovacevic defeated Gasquet (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 84 points vs Gasquet’s 77. The American was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Aleksandar broke Gasquet 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovacevic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he defeated Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) and the Waco Challenger where he defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
The American has an overall 16-4 win-loss record in 2023, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Halys | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 114 |
| Pts | 157-128 | 383-346 |
| Total Points | 285 | 729 |
| Winners | 80 | 149 |
| %Winners | 51% | 39% |
Halys played 2 matches while Kovacevic competed in 4 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Halys had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Quentin Halys dropped 1 set, while Aleksandar Kovacevic surrendered 3 sets. Halys has played 6 set(s) less than Kovacevic (5 vs 11). Therefore, Halys played 70 games less than Kovacevic. Halys scored 80 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar struck 149 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Halys | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 38 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 94/164 | 204/360 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 80/94 | 149/204 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 27/70 | 80/156 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 51% |
Halys fired 25 aces (12.5 per match). Kovacevic bagged 38 aces (9.5 per match). Halys won 85% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Halys | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/9 | 17/29 |
| % Converted | 78% | 59% |
| Conceded | 19 | 27 |
| Saved | 17 | 15 |
| % Saved | 89% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 12 |
Quentin broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Quentin lost his serve twice and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Aleksandar broke his opponents 17 times with a 59% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Halys | ||||
| R1 Barrere |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 44 | |
| pts | 61-38 | 96-90 | 157-128 | |
| Total points | 99 | 186 | 285 | |
| Winners | 30 | 50 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 52% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 14 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 13 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 62/109 | 94/164 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/32 | 50/62 | 80/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 81% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 18/47 | 27/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 38% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/4 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 16 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 14/16 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 88% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kovacevic | ||||||
| Q1 Blancaneaux |
Q3 Fratangelo |
R1 O |
R2 Gasquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-712 7-66 6-2 | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 3-6 7-66 | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 22 | 31 | 27 | 114 | |
| pts | 127-111 | 71-62 | 101-96 | 84-77 | 383-346 | |
| Total points | 238 | 133 | 197 | 161 | 729 | |
| Winners | 47 | 28 | 41 | 33 | 149 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% | 41% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 59/111 | 44/68 | 56/94 | 45/87 | 204/360 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 65% | 60% | 52% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 28/44 | 41/56 | 33/45 | 149/204 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 64% | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/52 | 15/24 | 19/38 | 22/42 | 80/156 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 63% | 50% | 52% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 4/8 | 17/29 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 80% | 100% | 50% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 27 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/6 | 5/9 | 4/7 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 56% | 57% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Gregoire Barrere/Quentin HalysBarrere/Quentin Halys (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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