Aleksandar Kovacevic and Gijs Brouwer will clash against each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.82
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Gijs Brouwer
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Gijs Brouwer face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brouwer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Brouwer won 7-5 3-6 7-6(5) in the 1st round in the Champaign Challenger back in 2021.
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. 102 (career-high), Aleksandar will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Cerundolo in the 2nd round on the 25th of March.
Kovacevic has a composed 18-7 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
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.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 127-94 record. He has a positive 14-11 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Gijs Brouwer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-27 | 14-12 | 6-5 | 4-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-34 | 5-8 | 3-6 | 12-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-27 | 12-5 | 13-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-25 | 9-5 | 12-10 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Brouwer will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-2 6-4
to Paire in the qualifications on the 20th of March.Gijs has a compiled 7-10 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
In terms of his career, Gijs has an overall 264-167 record. He has a positive 96-60 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Tomas MachacMachac – Brandon HoltHolt (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Zizou BergsBergs (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Facundo BagnisBagnis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Christian GarinGarin (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Emilio GomezGomez (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-1) – H2H and prediction