Aleksandar Kovacevic and Zsombor Piros will face off in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.4
Zsombor Piros -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Zsombor Piros

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Zsombor Piros since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic

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Rank
60
High
60
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. 119, Kovacevic will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Nottingham Challenger where he lost 6-4 1-6 6-4 to Shimabukuro in the 1st round on the 12th of June.

Kovacevic has an aggregate 18-14 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning 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.

Talking about his overall career, Kovacevic has an overall 127-101 record. He has a negative 0-2 record on grass.

Previously in the Ilkley Challenger

Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.

Ilkley Challenger
Kovacevic's Record

Zsombor Piros

Zsombor Piros

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Rank
164
High
106
LWLWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-16 6-4 26-8 7-3 0-1 0-0
2024 31-29 1-6 17-17 13-5 0-1 0-0
2023 48-29 3-2 35-18 5-7 5-2 0-0
2022 38-23 7-6 19-9 10-7 2-1 0-0
2021 47-16 3-2 31-9 13-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 123, the Hungarian will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 2-6 6-4

to Kuzmanov in the 2nd round on the 14th of June.

The Hungarian has a compiled 26-16 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

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

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Split Challenger where he defeated Norbert Gombos in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(9) and the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-4.

In terms of his career, The Hungarian has an overall 210-121 record. He has a positive 2-1 record on grass.

Ilkley Challenger
Piros's Record

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