Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alex Michelsen will face off in the 2nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.727
Alex Michelsen -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Alex Michelsen
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alex Michelsen since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 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. 120, Kovacevic got to the 2nd round after beating Beibit Zhukayev 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Zhukayev (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic scored 74 points vs Zhukayev’s 56. The American was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic struck 9 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Zhukayev twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (130-103). 14-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has a compiled77-60 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
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 overcame Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
Aleksandar has an overall 21-16 win-loss record in 2023, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Alex Michelsen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 11-7 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-27 | 30-13 | 4-3 | 19-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 14-8 | 0-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 250, Michelsen reached the 2nd round after beating Li Tu 7-63 6-75 7-65.
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Tu (7-63 6-75 7-65). During the match Michelsen scored 123 points vs Tu’s 115. Michelsen was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.
About the serving games, Michelsen bagged 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Michelsen was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (57/75) of his 1st serve and 78% (31/40) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Michelsen’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Malibu,M15 Edmond,the Rome Challenger and M25 Calabasas.
The American has an aggregate 34-14 win-loss record in 2023, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 39 |
| Pts | 74-56 | 123-115 |
| Total Points | 130 | 238 |
| Winners | 31 | 57 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Kovacevic and Michelsen played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Michelsen lost 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Michelsen (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovacevic played 20 games less than Michelsen. Aleksandar scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Michelsen recorded 57 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 13 |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 75/115 |
| %1st in | 68% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 57/75 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 31/40 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 78% |
Kovacevic blasted 9 aces . Michelsen struck 13 aces . Kovacevic won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Michelsen won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Michelsen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 0 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 0/6 |
| % Converted | 22% | 0% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Kovacevic pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. On the other side, Michelsen hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Zhukayev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-56 | 74-56 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Michelsen | |||
| R1 Tu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-75 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 123-115 | 123-115 | |
| Total points | 238 | 238 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 75/115 | 75/115 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 57/75 | 57/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/6 | 0/6 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Li TuTu (7-63 6-75 7-65) – See score progression
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