Aleksandar Kovacevic and Emilio Nava will square off in the quarter of the Stanford Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. 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.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.49
Emilio Nava -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Emilio Nava
This will be the 4th time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Emilio Nava fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kovacevic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kovacevic won 7-6(7) 6-2 in the 1st round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in 2022.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, the American got to the quarter after defeating Denis Kudla 6-3 6-2 and Adrian Andreev 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar had a good straight sets win against Andreev (7-5 6-3). During the match, Kovacevic scored 70 points vs Andreev’s 60. Aleksandar was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic fired 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovacevic broke Andreev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovacevic hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (134-107). 18-10 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has an overall81-63 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cleveland Challenger where he overcame 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 a composed 25-20 win-loss record in 2023, 18-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Stanford Challenger
Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-34 | 16-15 | 8-9 | 8-5 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, the American reached the quarter after defeating Calum Puttergill 6-1 6-3, Evan Burnett 6-1 6-1, Ethan Quinn 6-1 6-2 and Federico Gaio 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-4 6-4). During the match Nava scored 60 points vs Gaio’s 46. Nava was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Nava fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Emilio Nava was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Gaio twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emilio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 62% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Modena Challenger where he overcame Titouan Droguet in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4.
Nava has an aggregate 26-21 win-loss record in 2023, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 65 |
| Pts | 128-104 | 238-147 |
| Total Points | 232 | 385 |
| Winners | 53 | 100 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Kovacevic played 2 matches while Nava competed in 4 matches. Nava started his run from the qualifications while Kovacevic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kovacevic has played 4 set(s) less than Nava (4 vs 8). Therefore, Kovacevic played 27 games less than Nava. Kovacevic scored 53 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 100 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 29 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 14.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 64/125 | 124/181 |
| %1st in | 51% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 53/64 | 100/124 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 33/61 | 39/57 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 68% |
Kovacevic scored 29 aces (14.5 per match). Nava bagged 22 aces (5.5 per match). Kovacevic won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 15 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 15/24 |
| % Converted | 75% | 63% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Aleksandar surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Emilio broke his opponents 15 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Kudla |
R2 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 70-60 | 128-104 | |
| Total points | 102 | 130 | 232 | |
| Winners | 27 | 26 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 13 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 34/56 | 30/69 | 64/125 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 43% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 26/30 | 53/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 87% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 21/39 | 33/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nava | ||||||
| Q1 Puttergill |
Q3 Burnett |
R1 Quinn |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 65 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 59-27 | 53-28 | 60-46 | 238-147 | |
| Total points | 112 | 86 | 81 | 106 | 385 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | 27 | 33 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 51% | 55% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 28/46 | 32/41 | 39/49 | 124/181 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 61% | 78% | 80% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/28 | 27/32 | 33/39 | 100/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 84% | 85% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/18 | 6/9 | 7/10 | 39/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 72% | 67% | 70% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/6 | 4/7 | 2/3 | 15/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 57% | 67% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | – | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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