Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alexey Zakharov will face off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 2. 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 -> 1.135
Alexey Zakharov -> 5.2
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Alexey Zakharov
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alexey Zakharov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 117, Aleksandar will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Zhuhai where he lost 7-6(4) 6-1 to Coppejans in the 1st round on the 21st of September.
The American has an aggregate 26-23 win-loss record in 2023, 19-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering 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.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 135-110 record. He has a positive 82-66 record on hard.
Previously in Shanghai
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexey Zakharov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-27 | 25-17 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-8 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 802, Alexey will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Chengdu where he lost 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-3 to Kachmazov in the qualifications on the 19th of September.
Alexey has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2023, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Alexey has an overall 106-63 record. He has a positive 48-33 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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