Aleksandar Kovacevic and Denis Yevseyev will square off in the quarter of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 -> 1.44
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Denis Yevseyev
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Denis Yevseyev 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 146, the American got to the quarter after beating Philip Sekulic 6-1 6-4 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic scored 61 points vs Kachmazov’s 47. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovacevic scored 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 54% of his first serves in, winning 85% (28/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandar was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kachmazov 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (139-111). 23-14 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has an aggregate86-67 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season 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 defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.
Kovacevic has an aggregate 30-24 win-loss record in 2023, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger
Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Yevseyev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-37 | 14-14 | 12-13 | 7-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260, Yevseyev reached the quarter after beating Fabio Fognini 6-4 7-66 and Jie Cui 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Cui (6-4 6-0). During the match Yevseyev scored 59 points vs Cui’s 32. Yevseyev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Yevseyev fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Yevseyev was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (20/25) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Cui 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Astana Challenger where he beat Khumoun Sultanov in the final 7-5 2-6 6-4.
Denis has a composed 41-29 win-loss record in 2023, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 39 |
| Pts | 123-86 | 136-98 |
| Total Points | 209 | 234 |
| Winners | 57 | 46 |
| %Winners | 46% | 34% |
Both Kovacevic and Yevseyev played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Yevseyev have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kovacevic played 5 games less than Yevseyev. The American scored 57 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Yevseyev recorded 46 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 3 |
| 1st in | 68/117 | 64/118 |
| %1st in | 58% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 57/68 | 46/64 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 26/49 | 31/54 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Kovacevic blasted 24 aces (12 per match). Yevseyev bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Kovacevic won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Yevseyev won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/7 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 86% | 60% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Kovacevic broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Kovacevic pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points. Yevseyev broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Sekulic |
R2 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | 34 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 61-47 | 123-86 | |
| Total points | 101 | 108 | 209 | |
| Winners | 29 | 28 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 33/61 | 68/117 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 54% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 28/33 | 57/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/28 | 26/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yevseyev | ||||
| R1 Fognini |
R2 Cui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 77-66 | 59-32 | 136-98 | |
| Total points | 143 | 91 | 234 | |
| Winners | 26 | 20 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 25/45 | 64/118 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 56% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 20/25 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 80% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 11/20 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/7 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 71% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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