Karlis Ozolins and Aleksandar Kovacevic will play each other in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.131
Karlis Ozolins -> 5.3
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Prediction and head to head Karlis Ozolins vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Karlis Ozolins and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Karlis Ozolins
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 14-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-10 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-9 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-20 | 4-14 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Karlis got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Kozlov 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kozlov, Karlis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4).During the match, Ozolins scored less points (1) than Kozlov. In fact, the world no. won 91 points vs Kozlov’s. That means that Ozolins was more focused during the important points. The Latvian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ozolins scored 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Karlis Ozolins lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ozolins put 59% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (14/38) on the 2nd serve. Karlis broke Kozlov 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Ozolins has a weak win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 39% of his matches (30-46). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ozolins has a composed9-9 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Karlis has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-19 | 7-5 | 4-7 | 12-3 | 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 got to the 2nd round after defeating Cooper Williams 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kovacevic defeated Williams (6-3 2-6 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 82 points vs Williams’s 76. Aleksandar was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic blasted 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 87% (41/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandar broke Williams twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
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 beat Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2 and the Shenzhen 1 Challenger where he defeated Nuno Borges in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
Aleksandar has a composed 37-25 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ozolins | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 |
| Pts | 91-92 | 82-76 |
| Total Points | 183 | 158 |
| Winners | 40 | 41 |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% |
Both Ozolins and Kovacevic played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Karlis Ozolins lost 1 set, while Aleksandar Kovacevic surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ozolins and Kovacevic have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (27). The Latvian scored 40 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kovacevic managed to score 41 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ozolins | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 16 |
| 1st in | 54/92 | 47/79 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 41/47 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 14/38 | 13/32 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 41% |
Ozolins made 7 aces . Kovacevic fired 16 aces . Ozolins won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ozolins | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 25% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 70% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Karlis broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Karlis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Aleksandar conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ozolins | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-92 | 91-92 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 54/92 | 54/92 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/38 | 14/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Williams |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 82-76 | 82-76 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/79 | 47/79 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/47 | 41/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 13/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLLWWL Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Cooper WilliamsWilliams (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Alfredo PerezPerez (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-74 7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Emilio NavaNava (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (5-7 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Chris RodeschRodesch (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Karlis OzolinsOzolins – Stefan KozlovKozlov (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (7-5 5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Gabriel DebruDebru (7-67 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Cooper WilliamsWilliams (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Hunter HeckHeck (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-1 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Denis KudlaKudla (6-7(4) 7-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Chris RodeschRodesch (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Alfredo PerezPerez (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Bernard TomicTomic (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Alex RybakovRybakov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Karlis OzolinsOzolins (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
