Aleksandar Kovacevic and Gilbert Klier Junior will square off in the final of the Temuco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.38
Gilbert Klier Junior -> 2.92
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Gilbert Klier Junior
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Gilbert Klier Junior since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-32 | 18-15 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 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. 123, Kovacevic got to the final after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 6-74 7-64 7-62, Gonzalo Villanueva 6-4 7-65, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-3 6-2 and Valentin Vacherot 6-74 6-0 6-3.
In the semifinal against Vacherot, Aleksandar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-0 6-3). During the match, Kovacevic scored 93 points vs Vacherot’s 72. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovacevic fired 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic was quite effective on serve to win 84% (42/50) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Vacherot 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (151-114). 33-15 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has an overall96-68 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the 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 defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2 and the Shenzhen 1 Challenger where he beat Nuno Borges in the final 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
The American has a composed 42-27 win-loss record in 2023, 33-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Gilbert Klier Junior
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-16 | 33-8 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-13 | 8-5 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-21 | 14-7 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 461, the Brazilian reached the final after beating Benjamin Lock 6-3 6-2, Ignacio Buse 6-4 7-66, Pedro Sakamoto 6-0 6-3 and Tomas Barrios Vera 6-4 6-3.
In the semifinal, Gilbert had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (6-4 6-3). During the match Klier scored 61 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 45. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Klier scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gilbert Klier Junior was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Klier broke Tomas Barrios Vera 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Klier hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Gilbert’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M15 Belem and M15 Buenos Aires.
The Brazilian has an aggregate 49-15 win-loss record in 2023, 33-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Klier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 107 | 74 |
| Pts | 351-297 | 280-216 |
| Total Points | 648 | 496 |
| Winners | 167 | 122 |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% |
Both Kovacevic and Klier played 4 matches. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded 2 sets while Gilbert Klier Junior hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovacevic has played 2 sets more than Klier (10 vs 8). Therefore, Kovacevic played 33 games more than Klier. Kovacevic scored 167 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Klier struck 122 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Klier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 44 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 203/316 | 173/250 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 167/203 | 122/173 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 64/113 | 42/77 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Kovacevic recorded 44 aces (11 per match). Klier struck 15 aces (3.8 per match). Kovacevic won 82% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Klier won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Klier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 15 |
| Converted | 12/31 | 15/39 |
| % Converted | 39% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 40% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Kovacevic lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Klier broke his opponents 15 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gilbert conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | ||||||
| R1 Agustin |
R2 Villanueva |
1/4 Rodriguez |
1/2 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 7-64 7-62 | 6-4 7-65 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-74 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 23 | 17 | 28 | 107 | |
| pts | 120-119 | 74-60 | 64-46 | 93-72 | 351-297 | |
| Total points | 239 | 134 | 110 | 165 | 648 | |
| Winners | 66 | 36 | 23 | 42 | 167 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 49% | 36% | 45% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 15 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 44 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 77/117 | 47/69 | 29/53 | 50/77 | 203/316 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 68% | 55% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 66/77 | 36/47 | 23/29 | 42/50 | 167/203 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 77% | 79% | 84% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 10/22 | 16/24 | 15/27 | 64/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 45% | 67% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 1/9 | 3/4 | 3/9 | 5/9 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 11% | 75% | 33% | 56% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | – | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Klier | ||||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Buse |
1/4 Sakamoto |
1/2 Tomas Barrios Vera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 7-66 | 6-0 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 74 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 88-84 | 58-30 | 61-45 | 280-216 | |
| Total points | 130 | 172 | 88 | 106 | 496 | |
| Winners | 35 | 36 | 23 | 28 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 41% | 40% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/66 | 61/86 | 29/44 | 37/54 | 173/250 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 71% | 66% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/46 | 36/61 | 23/29 | 28/37 | 122/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 59% | 79% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 13/25 | 11/15 | 9/17 | 42/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 52% | 73% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 4/13 | 4/5 | 4/9 | 15/39 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 31% | 80% | 44% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 100% | 33% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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