Aleksandar Kovacevic and Brandon Holt will face off in the 1st round of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. 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 -> 1.65
Brandon Holt -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Brandon Holt
This will be the 4th time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Brandon Holt play each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Holt (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Holt won 6-4 3-6 7-6(1) in the 1st round in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2023.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 14-7 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 102, Kovacevic reached the 1st round after defeating Steve Johnson 7-5 6-3 and Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic scored 69 points vs Svajda’s 59. Aleksandar was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was very effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Svajda 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (159-118). 7-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has a composed104-71 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Kovacevic has a composed 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Brandon Holt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 21-11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-24 | 14-16 | 1-2 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-21 | 48-17 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296, Brandon reached the 1st round after defeating Terence Atmane 6-4 6-4 and Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Brandon had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-4 6-3). During the match Holt scored 71 points vs Watanuki’s 59. Holt was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Holt scored 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Brandon Holt was very effective on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Brandon broke Watanuki 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Holt started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger.
Brandon has a composed 12-6 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Brandon has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 39 |
| Pts | 144-120 | 141-119 |
| Total Points | 264 | 260 |
| Winners | 52 | 55 |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% |
Both Kovacevic and Holt played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Holt have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kovacevic played 2 games more than Holt. The American scored 52 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 55 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 66/132 | 74/124 |
| %1st in | 50% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 55/74 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 36/66 | 25/50 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Kovacevic struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Holt scored 6 aces (3 per match). Kovacevic won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Holt won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Holt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 58% | 42% |
| Conceded | 14 | 8 |
| Saved | 12 | 5 |
| % Saved | 86% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kovacevic dropped his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Holt broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Brandon conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | ||||
| Q1 Johnson |
Q3 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 69-59 | 144-120 | |
| Total points | 136 | 128 | 264 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/66 | 36/66 | 66/132 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 55% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 27/36 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 17/30 | 36/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 43% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 7/8 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 88% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Holt | ||||
| Q1 Atmane |
Q3 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 70-60 | 71-59 | 141-119 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | 260 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 41/62 | 74/124 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 66% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 32/41 | 55/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 78% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 11/21 | 25/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 52% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 3/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Aidan MayoMayo (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Aidan MayoMayo (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jack DraperDraper (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Brandon HoltHolt (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
