Jordan Thompson and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jordan Thompson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.36
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 2nd time that Jordan Thompson and Aleksandar Kovacevic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Thompson won 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in Newport back in 2023.
Highlights Jordan Thompson vs Aleksandar Kovacevic – Newport 17-July-2023
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-24 | 23-13 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
Ranked no. 32 (career-high), the Australian will start his run in Acapulco after he won the title in Los Cabos after beating 6-3 7-6(4) Ruud in the final.
Thompson has a composed 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Los Cabos where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Thompson won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Thompson has an overall 442-289 record. He has a positive 252-161 record on hard.
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 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. 93, Aleksandar reached the 1st round after beating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 4-6 6-2 and Rinky Hijikata 4-6 6-2 7-64.
In the qualifications against Hijikata, Kovacevic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-64). During the match Kovacevic scored 109 points vs Hijikata’s 102. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic bagged 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 58% of his first serves in, winning 75% (46/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandar broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The American has a composed 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Ben SheltonShelton – Daniel EvansEvans (2-6 7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jack DraperDraper – Tommy PaulPaul (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicMiomir – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanDiego (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex De MinaurAlex – Taro DanielTaro (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerSebastian – Ernesto EscobedoErnesto (6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Christopher EubanksEubanks (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Taro DanielDaniel (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
