Holger Rune and Aleksandar Kovacevic will face off in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on ESTADIO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Holger Rune who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Holger Rune is the pick to win this match.
Holger Rune -> 1.26
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 3.88

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Prediction and head to head Holger Rune vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic

There is no head to head record between Holger Rune and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Holger Rune

Holger Rune

10 - 4win/loss

Hard
7-2
I Hard
3-2
Rank
13
High
4
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 45-23 21-11 11-6 10-4 3-2 0-0
2023 44-24 10-10 16-4 11-8 7-2 0-0
2022 50-27 8-9 21-11 21-4 0-3 0-0
2021 73-29 11-5 41-17 21-7 0-0 0-0
2020 32-16 1-3 28-11 3-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 7, Holger got to the 2nd round after defeating Michael Mmoh 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Rune had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (6-2 6-3). During the match, Rune scored 63 points vs Mmoh’s 44. Holger was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Rune struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Holger Rune was quite efficient on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Holger broke Mmoh 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Rune has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (215-110). 6-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rune has an aggregate36-32 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

Holger’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Brisbane.

Rune has a composed 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Acapulco
Rune's Record

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic

12 - 6win/loss

Hard
12-5
I Hard
0-1
Rank
111
High
72
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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
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Ranked no. 93, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Mejia 6-4 4-6 6-2, Rinky Hijikata 4-6 6-2 7-64 and Jordan Thompson 6-3 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, Kovacevic defeated Thompson (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 103 points vs Thompson’s 98. Aleksandar was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Kovacevic scored 5 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (48/65) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Aleksandar broke Thompson 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

The American has a compiled 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.

Acapulco
Kovacevic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

H.Rune
A.Kovacevic
1h:32
1h:32
Time on court​
!
8h:13
8h:13
1h:32
1h:32
Last match​
!
2h:41
2h:41
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
17
17
Games Played​
90
90
2
2
Set played​​
9
9
63
63
Total points​
311
311
63
63
Avg point​
103.7
103.7
25
25
Winners
139
139
25
25
Avg Winners​
46.3
46.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
22
22
6
6
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
2
2
Double Faults
17
17
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
5.7
5.7
25/29
25/29
1st won total​
139/184
139/184
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
13/25
13/25
2nd won total​
64/133
64/133
52%
52%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
9/31
9/31
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
3/10.3
3/10.3
50%
50%
Won
!
29%
29%
5
5
Conceded
24
24
5
5
Avg Conceded
8
8
0
0
Broken
5
5
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
5
5
Saved
19
19
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Rune Kovacevic
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 9
Tot Games 17 90
Pts 63-44 311-299
Total Points 107 610
Winners 25 139
%Winners 40% 45%

Rune played 1 match while Kovacevic competed in 3 matches. Kovacevic started his run from the qualifications while Rune had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 3 sets while Holger Rune hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rune has played 7 set(s) less than Kovacevic (2 vs 9). Therefore, Rune played 73 games less than Kovacevic. Holger scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Aleksandar blasted 139 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Rune Kovacevic
Aces 6 22
Avg per match 6 7.3
1st in 29/54 184/317
%1st in 54% 58%
1st pts 25/29 139/184
%1st pts 86% 76%
2nd pts 13/25 64/133
%2nd pts 52% 48%

Rune made 6 aces . Kovacevic fired 22 aces (7.3 per match). Rune won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Rune Kovacevic
Won 3 9
Converted 3/6 9/31
% Converted 50% 29%
Conceded 5 24
Saved 5 19
% Saved 100% 79%
Times Broken 0 5

Rune broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dane had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 29% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.

Rune
R1
Mmoh		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-44 63-44
Total points 107 107
Winners 25 25
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 29/54 29/54
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 25/29 25/29
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 13/25 13/25
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 5/5 5
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Kovacevic
Q1
Mejia		 Q3
Hijikata		 R1
Thompson		 Total
Score 6-4 4-6 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-64 6-3 5-7 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 28 31 31 90
pts 99-99 109-102 103-98 311-299
Total points 198 211 201 610
Winners 45 46 48 139
%Winners 45% 42% 47% 45%
SERVE
Aces 8 9 5 22
Double Faults 4 5 8 17
1st in 58/102 61/105 65/110 184/317
% 1st in 57% 58% 59% 58%
1st pts 45/58 46/61 48/65 139/184
% 1st pts 78% 75% 74% 76%
2nd pts 19/44 22/44 23/45 64/133
% 2nd pts 43% 50% 51% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 3 3 9
Converted 3/12 3/13 3/6 9/31
Converted % 25% 23% 50% 29%
Conceded 8 5 11 24
Saved 7/8 3/5 9/11 19
Saved % 88% 60% 82% 230%
Times Broken 1 2 2 5

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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