Aleksandar Kovacevic and Zizou Bergs will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 -> 1.8
Zizou Bergs -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-28 | 18-15 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 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. 98, Aleksandar reached the qualifications after beating Patrick Kypson 6-2 7-65.
In the qualifications, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Kypson (6-2 7-65). During the match, Kovacevic scored 72 points vs Kypson’s 59. Aleksandar was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovacevic blasted 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovacevic broke Kypson 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (165-121). 13-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kovacevic has an overall110-74 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Kovacevic has a compiled 13-7 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-24 | 9-8 | 17-7 | 9-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114, the Belgian got to the qualifications after defeating Felipe Meligeni Alves 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Meligeni Alves, Bergs recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Bergs scored 77 points vs Meligeni Alves’s 57. Zizou was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs recorded 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Belgian broke Meligeni Alves 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Belgian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Zizou has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 72-59 | 77-57 |
| Total Points | 131 | 134 |
| Winners | 32 | 32 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Kovacevic and Bergs played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Zizou Bergs conceded 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Bergs (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kovacevic played 4 games less than Bergs. Aleksandar scored 32 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Bergs recorded 32 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 13 |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 43/64 |
| %1st in | 60% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/43 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/21 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 67% |
Kovacevic struck 12 aces . Bergs struck 13 aces . Kovacevic won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kovacevic surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Zizou broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 72-59 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/65 | 39/65 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/39 | 32/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bergs | |||
| Q1 Meligeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 77-57 | 77-57 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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