Jordan Thompson and Aleksandar Kovacevic will square off in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Jordan Thompson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.71
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 3rd time that Jordan Thompson and Aleksandar Kovacevic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Thompson and Kovacevic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kovacevic won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in February 2024.
Jordan Thompson
15 - 8win/loss
40
32
LWLWWWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 11-7 | 3-5 | 2-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 33, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Yibing Wu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-4 6-4). During the match, Thompson scored 72 points vs Wu’s 63. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Thompson managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jordan Thompson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Thompson put 64% of his first serves in, winning 76% (37/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Wu twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Thompson has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (354-238). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Thompson has a composed 46-41 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Los Cabos where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
The Australian has a composed 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Aleksandar Kovacevic
15 - 9win/loss
88
83
LLLLLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 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, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-63 6-72 6-4.
In the 1st round, Aleksandar defeated Kokkinakis (7-63 6-72 6-4). During the match Kovacevic scored 118 points vs Kokkinakis’s 109. Kovacevic was extremely aggressive to blast 56 winners.
About the serving games, Kovacevic fired 14 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (56/70) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Kovacevic has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
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 | Thompson | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 36 |
| Pts | 72-63 | 118-109 |
| Total Points | 135 | 227 |
| Winners | 37 | 56 |
| %Winners | 51% | 47% |
Both Thompson and Kovacevic played 1 match. At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic dropped 1 set while Jordan Thompson hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Thompson has played 1 set(s) less than Kovacevic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Thompson played 16 games less than Kovacevic. The Australian scored 37 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Kovacevic managed to score 56 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 14 |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 70/106 |
| %1st in | 64% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 56/70 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 19/36 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 53% |
Thompson blasted 6 aces . Kovacevic struck 14 aces . Thompson won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 25% | 25% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Thompson broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Thompson pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Aleksandar broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | |||
| R1 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-63 | 72-63 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kovacevic | |||
| R1 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-72 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 118-109 | 118-109 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/106 | 70/106 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 56/70 | 56/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/36 | 19/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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