Aleksandar Kovacevic and Abedallah Shelbayh will square off in the qualifications of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.35
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Abedallah Shelbayh
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Abedallah Shelbayh since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
18 - 14win/loss
87
85
LLWWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 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. 89, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Mitchell Krueger 7-63 6-76 6-1.
In the qualifications, Aleksandar defeated Krueger (7-63 6-76 6-1). During the match, Kovacevic scored 121 points vs Krueger’s 108. The American was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (44/56) of his 1st serve and 52% (28/54) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Aleksandar broke Krueger 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (170-128). 4-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has an overall18-22 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Kovacevic has an overall 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 4-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Abedallah Shelbayh
15 - 14win/loss
248
181
LWWWLWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-16 | 8-7 | 6-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, the got to the qualifications after defeating Damien Wenger 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The had a good straight sets win against Wenger (6-2 6-4). During the match Shelbayh scored 65 points vs Wenger’s 47. The was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Shelbayh was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Abedallah Shelbayh lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Shelbayh put 70% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. The broke Wenger 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Abedallah has a compiled 15-14 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Geneva
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 18 |
| Pts | 121-108 | 65-47 |
| Total Points | 229 | 112 |
| Winners | 44 | 26 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Kovacevic and Shelbayh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic lost 1 set while Abedallah Shelbayh hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set more than Shelbayh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kovacevic played 15 games more than Shelbayh. Kovacevic scored 44 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The managed to score 26 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 56/110 | 32/46 |
| %1st in | 51% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 26/32 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 28/54 | 5/14 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 36% |
Kovacevic struck 6 aces . Shelbayh didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kovacevic won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Shelbayh won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Shelbayh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 40% | 42% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Kovacevic broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kovacevic surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Shelbayh conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | |||
| Q1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-76 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 121-108 | 121-108 | |
| Total points | 229 | 229 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 56/110 | 56/110 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/54 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Shelbayh | |||
| Q1 Wenger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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