Alex Michelsen and Aleksandar Kovacevic will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Gonet Geneva Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.9
Alex Michelsen -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Michelsen and Aleksandar Kovacevic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Michelsen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Michelsen won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Chicago Challenger back in 2023.
Alex Michelsen
14 - 15win/loss
62
60
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-20 | 11-7 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-27 | 30-13 | 4-3 | 19-7 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 14-8 | 0-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 65 (career-high), Michelsen will start his run in Geneva after he played his last match in the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4 to Novak in the 2nd round on the 15th of May.
The American has an aggregate 14-15 win-loss record in 2024, 2-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Michelsen has an overall 98-52 record. He has a negative 6-11 record on clay.
Previously in Geneva
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
19 - 14win/loss
86
83
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-18 | 14-7 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 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. 88, the American got to the 1st round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 7-63 6-76 6-1 and Abedallah Shelbayh 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kovacevic defeated Shelbayh (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match Kovacevic scored 90 points vs Shelbayh’s 80. Kovacevic was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic bagged 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 80% (41/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandar broke Shelbayh 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kovacevic started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a composed 19-14 win-loss record in 2024, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Geneva
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo Escobar/Aleksandr NedovyesovEscobar/Aleksandr Nedovyesov – Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow (6-4 3-6 10-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer – Luca Margaroli/Damien WengerMargaroli/Damien Wenger (6-1 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Rinky HijikataHijikata (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Sumit NagalNagal (7-67 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-62 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens – Antoine Bellier/Jakub PaulBellier/Jakub Paul (6-1 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David GoffinGoffin – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Andy MurrayMurray (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Casper RuudRuud (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Jack DraperDraper (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction