Frances Tiafoe and Aleksandar Kovacevic will square off in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.47
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic
There is no head to head record between Frances Tiafoe and Aleksandar Kovacevic since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Frances Tiafoe
18 - 17win/loss
18
10
LLWLWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 6-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, Tiafoe reached the 3rd round after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-7(8) 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Elahi Galan Riveros, Francis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-3). During the match, Tiafoe scored 104 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 94. Tiafoe was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tiafoe bagged 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (45/55) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Elahi Galan Riveros 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Tiafoe has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (338-240). 8-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tiafoe has an aggregate 165-113 record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Houston.
The American has an aggregate 17-17 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Aleksandar Kovacevic
23 - 22win/loss
92
72
LLWLLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-33 | 18-15 | 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 |
Ranked no. 82 (career-high), the American reached the 3rd round after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6(4) 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Kovacevic had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (7-64 7-63). During the match Kovacevic scored 84 points vs Carballes Baena’s 80. The American was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kovacevic made 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (37/46) of his 1st serve and 58% (23/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kovacevic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Carballes Baena once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Aleksandar has a compiled 23-21 win-loss record in 2024, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 54 |
| Pts | 104-94 | 192-176 |
| Total Points | 198 | 368 |
| Winners | 45 | 85 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Tiafoe played 1 match while Kovacevic competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe surrendered 1 set, while Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded 1 set. Tiafoe has played 2 set(s) less than Kovacevic (3 vs 5). Therefore, Tiafoe played 23 games less than Kovacevic. The American scored 45 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 85 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 15 |
| 1st in | 55/100 | 106/190 |
| %1st in | 55% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 85/106 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 43/84 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 51% |
Tiafoe scored 14 aces . Kovacevic made 30 aces (15 per match). Tiafoe won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kovacevic won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Kovacevic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Francis broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kovacevic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||
| R2 Elahi Galan Riveros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 104-94 | 104-94 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/100 | 55/100 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 45/55 | 45/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Nishioka |
R2 Carballes Baena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 54 | |
| pts | 108-96 | 84-80 | 192-176 | |
| Total points | 204 | 164 | 368 | |
| Winners | 48 | 37 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 19 | 11 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 60/104 | 46/86 | 106/190 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 53% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 48/60 | 37/46 | 85/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 23/40 | 43/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 58% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 1/1 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 100% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 86% | 161% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWLLLL Tennis Scores in Washington
- Ben SheltonShelton – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Juncheng ShangShang (2-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-66 7-66) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – David GoffinGoffin (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-78 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrey RublevRublev – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
