Ekaterina Alexandrova and Iva Jovic will play each other in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 12. 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 Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.36
Iva Jovic -> 3.16

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Iva Jovic

There is no head to head record between Ekaterina Alexandrova and Iva Jovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

21 - 20win/loss

Hard
12-9
I Hard
3-1
Clay
1-7
Grass
5-3
Rank
28
High
15
LWWWLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-24 17-13 1-7 3-1 5-3 0-0
2023 33-21 17-13 6-5 0-1 10-2 0-0
2022 35-18 12-10 13-5 4-2 6-1 0-0
2021 26-23 10-9 6-5 7-7 3-2 0-0
2020 20-12 9-4 4-5 7-3 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 31, Ekaterina got to the 2nd round after defeating Viktoriya Tomova 6-7(4) 6-0 7-5.

In the 1st round against Tomova, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-0 7-5). During the match, Alexandrova scored 113 points vs Tomova’s 87. Ekaterina was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alexandrova bagged 7 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ekaterina Alexandrova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Alexandrova put 59% of her first serves in, winning 75% (47/63) of the points behind her 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Ekaterina broke Tomova 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).

Alexandrova has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of her matches (322-212). 12-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Alexandrova has a composed 102-82 record in the last years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Linz.

The Russian has an aggregate 21-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Alexandrova's Record

Iva Jovic

Iva Jovic

14 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-2
Rank
206
High
206
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 28-9 20-7 8-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 7-2 7-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 389, Iva got to the 2nd round after beating Magda Linette 6-4 6-3.

In the 1st round, Jovic had a good straight sets win against Linette (6-4 6-3). During the match Jovic scored 65 points vs Linette’s 54. Iva was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Jovic was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Iva Jovic lost the serve once and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Jovic put 54% of her first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Linette 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Jovic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the W35 Spring and the W75 Zephyrhills.

The American has an aggregate 14-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Jovic has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Jovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Alexandrova
I.Jovic
!
2h:33
2h:33
Time on court​
1h:28
1h:28
!
2h:33
2h:33
Last match​
1h:28
1h:28
1
1
Match played
1
1
31
31
Games Played​
19
19
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
113
113
Total points​
65
65
113
113
Avg point​
65
65
47
47
Winners
20
20
47
47
Avg Winners​
20
20
42%
42%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
0
0
7
7
Avg Aces
0
0
5
5
Double Faults
0
0
5
5
Avg Double Faults
0
0
47/63
47/63
1st won total​
20/29
20/29
!
75%
75%
1st won %
69%
69%
19/43
19/43
2nd won total​
16/25
16/25
44%
44%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
BP won
4/8
4/8
7/14
7/14
Avg BP won
4/8
4/8
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
4
4
12
12
Avg Conceded
4
4
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
9
9
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alexandrova Jovic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 31 19
Pts 113-87 65-54
Total Points 200 119
Winners 47 20
%Winners 42% 31%

Both Alexandrova and Jovic played 1 match. At the moment, Ekaterina Alexandrova lost 1 set while Iva Jovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Alexandrova has played 1 set more than Jovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Alexandrova played 12 games more than Jovic. Alexandrova scored 47 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Iva recorded 20 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alexandrova Jovic
Aces 7 0
Avg per match 7 0
1st in 63/106 29/54
%1st in 59% 54%
1st pts 47/63 20/29
%1st pts 75% 69%
2nd pts 19/43 16/25
%2nd pts 44% 64%

Alexandrova blasted 7 aces . Jovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Alexandrova won 75% points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Jovic won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alexandrova Jovic
Won 7 4
Converted 7/14 4/8
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 12 4
Saved 9 3
% Saved 75% 75%
Times Broken 3 1

Ekaterina broke her opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ekaterina conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded. The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jovic conceded her serve once and she saved 75% of the break points that she conceded.

Alexandrova
R1
Tomova
Total
Score 6-74 6-0 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 31 31
pts 113-87 113-87
Total points 200 200
Winners 47 47
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 63/106 63/106
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 47/63 47/63
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 19/43 19/43
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/14 7/14
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 9/12 9
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 3 3
Jovic
R1
Linette
Total
Score 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 19 19
pts 65-54 65-54
Total points 119 119
Winners 20 20
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 29/54 29/54
% 1st in 54% 54%
1st pts 20/29 20/29
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 16/25 16/25
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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