Aleksandar Kovacevic and Gustavo Heide will square off in the 2^nd round of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.4
Gustavo Heide -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Gustavo Heide

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Gustavo Heide since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic

28 - 34win/loss

Hard

19-16

I Hard

2-6

Clay

5-8

Grass

2-4

Rank
111

High
72

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	29-35	20-17	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

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Ranked no. 96, Aleksandar got to the 2^nd round after beating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-2 7-6(4).

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (6-2 7-6⁴). During the match, Kovacevic scored 72 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 59. Aleksandar was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovacevic fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Aleksandar Kovacevic was quite effective on serve to win 71% (25/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aleksandar broke Pucinelli De Almeida 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (180-147). 19-15 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has an aggregate116-83 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Kovacevic has an aggregate 28-33 win-loss record in 2024, 19-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger

Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.

Sao Paulo Challenger

Kovacevic's Record

Gustavo Heide

Gustavo Heide

34 - 24win/loss

Hard

2-1

I Hard

0-1

Clay

32-21

Grass

0-1

Rank
172

High
142

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	34-25	2-2	32-21	0-1	0-1	0-0
2023	33-22	9-5	24-17	0-0	0-0	0-0
2022	27-13	3-2	24-11	0-0	0-0	0-0
2021	31-14	4-5	27-9	0-0	0-0	0-0
2020	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 173, Heide reached the 2^nd round after beating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Lucas Reis Da (6-3 6-4). During the match Heide scored 64 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 50. Heide was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Heide struck 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gustavo Heide was very effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Lucas Reis Da twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Asuncion Challenger where he beat Joao Fonseca in the final 7-5 6-7(6) 6-1.

Gustavo has an aggregate 33-24 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Sao Paulo Challenger

Heide's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovacevic and Heide played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Heide have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovacevic played 2 games more than Heide. Aleksandar scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian managed to score 28 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Kovacevic bagged 5 aces . Heide managed to score 9 aces . Kovacevic won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Heide won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Gustavo broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Gustavo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

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Rank

111

High

72

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Rank

172

High

142

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

29 - 35

34 - 24

20-17

Hard

2-2

2-6

I Hard

0-0

5-8

Clay

32-21

2-4

Grass

0-1

Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger

• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Mateus AlvesAlves (7-6⁶ 4-6 7-6²) – See score progression
• Hady HabibHabib – Juan Pablo PazPablo Paz (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Lautaro MidonMidon (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Garrett JohnsJohns – Luciano Emanuel AmbrogiEmanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Bernard TomicTomic – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-3 6-7² 6-1) – See score progression
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-4 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Matias SotoSoto – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Alvaro Guillen MezaGuillen Meza (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Remy BertolaBertola (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos SantosAndre Saraiva Dos Santos (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Bernard TomicTomic – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas KickerKicker – Garrett JohnsJohns (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Hady HabibHabib – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction

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