Aleksandar Kovacevic and Jenson Brooksby will face off in the quarter of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.87
Jenson Brooksby -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Jenson Brooksby
This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Jenson Brooksby square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brooksby (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Brooksby won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in M25 Champaign back in 2019.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
21 - 8win/loss
79
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WWLWWWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-8 | 7-5 | 2-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 79, Aleksandar reached the quarter after beating Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-4 and Corentin Denolly 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Denolly (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kovacevic scored 71 points vs Denolly’s 53. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kovacevic made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 57% of his first serves in, winning 90% (28/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Aleksandar broke Denolly 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (202-157). 2-0 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has a composed21-24 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he overcame Zsombor Piros in the final 6-4 7-6(4) and the Cap Cana Challenger where he overcame Damir Dzumhur in the final 6-2 6-3.
Kovacevic has an overall 21-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Jenson Brooksby
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-6 | 3-4 | 4-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-23 | 16-10 | 2-4 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-12 | 26-8 | 8-1 | 11-2 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507, the American got to the quarter after defeating Federico Agustin Gomez 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4, Patrick Maloney 6-4 6-2, Taro Daniel 6-4 6-4 and Alejandro Tabilo 3-6 6-4 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round against Tabilo, Brooksby recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 7-66). During the match Brooksby scored 108 points vs Tabilo’s 106. Jenson was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Brooksby bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jenson Brooksby lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brooksby put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (45/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Brooksby broke Tabilo 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Brooksby 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.
Jenson has a compiled 7-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kovacevic | Brooksby |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 102 |
| Pts | 134-107 | 343-310 |
| Total Points | 241 | 653 |
| Winners | 54 | 134 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Kovacevic played 2 matches while Brooksby competed in 4 matches. Brooksby started his run from the qualifications while Kovacevic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jenson Brooksby lost 2 sets while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kovacevic has played 6 set(s) less than Brooksby (4 vs 10). Therefore, Kovacevic played 65 games less than Brooksby. Aleksandar scored 54 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 134 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kovacevic | Brooksby |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 62/119 | 179/301 |
| %1st in | 52% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 54/62 | 134/179 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 31/57 | 67/122 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 55% |
Kovacevic made 11 aces (5.5 per match). Brooksby scored 15 aces (3.8 per match). Kovacevic won 87% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Brooksby won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kovacevic | Brooksby |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 31% | 41% |
| Conceded | 6 | 18 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Aleksandar pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Jenson broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. Jenson conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kovacevic | ||||
| R1 Etcheverry |
R2 Denolly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 37 | |
| pts | 63-54 | 71-53 | 134-107 | |
| Total points | 117 | 124 | 241 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 31/65 | 31/54 | 62/119 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 57% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 28/31 | 54/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 90% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 11/23 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 48% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/9 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 33% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brooksby | ||||||
| Q1 Agustin |
Q3 Maloney |
R1 Daniel |
R2 Tabilo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 3-6 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 102 | |
| pts | 108-108 | 60-44 | 67-52 | 108-106 | 343-310 | |
| Total points | 216 | 104 | 119 | 214 | 653 | |
| Winners | 39 | 27 | 23 | 45 | 134 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% | 34% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 61/96 | 31/53 | 30/53 | 57/99 | 179/301 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 58% | 57% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 39/61 | 27/31 | 23/30 | 45/57 | 134/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 87% | 77% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 12/22 | 18/23 | 19/42 | 67/122 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 55% | 78% | 45% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 3/10 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 100% | 40% | 30% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | – | 57% | 104% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Houston
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