Aleksandar Kovacevic and Juan Manuel Cerundolo will play each other in the 1^st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Manuel Cerundolo who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Juan Manuel Cerundolo is the pick to win this match.
Juan Manuel Cerundolo -> 1.9
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Juan Manuel Cerundolo

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Kovacevic and Juan Manuel Cerundolo since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 77, Kovacevic will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Houston where he lost 2-6 6-3 6-4 to Brooksby in the quarter on the 4^th of April.

The American has a compiled 21-9 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he beat 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.

Talking about his overall career, Aleksandar has an overall 202-158 record. He has a negative 21-25 record on clay.

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2024. See his history.

Juan Manuel Cerundolo

Ranked no. 126, the Argentine reached the 1^st round after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 6-4 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 7-6(3) 5-7 7-6(5).

In the qualifications, Manuel defeated Van De Zandschulp (7-6³ 5-7 7-6⁵). During the match Manuel scored 119 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 118. Manuel was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Manuel fired 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Juan Manuel Cerundolo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Manuel put 63% of his first serves in, winning 65% (47/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Van De Zandschulp 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Juan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cordoba Challenger.

Manuel has an overall 19-12 win-loss record in 2025, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Madrid

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Madrid

• Borna GojoGojo – Jerome KymKym (7-6¹² 6-3) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-6³ 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Valentin RoyerRoyer (1-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (2-6 7-6⁵ 7-6⁰) – See score progression
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp
  (7-6³ 5-7 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Jacob FearnleyFearnley – Hugo DellienDellien (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (2-6 7-6(5) 7-6(0)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Laslo DjereDjere (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• David GoffinGoffin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Hugo GastonGaston (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kei NishikoriNishikori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-3) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zizou BergsBergs – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Jacob FearnleyFearnley (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction