Aleksandar Kovacevic and Luca Nardi will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Hangzhou Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.56
Luca Nardi -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Luca Nardi

This will be the 2nd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Luca Nardi square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Nardi won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Estoril Challenger back in April 2025.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Aleksandar Kovacevic

30 - 25win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
12-3
Clay
4-7
Grass
1-4
Rank
62
High
62
LLLWLWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 34-33 13-14 4-7 16-8 1-4 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. 69, the American will start his run in Hangzhou after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-4 7-5 7-6(4) to Lam Coleman Wong in the 1st round on the 25th of August.

Kovacevic has a compiled 30-25 win-loss record in 2025, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Oeiras 2 Challenger where he defeated 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, Kovacevic has an overall 211-174 record. He has a positive 130-96 record on hard.

Previously in Hangzhou

Kovacevic has never competed in this tournament before.

Hangzhou
Kovacevic's Record

Luca Nardi

Luca Nardi

27 - 25win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
6-3
Clay
8-9
Grass
0-2
Rank
87
High
67
LWWLLLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-30 14-13 8-9 8-6 0-2 0-0
2024 32-27 14-14 8-5 9-4 1-4 0-0
2023 41-36 20-10 8-13 12-12 1-1 0-0
2022 33-20 5-2 11-10 17-8 0-0 0-0
2021 33-24 3-3 26-13 4-8 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 85, Nardi will start his run in Hangzhou after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 6-1 6-1 to Machac in the 1st round on the 24th of August.

Luca has a compiled 27-25 win-loss record in 2025, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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The Italian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

In terms of his career, Luca has an overall 180-145 record. He has a positive 62-42 record on hard.

Previously in Hangzhou

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

Hangzhou
Nardi's Record

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