Aleksandar Kovacevic and Mackenzie Mcdonald will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Erste Bank Open for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mackenzie Mcdonald who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mackenzie Mcdonald is the pick to win this match.
Mackenzie Mcdonald -> 1.65
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Mackenzie Mcdonald

This will be the 3^rd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Mackenzie Mcdonald clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kovacevic and Mcdonald (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Mcdonald won 6-2 7-6(6) in the qualifications in London back in June 2025.

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 69, the American got to the qualifications after beating Lukas Neumayer 7-6(6) 3-6 7-6(2).

In the qualifications, Kovacevic defeated Neumayer (7-6⁶ 3-6 7-6²).During the match, Kovacevic scored less points (2) than Neumayer. In fact, the world no. 69 won 99 points vs Neumayer’s. That means that Kovacevic was more focused during the important points. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovacevic blasted 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandar Kovacevic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kovacevic put 66% of his first serves in, winning 80% (52/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Neumayer twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (213-178). 14-4 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kovacevic has an aggregate55-35 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the season was winning 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.

Aleksandar has an aggregate 32-29 win-loss record in 2025, 14-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Vienna

Mackenzie Mcdonald

Ranked no. 99, Mcdonald reached the qualifications after defeating Terence Atmane 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Mackenzie had a good straight sets win against Atmane (6-3 6-1). During the match Mcdonald scored 68 points vs Atmane’s 44. Mackenzie was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Mcdonald scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mackenzie Mcdonald was very effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mackenzie broke Atmane 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Mcdonald’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the San Diego Challenger and the Jinan Challenger.

Mcdonald has a compiled 37-28 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Vienna

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kovacevic	Mcdonald
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	35	16
Pts	99-101	68-44
Total Points	200	112
Winners	52	24
%Winners	53%	35%

Both Kovacevic and Mcdonald played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aleksandar Kovacevic conceded 1 set while Mackenzie Mcdonald hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set more than Mcdonald (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kovacevic played 19 games more than Mcdonald. Aleksandar scored 52 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 24 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kovacevic	Mcdonald
Aces	15	1
Avg per match	15	1
1st in	65/98	28/41
%1st in	66%	68%
1st pts	52/65	24/28
%1st pts	80%	86%
2nd pts	16/33	9/13
%2nd pts	48%	69%

Kovacevic made 15 aces . Mcdonald fired 1 ace . Kovacevic won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Mcdonald won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kovacevic	Mcdonald
Won	2	4
Converted	2/3	4/9
% Converted	67%	44%
Conceded	5	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	40%	0%
Times Broken	3	0

Kovacevic broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Aleksandar lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mackenzie was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Kovacevic
	Q1 Neumayer	Total
Score	7-66 3-6 7-62
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	35	35
pts	99-101	99-101
Total points	200	200
Winners	52	52
%Winners	53%	53%
SERVE
Aces	15	15
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	65/98	65/98
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	52/65	52/65
% 1st pts	80%	80%
2nd pts	16/33	16/33
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	2/5	2
Saved %	40%	40%
Times Broken	3	3

Mcdonald
	Q1 Atmane	Total
Score	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	68-44	68-44
Total points	112	112
Winners	24	24
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	28/41	28/41
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	24/28	24/28
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	9/13	9/13
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/9	4/9
Converted %	44%	44%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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