Aleksandar Kovacevic and Alibek Kachmazov will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Shenzhen 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.56
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Alibek Kachmazov

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

Aleksandar Kovacevic

Ranked no. 146, the American got to the 2^nd round after beating Philip Sekulic 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (6-1 6-4). During the match, Kovacevic scored 62 points vs Sekulic’s 39. Kovacevic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kovacevic blasted 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Kovacevic was extremely efficient on Serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Sekulic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Kovacevic has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (138-111). 22-14 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has a compiled85-67 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Cleveland Challenger where he overcame Yibing Wu in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(2) and the Waco Challenger where he defeated Alexandre Muller in the final 6-3 4-6 6-2.

The American has an aggregate 29-24 win-loss record in 2023, 22-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shenzhen 1 Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Alibek Kachmazov

Ranked no. 276 (career-high), Kachmazov reached the 2^nd round after beating Sheng Tang 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Alibek had a good straight sets win against Tang (6-3 6-4). During the match Kachmazov scored 62 points vs Tang’s 50. Kachmazov was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Kachmazov fired 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov was very efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alibek was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Tang twice.

Alibek’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Tbilisi and M25 La Nucia.

Kachmazov has an overall 41-26 win-loss record in 2023, 23-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Kovacevic and Kachmazov played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kovacevic and Kachmazov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kovacevic played 2 games less than Kachmazov. Kovacevic scored 29 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Alibek fired 33 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Kovacevic managed to score 15 aces . Kachmazov struck 13 aces . Kovacevic won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Aleksandar broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Alibek broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.