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Aleksandar Kovacevic vs Ben SheltonPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Aleksandar Kovacevic

🇺🇸Aleksandar Kovacevic

#81 · 28 yrs · R

3
2–3

5 meetings · sets 5–6

Ben Shelton

🇺🇸Ben Shelton

#4 · 23 yrs · L

Aleksandar Kovacevic and Ben Shelton have met 5 times since 2021; Ben Shelton leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at Cary in 2021 on hard. On hard courts Shelton leads 3–2. Shelton has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Kovacevic has taken 5 sets to Shelton's 6. Their most recent meeting: Ben Shelton won at Champaign (2022).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorKovacevicShelton
Wins in straight sets52%50%
Wins a set when losing50%56%
Goes to a deciding set49%52%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite50%35%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog66%70%
Tiebreak sets won52%56%
Wins after taking set 169%77%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 150%53%

Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Head-to-head: 4 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kovacevic 2, Shelton 2).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Kovacevic

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve
vs

Shelton

🤖 Servebot

High ace rateDominant serviceWeaker returnBig first serve

Matchup analysis

Both Aleksandar Kovacevic and Ben Shelton are 🤖 Servebot types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 6,464 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.

Previous meetings

5 career meetings, newest first

Nov 19, 2022

Champaign

H Hard · Semifinals

7763
26
46
Shelton

Nov 11, 2022

Knoxville

H Hard · Quarterfinals

57
46
Shelton

Jul 23, 2022

Indianapolis Challenger

H Hard · Semifinals

64
75
Kovacevic

Jul 15, 2022

Rome Challenger

H Hard · Quarterfinals

627
57
Shelton

Jul 2, 2021

Cary

H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying

63
64
Kovacevic

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeKovacevicShelton
1 or more100%100%
3 or more100%95%
5 or more77%84%
10 or more31%26%
15 or more8%5%
20 or more0%5%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricKovacevicShelton
W-L5–815–6
Avg odds2.451.54
ROI %-8.5%+9.9%
Units P/L-1.11u+2.08u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricKovacevicShelton
Countries21
Events31
Matches42
Distance3,172 mi · 5,105 km0 mi · 0 km
RouteCHN → JPN → CHNCHN

Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Shelton has a higher win rate against shared opponents (70% vs Kovacevic's 30%).

OpponentKovacevicShelton
Arthur Gea
W
62
76
L
67
67
Daniel Altmaier
L
46
67
W
63
76
Jaume Munar
L
26
36
L
36
46
Frances Tiafoe
L
46
63
67
W
46
63
63
75
Stefanos Tsitsipas
W
63
76
W
62
63
64
Denis Shapovalov
L
46
46
W
76
67
63
64
Hubert Hurkacz
W
76
76
W
63
57
76
75
Valentin Vacherot
L
26
36
57
W
64
64
76
Brandon Nakashima
L
26
57
W
63
76
Alejandro Tabilo
L
36
16
L
64
57
46

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Kovacevic
LLWLLLWW
L

Matteo Berrettini

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round

763
16
46

Oct 7

L

Jaume Munar

Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 3rd Round Qualifying

26
36

Sep 29

W

Zachary Svajda

Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round Qualifying

677
62
64

Sep 28

L

Lloyd Harris

Chengdu Open - Chengdu · 1st Round

36
46

Sep 24

L

Valentin Vacherot

U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round

26
36
57

Aug 31

L

Arthur Fery

Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · Quarterfinals

63
57
36

Aug 28

W

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 3rd Round

63
761

Aug 27

W

Luca Van Assche

Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 2nd Round

61
766

Aug 25

Shelton
LWLLLWWW
L

Arthur Gea

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 3rd Round

657
637

Oct 11

W

Daniel Altmaier

Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round

63
766

Oct 9

L

Jakub Mensik

Davis Cup, World Group, Q2, CZE-USA · Rubber 4

75
46
36

Sep 19

L

Jiri Lehecka

Davis Cup, World Group, Q2, CZE-USA · Rubber 2

46
46

Sep 18

L

Alexander Zverev

U.S. Open - New York · Final

36
627
75
26

Sep 13

W

Frances Tiafoe

U.S. Open - New York · Semifinals

46
63
63
75

Sep 11

W

Carlos Alcaraz

U.S. Open - New York · Quarterfinals

657
61
63
16
76

Sep 9

W

Stefanos Tsitsipas

U.S. Open - New York · 4th Round

62
63
64

Sep 7

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ KovacevicShelton ahead↓ Shelton

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 63–65 matches

MetricKovacevicShelton
Matches won40%66%
Sets won43%61%
Games won48%53%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageKovacevicShelton
ATP Challenger Tour23

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceKovacevicShelton
Hard23

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Aleksandar Kovacevic vs Ben Shelton FAQ

Ben Shelton leads the head-to-head 3–2 over 5 meetings.