ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Copa Faulconbridge
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovacevic
🤖 Servebot
Merida
🏃 Pusher
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 70% vs 🏃 Pusher across 574 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Aleksandar Kovacevic here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kovacevic | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 7–12 | 11–7 |
| Avg odds | 3.09 | 1.90 |
| ROI % | +16.6% | +1.9% |
| Units P/L | +3.16u | +0.34u |
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
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Kovacevic
0
Merida
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Merida has a higher win rate against shared opponents (56% vs Kovacevic's 33%).
| Opponent | Kovacevic | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Rafael Jodar | L 16 06 46 | W 75 63 |
| Ignacio Buse | L 16 46 | L 76 26 36 |
| Mackenzie McDonald | W 26 61 62 | W 75 64 |
| Marcos Giron | L 26 63 46 | L 06 16 |
| Corentin Moutet | W 61 64 | W 63 64 |
| Zachary Svajda | L 67 36 | L 06 76 26 |
| Patrick Kypson | W 64 76 | W 36 63 76 |
| Titouan Droguet | L 64 67 46 | W 64 36 64 |
| Valentin Royer | L 64 67 36 | L 36 57 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kovacevic | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 62.9% | 65.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 73.6% | 66.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 54.6% | 45.9% |
| Aces / Match | 7.1 | 2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.7 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 60.7% | 53.9% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 28.2% | 30.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 51.4% | 53.5% |
| BP Converted % | 45.1% | 39.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 26.5 | 25.1 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 26.3 | 28.4 |
| Net Pts Won % | 62.7% | 72.6% |
| Total Pts Won % | 51.7% | 48.8% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 44% | 67% |
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Match summary
Aleksandar Kovacevic and Daniel Merida meet in the Round of 32 at Copa Faulconbridge on May 12 on clay. Kovacevic, ranked 95th, sits on a two-match losing streak after five matches in fourteen days. Merida, seeded higher at 86th, has lost once in his last outing and has played a more measured three matches over the same span.
The two have never faced each other. Both players have defeated Corentin Moutet, Mackenzie McDonald, and Patrick Kypson in recent weeks; both lost to Marcos Giron and Valentin Royer. Over a clay sample, Merida has won 14 of 20 matches at 70%, while Kovacevic holds a 6-14 record on the surface at 30%. Merida has maintained 60% wins across his last five and ten matches; Kovacevic won two of his last five and three of his last ten.
Kovacevic builds points through his serve and relies on aggressive first-strike tennis off both wings. Merida operates as a retriever, constructing rallies with consistency and drawing errors through patience rather than pace. On clay, Merida's court coverage and ability to extend points stand out in his recent record, while Kovacevic will need his serve and early aggression to shorten points and control the match's rhythm.
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