Jordan Thompson vs Aleksandar Kovacevic Prediction & Picks - ATP Houston

Prediction published on 4/3/24, 12:19 PM  by Drew Williamson | Modified on 4/3/24 at 2:20 PM in Tennis Picks

Jordan Thompson’s difficult streak has come to an end! Though he was beaten in the first round in Acapulco and at the Masters 1000 events in Indian Wells and Miami, the Australian tennis player has returned to his winning ways in his opening match at the Houston tournament. A trouble-free victory over China's Y. Wu enabled the 33rd-ranked player in the world to finally raise his arms in celebration once more, more than a month after his last victory on the circuit–the same one that gave him the title in Los Cabos, his first career ATP Tour trophy. Having been on an upward trajectory for several months now, Jordan Thompson knows that he has much work to do to defend his current standing in the coming weeks. More importantly, he’ll need good results on clay to prove his all around performance, with which he just might be able to crack into the world's top 30. 

After an easily managed victory in his first round, the Australian will face a very different type of player, Aleksander Kovacevic. The 25-year-old American has just broken into the world's top 100 for the first time in his career. A fast surface player, the New Yorker has yet to find his feet on the clay, and in recent seasons, he really hasn’t spent much time on this surface–which could make all the difference. With only 16 matches to his name since 2021 and no successes in 2023, Aleksander Kovacevic still needs to improve his game. All this aside, the American did claim a first-round victory over another Australian (Thanasi Kokki) in front of his home crowd–though it was a grueling 3 hour match. He’ll have to have rested well in order to believe he has a chance against Jordan Thompson.