

What Time Will Mattia Bellucci Play Against Aleksandar Kovacevic?
Bellucci and Kovacevic are on the Day 4 Schedule at Open Occitanie 2025 on Thursday 30 January 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Match details:
– Players: Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs [Q] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA)
– This is their first meeting.
Mattia Bellucci:
– Age: 23
– Current world ranking: 98 (career-high)
– Career record: 7-9 (reached the 2024 Atlanta Quarterfinals)
– Montpellier record: 1-0 (reached the 2025 2nd round)
– Started the 2022 season ranked 681st and broke into the top 500 in April. He reached the top 200 in October and ended the year as 154th. In November 2024, he broke into the top 100 and achieved his career-high ranking of 98 in January 2025.
– His biggest career win was against No. 32 Mannarino, helping him reach his first ATP Tour Quarterfinal at the 2024 Atlanta tournament as a qualifier.
– Made his tour-level debut at the 2023 Australian Open as a qualifier and also qualified for Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open in 2024. He defeated former champion Wawrinka in the US Open 1st round for his first Grand Slam win.
– Has a 61-60 record in Challenger matches, including winning three titles.
– Won titles at the 2022 Saint-Tropez as a qualifier ranked 275th, back-to-back titles at the 2022 Vilnius, and the 2023 Cassis.
Montpellier Tournament:
– Taking place at the Sud de France Arena in Montpellier, France from January 27th to February 2nd, 2025.
– Bellucci will be looking to reach his second ATP Tour Quarterfinal after reaching the stage in Atlanta in July (where he lost to Rinderknech).
– Has a 4-0 record against lower-ranked players at the tour level, including a win over No. 104 Pouille in the 1st round of this tournament.
Francisco Cerundolo
Alexander Shevchenko
Jacob Fearnley
Alex De Minaur
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Andrey Rublev
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ben Shelton
Jana Fett
Iga Swiatek
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Sebastian Korda
Tallon Griekspoor
Yannick Hanfmann
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
Karen Khachanov
Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah
Jaqueline Cristian
Alexander Zverev
Daniel Altmaier
Ugo Humbert
Fabian Marozsan
Linda Fruhvirtova
Olga Danilovic
Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
Varvara Gracheva
Zizou Bergs
Diego Dedura-Palomero
Elise Mertens
Diana Shnaider
Aleksandar Kovacevic:
– Age: 26
– Current world ranking: 102 (career-high: 72)
– Career record: 17-32 (reached one semifinal)
– Tournament record: 1-0 (reached the 2025 2nd round)
– Broke into the top 100 in January 2024, with a previous peak at No. 101 in April 2023. Achieved a career-high ranking of 72 in September 2024.
– Defeated countryman McDonald to reach the 2022 Seoul Semifinals in his ATP Tour main draw debut as a lucky loser. He also defeated No. 13 Norrie to reach his second ATP Tour Quarterfinal at the 2023 Los Cabos.
– Won Challenger titles at Cleveland, Waco, Shenzhen, and Temuco in 2023, including a win over Wu Yibing in the Cleveland final. Recently won the 2025 Oeiras-2 title.
– Made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 Roland Garros, losing to eventual champion Djokovic in the 1st round. Earned his first Grand Slam win against Tabilo at the 2024 Australian Open.
– Played college tennis at the University of Illinois for five years, where he was a two-time All-American and graduated in 2021 with a finance degree.
Montpellier Tournament:
– Kovacevic is seeking his fifth ATP Tour Quarterfinal (1-3) after reaching the stage in Seoul in 2022, Los Cabos in 2023-24, and Newport in 2024. He would become the fourth American quarter-finalist in tournament history, following Isner in 2010, Cressy in 2023, and Mmoh in 2024.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Bellucci will win.
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