Alex Bolt and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Murray River Open for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.57
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 4th time that Alex Bolt and Thanasi Kokkinakis face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Bolt (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bolt won 7-5 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2018.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 173, the Australian will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Alicante Challenger where he lost 1-6 7-5 6-3 to Cervantes in the 1st round on the 12th of October.
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 241-178 record. He has a positive 151-116 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
Bolt lost in the 2nd round to Dominic Thiem.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 264, the Australian will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in the Tiburon Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4 to Paul in the final on the 29th of September.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, Kokkinakis has an overall 157-88 record. He has a positive 113-55 record on hard.
Last year in Melbourne
The Australian didn’t compete in Melbourne in 2020.
Head 2 Head
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