Stefanos Tsitsipas and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3 pm on Rod Laver Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.072
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 9.1
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Stefanos Tsitsipas and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 6, the Greek got to the 2nd round after beating Gilles Simon 6-1 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Stefanos had a good straight sets win against Simon (6-1 6-2 6-1). During the match Tsitsipas scored 82 points vs Simon’s 42. Stefanos was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Tsitsipas was very efficient on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tsitsipas broke Simon 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (280-136). 3-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a 108-60 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Tsitsipas has a 3-0 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Tsitsipas lost in the 3rd round to Milos Raonic.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 267, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-4 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kwon (6-4 6-1 6-1). During the match Kokkinakis scored 78 points vs Kwon’s 47. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis struck 19 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Kwon 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Thanasi has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Thanasi didn’t compete at the Australian Open in 2020.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 24 |
| Pts | 82-42 | 78-47 |
| Total Points | 124 | 125 |
| Winners | 27 | 34 |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% |
Both Tsitsipas and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Kokkinakis have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Tsitsipas played 2 games less than Kokkinakis. Tsitsipas scored 27 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi fired 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 19 |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 41/62 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 34/41 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 15/21 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 71% |
Tsitsipas struck 1 ace . Kokkinakis also struck 19 aces . Tsitsipas won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 70% | 86% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Stefanos broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Stefanos very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Thanasi broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Kokkinakis was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R1 Simon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-42 | 82-42 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/56 | 33/56 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-47 | 78-47 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 19 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/41 | 34/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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