Kacper Zuk and Thanasi Kokkinakis will play each other in the quarter of the Split 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.47
Kacper Zuk -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Kacper Zuk vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Kacper Zuk and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 221, the Pole reached the quarter after beating Pedro Sousa 1-2 ret. and Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Zuk had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-4 6-2). During the match Zuk scored 63 points vs Serdarusic’s 50. Kacper was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zuk fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kacper Zuk conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 74% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Serdarusic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Zuk has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (137-79). 2-0 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zuk has a 41-36 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Zuk’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Zuk has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 1 Challenger
Zuk has never competed in this tournament before.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 224, Thanasi got to the quarter after defeating Filip Horansky 3-6 6-4 6-4 and Zdenek Kolar 7-63 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Kolar (7-63 6-1). During the match Kokkinakis scored 71 points vs Kolar’s 52. Thanasi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis was very effective on serve to win 80% (35/44) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Kolar twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kokkinakis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kokkinakis has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zuk | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 49 |
| Pts | 63-50 | 167-143 |
| Total Points | 113 | 310 |
| Winners | 34 | 84 |
| %Winners | 54% | 50% |
Zuk played 1 match while Kokkinakis competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis dropped 1 set while Kacper Zuk hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zuk has played 3 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zuk played 31 games less than Kokkinakis. Zuk scored 34 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis made 84 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zuk | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 113/167 |
| %1st in | 74% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 84/113 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 30/54 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Zuk fired 3 aces . Kokkinakis recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Zuk won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zuk | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Kacper broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kacper pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Kokkinakis broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zuk | ||||
| R1 Sousa |
R2 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-2 ret. | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 3 | 18 | 21 | |
| pts | 10-11 | 63-50 | 73-61 | |
| Total points | 21 | 113 | 134 | |
| Winners | 5 | 34 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 54% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 7/14 | 45/61 | 52/75 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 34/45 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/7 | 8/16 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 29% | 50% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | – | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Horansky |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| pts | 96-91 | 71-52 | 167-143 | |
| Total points | 187 | 123 | 310 | |
| Winners | 49 | 35 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 49% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 69/100 | 44/67 | 113/167 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 49/69 | 35/44 | 84/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/23 | 30/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 2/5 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 40% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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