Federico Gaio and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.36
Federico Gaio -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Federico Gaio vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Federico Gaio and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Federico Gaio
Ranked no. 138, Gaio reached the 2nd round after defeating Ruben Bemelmans 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Bemelmans, Federico recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Gaio scored 89 points vs Bemelmans’s 82. Federico was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gaio recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Bemelmans 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Gaio has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (363-283). 5-6 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gaio has a 259-178 record in the last years on clay.
Gaio’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Federico has a 17-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 209, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Yannick Maden 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Maden (6-3 6-2). During the match Kokkinakis scored 64 points vs Maden’s 50. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 60% of his first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 26% (6/23) on the 2nd serve. Thanasi broke Maden 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Kokkinakis has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gaio | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 26 | 17 |
Pts | 89-82 | 64-50 |
Total Points | 171 | 114 |
Winners | 38 | 28 |
%Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Gaio and Kokkinakis played 1 match. At the moment, Federico Gaio dropped 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gaio has played 1 set more than Kokkinakis (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gaio played 9 games more than Kokkinakis. Federico scored 38 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis blasted 28 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gaio | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Aces | 4 | 9 |
Avg per match | 4 | 9 |
1st in | 50/83 | 35/58 |
%1st in | 60% | 60% |
1st pts | 38/50 | 28/35 |
%1st pts | 76% | 80% |
2nd pts | 13/33 | 6/23 |
%2nd pts | 39% | 26% |
Gaio recorded 4 aces . Kokkinakis blasted 9 aces . Gaio won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 26% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gaio | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 6 |
Converted | 5/12 | 6/12 |
% Converted | 42% | 50% |
Conceded | 6 | 6 |
Saved | 3 | 4 |
% Saved | 50% | 67% |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Federico broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kokkinakis conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Gaio | |||
R1 Bemelmans |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 89-82 | 89-82 | |
Total points | 171 | 171 | |
Winners | 38 | 38 | |
%Winners | 43% | 43% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 50/83 | 50/83 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
% 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Kokkinakis | |||
R1 Maden |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 64-50 | 64-50 | |
Total points | 114 | 114 | |
Winners | 28 | 28 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 9 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 35/58 | 35/58 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 6/23 | 6/23 | |
% 2nd pts | 26% | 26% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Rome 2 Challenger
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Tristan LamasineLamasine (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Steven DiezDiez (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Hugo GastonGaston (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-71 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Yannick MadenMaden (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Daniel MasurMasur (4-6 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Igor SijslingSijsling (6-1 7-66) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Alex BoltBolt (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Hugo DellienDellien (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
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- Cem IlkelIlkel – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Alexandre MullerMuller – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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