Alessandro Giannessi and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the quarter of the Rome 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.54
Alessandro Giannessi -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Alessandro Giannessi vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Alessandro Giannessi and Thanasi Kokkinakis play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Kokkinakis won 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the qualifications in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2014.
Alessandro Giannessi
Ranked no. 167, Giannessi reached the quarter after beating Guido Andreozzi 6-3 6-3 and Jay Clarke 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Giannessi had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-2 6-4). During the match Giannessi scored 67 points vs Clarke’s 48. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Giannessi scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. Giannessi broke Clarke 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alessandro started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Giannessi has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (269-233). 16-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Giannessi has a 233-181 record in the last years on clay.
Giannessi’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya 2 Challenger and the Marbella Challenger.
The Italian has a 16-11 win-loss record in 2021, 16-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 209, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Yannick Maden 6-3 6-2 and Federico Gaio 6-78 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Gaio, Thanasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 6-3 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 123 points vs Gaio’s 108. Kokkinakis was very aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis fired 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (55/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (22/46) on the 2nd serve. Thanasi broke Gaio 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian 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.
The Australian has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Giannessi | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 49 |
| Pts | 137-102 | 187-158 |
| Total Points | 239 | 345 |
| Winners | 55 | 83 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Giannessi and Kokkinakis played 2 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis dropped 1 set while Alessandro Giannessi hasn’t lost a set so far. Giannessi has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (4 vs 5). Therefore, Giannessi played 13 games less than Kokkinakis. Giannessi scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis made 83 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Giannessi | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 83/125 | 109/178 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/83 | 83/109 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 22/42 | 28/69 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 41% |
Giannessi blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Kokkinakis managed to score 19 aces (9.5 per match). Giannessi won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Giannessi | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 67% | 45% |
| Conceded | 9 | 18 |
| Saved | 5 | 14 |
| % Saved | 56% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Alessandro broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Giannessi dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Giannessi | ||||
| R1 Andreozzi |
R2 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 67-48 | 137-102 | |
| Total points | 124 | 115 | 239 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 39/63 | 83/125 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 62% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 25/39 | 55/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 64% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 14/24 | 22/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 58% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/8 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 63% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Maden |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-78 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 32 | 49 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 123-108 | 187-158 | |
| Total points | 114 | 231 | 345 | |
| Winners | 28 | 55 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 74/120 | 109/178 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 55/74 | 83/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/23 | 22/46 | 28/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 26% | 48% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/10 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 10/12 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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