Thanasi Kokkinakis and Stefano Napolitano will face off in the 2nd round of the Biella 6 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.22
Stefano Napolitano -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 198, Thanasi reached the 2nd round after defeating Denis Istomin 3-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Istomin, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 88 points vs Istomin’s 71. Thanasi was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 49% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Istomin 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Kokkinakis has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (168-95). 8-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kokkinakis has an aggregate37-18 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Thanasi has a compiled 13-8 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biella 6 Challenger
Kokkinakis has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefano Napolitano
Ranked no. 333, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Alex Bolt 6-77 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round against Bolt, Napolitano recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-1 6-3). During the match Napolitano scored 106 points vs Bolt’s 83. Stefano was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 68% (26/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Bolt 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Napolitano has an aggregate 2-12 win-loss record in 2021, 1-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 29 |
| Pts | 88-71 | 106-83 |
| Total Points | 159 | 189 |
| Winners | 28 | 31 |
| %Winners | 32% | 29% |
Both Kokkinakis and Napolitano played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Thanasi Kokkinakis dropped 1 set, while Stefano Napolitano lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kokkinakis and Napolitano have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kokkinakis played 3 games less than Napolitano. Kokkinakis scored 28 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian blasted 31 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 34/70 | 40/78 |
| %1st in | 49% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 31/40 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 26/38 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 68% |
Kokkinakis blasted 6 aces . Napolitano struck 7 aces . Kokkinakis won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 42% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 63% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Kokkinakis broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kokkinakis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Stefano broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Istomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-71 | 88-71 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/70 | 34/70 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Napolitano | |||
| R1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 106-83 | 106-83 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/78 | 40/78 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Omar GiacaloneGiacalone (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Marius CopilCopil (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Alex BoltBolt (6-77 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 1-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Borna GojoGojo (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Matteo ViolaViola (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tristan LamasineLamasine (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Denis IstominIstomin (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Facundo MenaMena (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Ulises BlanchBlanch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
