Thanasi Kokkinakis and Juan Pablo Ficovich will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Lexington Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 1. 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 Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.14
Juan Pablo Ficovich -> 5.50
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Juan Pablo Ficovich
There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Juan Pablo Ficovich since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 184, Kokkinakis got to the 2nd round after defeating Christian Harrison 7-5 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kokkinakis defeated Harrison (7-5 5-7 6-2). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 119 points vs Harrison’s 111. Kokkinakis was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis blasted 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 74% (48/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (24/51) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Harrison 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Kokkinakis has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (174-101). 7-6 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has a composed118-60 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Biella 6 Challenger.
The Australian has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See his history.
Juan Pablo Ficovich
Ranked no. 239, Juan reached the 2nd round after beating Edan Leshem 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Leshem (6-1 6-2). During the match Pablo Ficovich scored 56 points vs Leshem’s 30. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Pablo Ficovich made 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Juan Pablo Ficovich was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pablo Ficovich was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Leshem 4 times.
The Argentine has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 |
| Pts | 119-111 | 56-30 |
| Total Points | 230 | 86 |
| Winners | 48 | 22 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Kokkinakis and Pablo Ficovich played 1 match. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis conceded 1 set while Juan Pablo Ficovich hasn’t lost a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 1 set more than Pablo Ficovich (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 17 games more than Pablo Ficovich. The Australian scored 48 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo Ficovich recorded 22 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 4 |
| 1st in | 65/116 | 26/43 |
| %1st in | 56% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 48/65 | 22/26 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 65% |
Kokkinakis managed to score 12 aces . Pablo Ficovich recorded 4 aces . Kokkinakis won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Pablo Ficovich won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Pablo Ficovich |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 70% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Kokkinakis broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Kokkinakis surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Juan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 119-111 | 119-111 | |
| Total points | 230 | 230 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 65/116 | 65/116 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 48/65 | 48/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Pablo Ficovich | |||
| R1 Leshem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 56-30 | 56-30 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/43 | 26/43 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
LWWW
LWWWLLLWLL Tennis Scores in Lexington Challenger
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- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-63 7-66) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Edan LeshemLeshem (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Govind NandaNanda (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Darian KingKing – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Stefan DostanicDostanic (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-5 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Tatsuma ItoIto (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-6(3) 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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