Yuichi Sugita and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on Court 11. In the following paragraphs, 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 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.33
Yuichi Sugita -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Yuichi Sugita and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Yuichi Sugita
Ranked no. 131, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Mario Vilella Martinez 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Vilella Martinez, Sugita recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Sugita scored 84 points vs Vilella Martinez’s 77. Yuichi was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sugita scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yuichi Sugita was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Yuichi broke Vilella Martinez 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Sugita has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (337-247). 2-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sugita has a compiled 212-141 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
The Japanese has an aggregate 6-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 186, the Australian reached the qualifications after defeating Bjorn Fratangelo 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Fratangelo (7-5 6-3). During the match Kokkinakis scored 70 points vs Fratangelo’s 53. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis scored 14 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Fratangelo twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he defeated Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
Thanasi has a composed 22-15 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015, 2017 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sugita | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 |
| Pts | 84-77 | 70-53 |
| Total Points | 161 | 123 |
| Winners | 36 | 37 |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% |
Both Sugita and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Yuichi Sugita dropped 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sugita has played 1 set more than Kokkinakis (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sugita played 5 games more than Kokkinakis. The Japanese scored 36 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 37 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sugita | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 14 |
| 1st in | 51/85 | 43/59 |
| %1st in | 60% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 37/43 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Sugita scored 6 aces . Kokkinakis managed to score 14 aces . Sugita won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 86% 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 | Sugita | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 80% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Yuichi dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Sugita | |||
| Q1 Vilella Martinez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 84-77 | 84-77 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/85 | 51/85 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| Q1 Fratangelo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 43/59 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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