Gregoire Barrere and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the quarter of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. 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 -> 1.38
Gregoire Barrere -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Gregoire Barrere vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Gregoire Barrere and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gregoire Barrere
Ranked no. 136, Gregoire reached the quarter after defeating Valentin Royer 7-64 6-1 and Kimmer Coppejans 1-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Coppejans, Gregoire recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Barrere and Coppejans scored the same amount of points (85). However, the world no. 136 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Gregoire was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Barrere made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gregoire Barrere lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Barrere put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Coppejans 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gregoire started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Barrere has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (347-241). 7-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Barrere has a compiled 66-56 record in the last years on hard.
Gregoire’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lille Challenger.
The French player has an overall 24-17 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Gregoire has never competed in this tournament before.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 185, Kokkinakis got to the quarter after beating Jc Aragone 6-3 7-5 and Bogdan Bobrov 6-0 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Bobrov (6-0 6-2). During the match Kokkinakis scored 58 points vs Bobrov’s 29. Kokkinakis was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kokkinakis broke Bobrov 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he defeated Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Australian has a composed 24-16 win-loss record in 2021, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Barrere | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
Tot Games | 48 | 35 |
Pts | 160-150 | 135-92 |
Total Points | 310 | 227 |
Winners | 75 | 49 |
%Winners | 47% | 36% |
Both Barrere and Kokkinakis played 2 matches. At the moment, Gregoire Barrere dropped 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Barrere has played 1 set more than Kokkinakis (5 vs 4). Therefore, Barrere played 13 games more than Kokkinakis. Gregoire scored 75 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi bagged 49 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Barrere | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Aces | 9 | 13 |
Avg per match | 4.5 | 6.5 |
1st in | 103/152 | 56/96 |
%1st in | 68% | 58% |
1st pts | 75/103 | 49/56 |
%1st pts | 73% | 88% |
2nd pts | 24/49 | 18/40 |
%2nd pts | 49% | 45% |
Barrere struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kokkinakis managed to score 13 aces (6.5 per match). Barrere won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Barrere | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 10 |
Converted | 6/18 | 10/16 |
% Converted | 33% | 63% |
Conceded | 12 | 3 |
Saved | 8 | 1 |
% Saved | 67% | 33% |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kokkinakis broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
Barrere | ||||
R1 Royer |
R2 Coppejans |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-64 6-1 | 1-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 28 | 48 | |
pts | 75-65 | 85-85 | 160-150 | |
Total points | 140 | 170 | 310 | |
Winners | 34 | 41 | 75 | |
%Winners | 45% | 48% | 47% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
1st in | 46/69 | 57/83 | 103/152 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 69% | 68% | |
1st pts | 34/46 | 41/57 | 75/103 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 72% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/26 | 24/49 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 49% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Converted | 3/10 | 3/8 | 6/18 | |
Converted % | 30% | 38% | 33% | |
Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 2/5 | 8 | |
Saved % | 86% | 40% | 63% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Kokkinakis | ||||
R1 Aragone |
R2 Bobrov |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 14 | 35 | |
pts | 77-63 | 58-29 | 135-92 | |
Total points | 140 | 87 | 227 | |
Winners | 31 | 18 | 49 | |
%Winners | 40% | 31% | 36% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
1st in | 36/60 | 20/36 | 56/96 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
1st pts | 31/36 | 18/20 | 49/56 | |
% 1st pts | 86% | 90% | 88% | |
2nd pts | 7/24 | 11/16 | 18/40 | |
% 2nd pts | 29% | 69% | 45% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | 10/16 | |
Converted % | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | |
Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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