Thanasi Kokkinakis and Calvin Hemery will face off in the 2nd round of the Bucharest Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.32
Calvin Hemery -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Calvin Hemery
This will be the 2nd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Calvin Hemery square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kokkinakis won 6-1 6-2 in the 1st round in Miami back in 2018.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 183, Kokkinakis reached the 2nd round after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 3-1 ret..
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-1 3-1 ret.). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 43 points vs Ajdukovic’s 23. Thanasi was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was very effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kokkinakis broke Ajdukovic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Kokkinakis has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (171-101). 13-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has an aggregate42-19 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the year 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 compiled 28-18 win-loss record in 2021, 13-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Calvin Hemery
Ranked no. 355, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Gima 6-3 4-6 6-4, Oleksii Krutykh 2-6 6-4 6-1 and Jelle Sels 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hemery had a good straight sets win against Sels (6-4 6-4). During the match Hemery scored 77 points vs Sels’s 71. Calvin was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Hemery made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Calvin Hemery conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Hemery put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Calvin broke Sels twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The French player best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Denia and M25 Caslano.
Calvin has an aggregate 27-12 win-loss record in 2021, 18-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Hemery |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 11 | 74 |
| Pts | 43-23 | 254-233 |
| Total Points | 66 | 487 |
| Winners | 17 | 122 |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% |
Kokkinakis played 1 match while Hemery competed in 3 matches. Hemery started his run from the qualifications while Kokkinakis had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Calvin Hemery dropped 2 sets while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 5 set(s) less than Hemery (3 vs 8). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 63 games less than Hemery. Kokkinakis scored 17 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Calvin fired 122 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Hemery |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 22/37 | 167/255 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 122/167 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 35/88 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 40% |
Kokkinakis recorded 4 aces . Hemery struck 20 aces (6.7 per match). Kokkinakis won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Hemery won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Hemery |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 67% | 52% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 75% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kokkinakis conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Hemery broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Calvin conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 43-23 | 43-23 | |
| Total points | 66 | 66 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/37 | 22/37 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hemery | |||||
| Q1 Gima |
Q3 Krutykh |
R1 Sels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 2-6 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 25 | 20 | 74 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 83-78 | 77-71 | 254-233 | |
| Total points | 178 | 161 | 148 | 487 | |
| Winners | 45 | 41 | 36 | 122 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 47% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 62/93 | 60/90 | 45/72 | 167/255 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 41/60 | 36/45 | 122/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 68% | 80% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 10/30 | 11/27 | 35/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 33% | 41% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/7 | 2/4 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 71% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 1/5 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 20% | 100% | 190% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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