Thanasi Kokkinakis and Filip Horansky will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bucharest Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 3 sets.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.48
Filip Horansky -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Filip Horansky
This will be the 3rd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Filip Horansky square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kokkinakis won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Split 2 Challenger back in April 2021.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 183, Thanasi got to the quarter after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-1 3-1 ret. and Calvin Hemery 2-6 7-64 7-64.
In the 2nd round against Hemery, Kokkinakis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-64 7-64).-109) than Hemery. In fact, the world no. 183 won 109 points vs Hemery’s. That means that Kokkinakis was more focused during the important points. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis recorded 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 70% of his first serves in, winning 73% (54/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (13/32) on the 2nd serve. Thanasi broke Hemery twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Kokkinakis has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (172-101). 14-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has an aggregate43-19 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he overcame Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Australian has an aggregate 29-18 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bucharest Challenger
Kokkinakis has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Horansky
Ranked no. 204, Horansky reached the quarter after beating Nicolae Frunza 7-63 6-4 and Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Horansky had a good straight sets win against Kopriva (6-3 6-4). During the match Horansky scored 70 points vs Kopriva’s 49. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Horansky couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Filip Horansky was very effective on serve to win 90% (27/30) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Slovakian broke Kopriva 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Filip started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.
The Slovakian has a composed 22-23 win-loss record in 2021, 16-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 42 |
| Pts | 152-135 | 144-120 |
| Total Points | 287 | 264 |
| Winners | 71 | 55 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Kokkinakis and Horansky played 2 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis lost 1 set while Filip Horansky hasn’t lost a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 2 sets more than Horansky (6 vs 4). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 3 games more than Horansky. Thanasi scored 71 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Horansky blasted 55 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 96/143 | 72/130 |
| %1st in | 67% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 71/96 | 55/72 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 21/47 | 28/58 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 48% |
Kokkinakis bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Horansky recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kokkinakis won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Horansky won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Horansky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 55% | 44% |
| Conceded | 15 | 11 |
| Saved | 10 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Kokkinakis broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Thanasi surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Filip conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Ajdukovic | R2 Hemery | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-1 ret. | 2-6 7-64 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 34 | 45 | |
| pts | 43-23 | 109-112 | 152-135 | |
| Total points | 66 | 221 | 287 | |
| Winners | 17 | 54 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/37 | 74/106 | 96/143 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 70% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 54/74 | 71/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 13/32 | 21/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 41% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/5 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 7/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 64% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Horansky | ||||
| R1 Frunza | R2 Kopriva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 74-71 | 70-49 | 144-120 | |
| Total points | 145 | 119 | 264 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 42/79 | 30/51 | 72/130 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 27/30 | 55/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 90% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 12/21 | 28/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 30% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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