Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ergi Kirkin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.27
Ergi Kirkin -> 3.76
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Ergi Kirkin
There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Ergi Kirkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 194, Thanasi reached the 2nd round after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Marterer (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 61 points vs Marterer’s 50. Kokkinakis was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Marterer 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kokkinakis has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (173-102). 15-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has a composed44-20 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he beat Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Australian has an overall 30-19 win-loss record in 2021, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ergi Kirkin
Ranked no. 312, Ergi reached the 2nd round after beating Alexey Vatutin 7-5 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Turk defeated Vatutin (7-5 4-6 6-1). During the match Kirkin scored 106 points vs Vatutin’s 94. Ergi was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kirkin bagged 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ergi Kirkin lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kirkin put 49% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (23/49) on the 2nd serve. Kirkin broke Vatutin 8 times after converting 62% of his break points (8/13).
Ergi’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Vejle,M15 Parnu and M25 Ueberlingen.
Kirkin has a compiled 35-20 win-loss record in 2021, 29-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 |
| Pts | 61-50 | 106-94 |
| Total Points | 111 | 200 |
| Winners | 22 | 29 |
| %Winners | 36% | 27% |
Both Kokkinakis and Kirkin played 1 match. At the moment, Ergi Kirkin lost 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 1 set(s) less than Kirkin (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 10 games less than Kirkin. Kokkinakis scored 22 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kirkin scored 29 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 47/96 |
| %1st in | 53% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 29/47 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 23/49 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 47% |
Kokkinakis made 3 aces . Kirkin scored 6 aces . Kokkinakis won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kirkin won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Kirkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 60% | 62% |
| Conceded | 2 | 12 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Thanasi broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kokkinakis was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Kirkin broke his opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Turk conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-50 | 61-50 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 27/51 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kirkin | |||
| R1 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 106-94 | 106-94 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 47/96 | 47/96 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/49 | 23/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 62% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan PalosiPalosi – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Alexey VatutinVatutin (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Yan BondarevskiyBondarevskiy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
