Marc-Andrea Huesler and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday 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.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.72
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Marc-Andrea Huesler and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
Ranked no. 172, the Swiss reached the semifinal after defeating Jelle Sels 6-3 6-3, Yshai Oliel 6-4 6-1 and Franco Agamenone 7-65 6-4.
In the quarter, Marc-Andrea had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (7-65 6-4). During the match, Huesler scored 82 points vs Agamenone’s 73. Huesler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Huesler managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was very efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marc-Andrea broke Agamenone twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Huesler started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Huesler has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (179-144). 14-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Huesler has a compiled57-49 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Swiss’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Biel Challenger.
Huesler has an aggregate 26-28 win-loss record in 2021, 14-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2020. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 194, Thanasi got to the semifinal after beating Maximilian Marterer 6-4 6-3, Ergi Kirkin 6-1 6-1 and Alex Molcan 6-2 7-64.
In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-2 7-64). During the match Kokkinakis scored 82 points vs Molcan’s 70. Thanasi was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Molcan 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thanasi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he overcame Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
Thanasi has an overall 32-19 win-loss record in 2021, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Kokkinakis has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Huesler | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 54 |
| Pts | 218-170 | 200-150 |
| Total Points | 388 | 350 |
| Winners | 81 | 62 |
| %Winners | 37% | 31% |
Both Huesler and Kokkinakis played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Huesler and Kokkinakis have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Huesler played 4 games more than Kokkinakis. The Swiss scored 81 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi bagged 62 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Huesler | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 111/183 | 87/164 |
| %1st in | 61% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 81/111 | 62/87 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 43/72 | 49/77 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 64% |
Huesler scored 18 aces (6 per match). Kokkinakis managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Huesler won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Huesler | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 12 |
| Converted | 10/22 | 12/29 |
| % Converted | 45% | 41% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 2 |
| % Saved | 78% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Huesler broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Marc-Andrea surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Huesler | |||||
| R1 Sels |
R2 Oliel |
1/4 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 23 | 58 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 67-47 | 82-73 | 218-170 | |
| Total points | 119 | 114 | 155 | 388 | |
| Winners | 26 | 21 | 34 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 29/48 | 45/79 | 111/183 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 60% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 21/29 | 34/45 | 81/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 72% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 11/19 | 18/34 | 43/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 58% | 53% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/8 | 2/7 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 63% | 29% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 67% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Kirkin |
1/4 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 21 | 54 | |
| pts | 61-50 | 57-30 | 82-70 | 200-150 | |
| Total points | 111 | 87 | 152 | 350 | |
| Winners | 22 | 16 | 24 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 28% | 29% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 23/47 | 37/66 | 87/164 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 49% | 56% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 16/23 | 24/37 | 62/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 65% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | 19/29 | 49/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | 66% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 | 3/15 | 12/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 20% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-0 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Sumit NagalNagal (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
