Stefano Travaglia and Thanasi Kokkinakis will fight against each other in the final of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm 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 -> 1.69
Stefano Travaglia -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Travaglia vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Stefano Travaglia and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Stefano Travaglia
Ranked no. 97, Stefano reached the final after beating Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-3, Yan Bondarevskiy 6-3 6-2, Zdenek Kolar 6-0 5-7 7-66 and Sumit Nagal 6-4 0-6 6-0.
In the semifinal, The Italian defeated Nagal (6-4 0-6 6-0). During the match, Travaglia scored 74 points vs Nagal’s 71. Stefano was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Travaglia recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Stefano Travaglia lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Travaglia put 59% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Travaglia broke Nagal 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Travaglia has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (371-202). 16-13 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Travaglia has an aggregate 291-133 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Melbourne.
Stefano has a compiled 24-24 win-loss record in 2021, 16-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 194, Thanasi reached the final after defeating Maximilian Marterer 6-4 6-3, Ergi Kirkin 6-1 6-1, Alex Molcan 6-2 7-64 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-2 6-1.
In the semifinal, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-2 6-1). During the match Kokkinakis scored 53 points vs Huesler’s 27. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 100% (16/16) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kokkinakis broke Huesler 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
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 win 59% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he beat Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Australian has an overall 33-19 win-loss record in 2021, 18-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Travaglia | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 88 | 69 |
| Pts | 309-262 | 253-177 |
| Total Points | 571 | 430 |
| Winners | 109 | 78 |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% |
Both Travaglia and Kokkinakis played 4 matches. At the moment, Stefano Travaglia dropped 2 sets while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Travaglia has played 2 sets more than Kokkinakis (10 vs 8). Therefore, Travaglia played 19 games more than Kokkinakis. The Italian scored 109 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis bagged 78 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Travaglia | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 153/292 | 103/196 |
| %1st in | 52% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 109/153 | 78/103 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 71/139 | 61/93 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 66% |
Travaglia bagged 18 aces (4.5 per match). Kokkinakis fired 14 aces (3.5 per match). Travaglia won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Travaglia | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 17 |
| Converted | 20/40 | 17/35 |
| % Converted | 50% | 49% |
| Conceded | 34 | 4 |
| Saved | 24 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 2 |
Stefano broke his opponents 20 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 10 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Travaglia | ||||||
| R1 Rosol |
R2 Bondarevskiy |
1/4 Kolar |
1/2 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-0 5-7 7-66 | 6-4 0-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 31 | 22 | 88 | |
| pts | 60-50 | 61-44 | 114-97 | 74-71 | 309-262 | |
| Total points | 110 | 105 | 211 | 145 | 571 | |
| Winners | 19 | 24 | 37 | 29 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% | 32% | 39% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 27/58 | 26/54 | 53/100 | 47/80 | 153/292 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 48% | 53% | 59% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 24/26 | 37/53 | 29/47 | 109/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 92% | 70% | 62% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 13/28 | 27/47 | 15/33 | 71/139 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 46% | 57% | 45% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 | 6/15 | 5/10 | 20/40 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 57% | 40% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 34 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/5 | 8/12 | 8/12 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 67% | 67% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Kirkin |
1/4 Molcan |
1/2 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-2 7-64 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 69 | |
| pts | 61-50 | 57-30 | 82-70 | 53-27 | 253-177 | |
| Total points | 111 | 87 | 152 | 80 | 430 | |
| Winners | 22 | 16 | 24 | 16 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 28% | 29% | 30% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 23/47 | 37/66 | 16/32 | 103/196 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 49% | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 16/23 | 24/37 | 16/16 | 78/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 65% | 100% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | 19/29 | 12/16 | 61/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | 66% | 75% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 | 3/15 | 5/6 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 20% | 83% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 0% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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