Gael Monfils and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the semifinal of the Adelaide International 1 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 9:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.5
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.74

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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Gael Monfils

Gael Monfils

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
68
High
6
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 18-15 14-9 3-3 0-0 1-3 0-0
2024 25-21 15-11 3-6 2-2 5-2 0-0
2023 16-15 8-8 2-4 6-3 0-0 0-0
2022 14-7 13-5 1-1 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-7 2-4 7-3 1-3 0-0

Ranked no. 21, Monfils reached the semifinal after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-2 6-1 and Tommy Paul 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter, Gael had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-4 6-1). During the match, Monfils scored 58 points vs Paul’s 41. Gael was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Monfils recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was very effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gael broke Paul 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.

Monfils has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (279-149). 2-0 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has a composed 119-56 match record in the last years on hard.

Monfils has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Monfils has never competed in this tournament before.

Adelaide
Monfils's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
450
High
65
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 35-21 19-12 11-6 3-2 2-1 0-0
2023 40-26 31-18 8-5 1-1 0-2 0-0
2022 23-19 19-12 2-3 1-2 1-2 0-0
2021 33-21 15-11 18-7 0-0 0-3 0-0

Ranked no. 171, the Australian got to the semifinal after beating John Millman 6-4 6-3, Frances Tiafoe 3-6 7-5 6-1 and Mikael Ymer 7-69 4-6 6-4.

In the quarter, Kokkinakis defeated Ymer (7-69 4-6 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 105 points vs Ymer’s 104. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about serving, Kokkinakis bagged 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 72% of his first serves in, winning 78% (58/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Ymer twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Thanasi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Thanasi has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Adelaide
Kokkinakis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

G.Monfils
T.Kokkinakis
2h:02
2h:02
Time on court​
!
6h:20
6h:20
1h:08
1h:08
Last match​
!
2h:44
2h:44
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
32
32
Games Played​
80
80
4
4
Set played​​
8
8
112
112
Total points​
261
261
56
56
Avg point​
87
87
47
47
Winners
124
124
23.5
23.5
Avg Winners​
41.3
41.3
42%
42%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
33
33
5
5
Avg Aces
!
11
11
5
5
Double Faults
4
4
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
47/60
47/60
1st won total​
124/160
124/160
!
78%
78%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
16/32
16/32
2nd won total​
36/75
36/75
50%
50%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
10/15
10/15
BP won
10/18
10/18
5/7.5
5/7.5
Avg BP won
3.3/6
3.3/6
!
67%
67%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
9
9
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
3
3
3
3
Broken
5
5
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
2
2
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Monfils Kokkinakis
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 8
Tot Games 32 80
Pts 112-70 261-234
Total Points 182 495
Winners 47 124
%Winners 42% 48%

Monfils played 2 matches while Kokkinakis competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 2 sets while Gael Monfils hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Monfils has played 4 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (4 vs 8). Therefore, Monfils played 48 games less than Kokkinakis. Gael scored 47 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis fired 124 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Monfils Kokkinakis
Aces 10 33
Avg per match 5 11
1st in 60/92 160/235
%1st in 65% 68%
1st pts 47/60 124/160
%1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 16/32 36/75
%2nd pts 50% 48%

Monfils managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Kokkinakis managed to score 33 aces (11 per match). Monfils won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 78% of the points behind 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 Monfils Kokkinakis
Won 10 10
Converted 10/15 10/18
% Converted 67% 56%
Conceded 5 9
Saved 2 4
% Saved 40% 44%
Times Broken 3 5

Gael broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Monfils
R2
Manuel
1/4
Paul
Total
Score 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 17 32
pts 54-29 58-41 112-70
Total points 83 99 182
Winners 24 23 47
%Winners 44% 40% 42%
SERVE
Aces 5 5 10
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 29/40 31/52 60/92
% 1st in 73% 60% 65%
1st pts 24/29 23/31 47/60
% 1st pts 83% 74% 78%
2nd pts 5/11 11/21 16/32
% 2nd pts 45% 52% 50%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/8 5/7 10/15
Converted % 63% 71% 67%
Conceded 1 4 5
Saved 0/1 2/4 2
Saved % 0% 50% 25%
Times Broken 1 2 3
Kokkinakis
R1
Millman
R2
Tiafoe
1/4
Ymer
Total
Score 6-4 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-1 7-69 4-6 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 19 28 33 80
pts 58-46 98-84 105-104 261-234
Total points 104 182 209 495
Winners 27 39 58 124
%Winners 47% 40% 55% 48%
SERVE
Aces 7 11 15 33
Double Faults 0 3 1 4
1st in 32/47 54/85 74/103 160/235
% 1st in 68% 64% 72% 68%
1st pts 27/32 39/54 58/74 124/160
% 1st pts 84% 72% 78% 78%
2nd pts 9/15 16/31 11/29 36/75
% 2nd pts 60% 52% 38% 48%
Breaks
Won 3 5 2 10
Converted 3/5 5/10 2/3 10/18
Converted % 60% 50% 67% 56%
Conceded 0 6 3 9
Saved 0/0 3/6 1/3 4
Saved % 50% 33% 42%
Times Broken 0 3 2 5

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