Marin Cilic and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the semifinal of the Adelaide International 2 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marin Cilic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marin Cilic is the pick to win this match.
Marin Cilic -> 1.61
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.44

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Prediction and head to head Marin Cilic vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

There is no head to head record between Marin Cilic and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Marin Cilic

Marin Cilic

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Rank
75
High
3
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 29-20 3-6 11-9 6-3 9-2 0-0
2024 9-11 8-6 0-1 1-4 0-0 0-0
2023 1-1 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 32-21 16-10 9-5 4-5 3-1 0-0
2021 33-23 6-9 5-5 13-7 9-2 0-0
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Ranked no. 29, Marin got to the semifinal after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-66 6-2 and Tommy Paul 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Marin defeated Paul (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match, Cilic scored 81 points vs Paul’s 78. Cilic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Cilic bagged 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marin Cilic lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cilic put 58% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Marin broke Paul twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Marin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Cilic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (326-173). 4-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cilic has an overall 127-73 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Croatian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

The Croatian has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Adelaide

Adelaide
Cilic's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

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Rank
446
High
65
LWWW
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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
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Ranked no. 145, the Australian got to the semifinal after defeating Benoit Paire 6-4 6-0, John Isner 6-75 7-65 7-64 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-75 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Vukic, Thanasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-2). During the match Kokkinakis scored 104 points vs Vukic’s 80. Thanasi was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Kokkinakis fired 17 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (51/59) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Vukic 3 times after converting 20% of his break points (3/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kokkinakis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.

The Australian has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Adelaide
Kokkinakis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Cilic
T.Kokkinakis
3h:32
3h:32
Time on court​
!
6h:05
6h:05
1h:54
1h:54
Last match​
!
2h:13
2h:13
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
48
48
Games Played​
85
85
5
5
Set played​​
8
8
152
152
Total points​
284
284
76
76
Avg point​
94.7
94.7
74
74
Winners
140
140
37
37
Avg Winners​
46.7
46.7
49%
49%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
24
24
Aces
43
43
!
12
12
Avg Aces
!
14.3
14.3
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1.7
1.7
74/86
74/86
1st won total​
140/160
140/160
!
86%
86%
1st won %
!
88%
88%
25/48
25/48
2nd won total​
49/79
49/79
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
BP won
7/30
7/30
2/7.5
2/7.5
Avg BP won
2.3/10
2.3/10
!
27%
27%
Won
!
23%
23%
7
7
Conceded
3
3
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
5
5
Saved
3
3
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cilic Kokkinakis
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 5 8
Tot Games 48 85
Pts 152-135 284-237
Total Points 287 521
Winners 74 140
%Winners 49% 49%

Cilic played 2 matches while Kokkinakis competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marin Cilic conceded 1 set, while Thanasi Kokkinakis dropped 2 sets. Cilic has played 3 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (5 vs 8). Therefore, Cilic played 37 games less than Kokkinakis. Marin scored 74 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 140 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cilic Kokkinakis
Aces 24 43
Avg per match 12 14.3
1st in 86/134 160/239
%1st in 64% 67%
1st pts 74/86 140/160
%1st pts 86% 88%
2nd pts 25/48 49/79
%2nd pts 52% 62%

Cilic fired 24 aces (12 per match). Kokkinakis struck 43 aces (14.3 per match). Cilic won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cilic Kokkinakis
Won 4 7
Converted 4/15 7/30
% Converted 27% 23%
Conceded 7 3
Saved 5 3
% Saved 71% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Cilic broke his opponents 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Croatian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 23% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Cilic
R2
Munar Clar		 1/4
Paul		 Total
Score 7-66 6-2 6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 27 48
pts 71-57 81-78 152-135
Total points 128 159 287
Winners 36 38 74
%Winners 51% 47% 49%
SERVE
Aces 10 14 24
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 41/57 45/77 86/134
% 1st in 72% 58% 64%
1st pts 36/41 38/45 74/86
% 1st pts 88% 84% 86%
2nd pts 10/16 15/32 25/48
% 2nd pts 63% 47% 52%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/7 2/8 4/15
Converted % 29% 25% 27%
Conceded 3 4 7
Saved 3/3 2/4 5
Saved % 100% 50% 75%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Kokkinakis
R1
Paire		 R2
Isner		 1/4
Vukic		 Total
Score 6-4 6-0 6-75 7-65 7-64 6-75 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 39 30 85
pts 69-46 111-111 104-80 284-237
Total points 115 222 184 521
Winners 25 64 51 140
%Winners 36% 58% 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 11 15 17 43
Double Faults 0 4 1 5
1st in 27/45 74/109 59/85 160/239
% 1st in 60% 68% 69% 67%
1st pts 25/27 64/74 51/59 140/160
% 1st pts 93% 86% 86% 88%
2nd pts 10/18 24/35 15/26 49/79
% 2nd pts 56% 69% 58% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 0 3 7
Converted 4/10 0/5 3/15 7/30
Converted % 40% 0% 20% 23%
Conceded 2 0 1 3
Saved 2/2 0/0 1/1 3
Saved % 100% – 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Adelaide

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