Denis Kudla and Thanasi Kokkinakis will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Miami Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:00 pm on BUTCH BUCHHOLZ. 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 Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.39
Denis Kudla -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Thanasi Kokkinakis play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kudla won 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Los cabos back in 2021.

Denis Kudla

Denis Kudla

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Rank
267
High
53
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-23 9-7 6-6 7-7 1-3 0-0
2023 30-28 13-17 1-3 11-4 5-4 0-0
2022 33-33 21-19 3-5 2-3 7-6 0-0
2021 40-27 20-14 4-5 4-4 12-4 0-0
2020 19-9 13-6 0-1 6-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 84, Denis reached the 3rd round after beating Gustavo Heide 6-75 6-4 6-3, Ulises Blanch 7-68 2-6 6-3, Juncheng Shang 6-73 7-5 6-4 and Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 7-65 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Sonego, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4).During the match, Kudla scored less points (8) than Sonego. In fact, the world no. 84 won 89 points vs Sonego’s. That means that Kudla was more focused during the important points. Kudla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kudla managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Denis was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sonego 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kudla started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Kudla has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (337-248). 13-8 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has a composed 167-127 record in the last years on hard.

Denis’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger.

Denis has an aggregate 13-9 win-loss record in 2022, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Miami
Kudla's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

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Rank
450
High
65
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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. 97, Kokkinakis reached the 3rd round after beating Thomas Fabbiano 6-1 6-3, Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-4, Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-2 and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 4-6 7-63 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Schwartzman, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 105 points vs Schwartzman’s 100. Kokkinakis was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Kokkinakis recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 64% of his first serves in, winning 75% (51/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (13/39) on the 2nd serve. Thanasi broke Schwartzman 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Thanasi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Adelaide where he overcame Arthur Rinderknech in the final 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-3.

Thanasi has an overall 15-5 win-loss record in 2022, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Miami

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. See his history.

Miami
Kokkinakis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Kudla
T.Kokkinakis
10h:19
10h:19
Time on court​
7h:26
7h:26
!
2h:29
2h:29
Last match​
!
3h:05
3h:05
4
4
Match played
4
4
129
129
Games Played​
86
86
12
12
Set played​​
9
9
407
407
Total points​
300
300
101.8
101.8
Avg point​
75
75
195
195
Winners
135
135
48.8
48.8
Avg Winners​
33.8
33.8
48%
48%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
18
18
Aces
35
35
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
8.8
8.8
6
6
Double Faults
6
6
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
195/277
195/277
1st won total​
135/166
135/166
70%
70%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
70/132
70/132
2nd won total​
44/92
44/92
53%
53%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
14/31
14/31
BP won
14/31
14/31
3.5/7.8
3.5/7.8
Avg BP won
3.5/7.8
3.5/7.8
45%
45%
Won
45%
45%
27
27
Conceded
14
14
6.8
6.8
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
11
11
Broken
5
5
2.8
2.8
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
16
16
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudla Kokkinakis
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 12 9
Tot Games 129 86
Pts 407-397 300-238
Total Points 804 538
Winners 195 135
%Winners 48% 45%

Both Kudla and Kokkinakis played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla lost 4 sets, while Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 1 set. Kudla has played 3 sets more than Kokkinakis (12 vs 9). Therefore, Kudla played 43 games more than Kokkinakis. Denis scored 195 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 135 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudla Kokkinakis
Aces 18 35
Avg per match 4.5 8.8
1st in 277/409 166/258
%1st in 68% 64%
1st pts 195/277 135/166
%1st pts 70% 81%
2nd pts 70/132 44/92
%2nd pts 53% 48%

Kudla blasted 18 aces (4.5 per match). Kokkinakis made 35 aces (8.8 per match). Kudla won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 81% of the points on 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 Kudla Kokkinakis
Won 14 14
Converted 14/31 14/31
% Converted 45% 45%
Conceded 27 14
Saved 16 9
% Saved 59% 64%
Times Broken 11 5

Denis broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. The American lost his serve 11 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Kokkinakis broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kokkinakis conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Kudla
Q1
Heide		 Q3
Blanch		 R1
Shang		 R2
Sonego		 Total
Score 6-75 6-4 6-3 7-68 2-6 6-3 6-73 7-5 6-4 3-6 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 3 12
Tot Games 32 30 35 32 129
pts 113-96 95-99 110-105 89-97 407-397
Total points 209 194 215 186 804
Winners 51 47 51 46 195
%Winners 45% 49% 46% 52% 48%
SERVE
Aces 8 4 4 2 18
Double Faults 0 2 1 3 6
1st in 62/95 73/109 75/106 67/99 277/409
% 1st in 65% 67% 71% 68% 68%
1st pts 51/62 47/73 51/75 46/67 195/277
% 1st pts 82% 64% 68% 69% 70%
2nd pts 19/33 21/36 13/31 17/32 70/132
% 2nd pts 58% 58% 42% 53% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 2 6 3 14
Converted 3/9 2/4 6/15 3/3 14/31
Converted % 33% 50% 40% 100% 45%
Conceded 3 9 8 7 27
Saved 2/3 6/9 4/8 4/7 16
Saved % 67% 67% 50% 57% 60%
Times Broken 1 3 4 3 11
Kokkinakis
Q1
Fabbiano		 Q3
Seppi		 R1
Gasquet		 R2
Schwartzman		 Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-2 4-6 7-63 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 3 9
Tot Games 16 19 18 33 86
pts 59-40 71-48 65-50 105-100 300-238
Total points 99 119 115 205 538
Winners 23 32 29 51 135
%Winners 39% 45% 45% 49% 45%
SERVE
Aces 7 10 10 8 35
Double Faults 0 2 1 3 6
1st in 28/46 34/49 36/56 68/107 166/258
% 1st in 61% 69% 64% 64% 64%
1st pts 23/28 32/34 29/36 51/68 135/166
% 1st pts 82% 94% 81% 75% 81%
2nd pts 10/18 10/15 11/20 13/39 44/92
% 2nd pts 56% 67% 55% 33% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 2 3 5 14
Converted 4/5 2/6 3/9 5/11 14/31
Converted % 80% 33% 33% 45% 45%
Conceded 0 1 3 10 14
Saved 0/0 1/1 3/3 5/10 9
Saved % – 100% 100% 50% 63%
Times Broken 0 0 0 5 5

Tennis Scores in Miami

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