Ilya Ivashka and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on GRAND STAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilya Ivashka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.57
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Ilya Ivashka and Thanasi Kokkinakis face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kokkinakis won 6-3 7-6(8) 6-7(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2019.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Ilya Ivashka – U.S. Open 27-August-2019
Ilya Ivashka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-24 | 5-12 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 8-6 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-20 | 14-6 | 13-5 | 6-4 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-13 | 12-4 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
Ranked no. 50, the Belarussian got to the qualifications after beating Jack Sock 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ilya had a good straight sets win against Sock (6-2 6-3). During the match, Ivashka scored 59 points vs Sock’s 42. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ivashka recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ilya Ivashka was quite effective on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ivashka broke Sock 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Ivashka has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (339-212). 4-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ivashka has an aggregate 182-100 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Atlanta.
The Belarussian has an overall 16-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 14-12 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 71, Kokkinakis got to the qualifications after defeating Benoit Paire 7-62 3-1 ret..
In the qualifications, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Paire (7-62 3-1 ret.). During the match Kokkinakis scored 61 points vs Paire’s 47. Kokkinakis was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis blasted 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 67% of his first serves in, winning 90% (27/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Paire twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Adelaide where he beat Arthur Rinderknech in the final 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-3.
The Australian has a compiled 21-13 win-loss record in 2022, 18-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivashka | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 |
| Pts | 59-42 | 61-47 |
| Total Points | 101 | 108 |
| Winners | 28 | 27 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Ivashka and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Ivashka has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (2 vs 3). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (17). The Belarussian scored 28 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis managed to score 27 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivashka | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 11 |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 71% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 27/30 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 47% |
Ivashka bagged 7 aces . Kokkinakis blasted 11 aces . Ivashka won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivashka | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Belarussian broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ivashka extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Thanasi broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivashka | |||
| Q1 Sock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-42 | 59-42 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| Q1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 61-47 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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