Alexei Popyrin and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the quarter of the Manama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTER 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 -> 1.61
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Thanasi Kokkinakis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kokkinakis won 6-0 6-7(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Adelaide back in January 2023.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Alexei Popyrin – Adelaide 09-January-2023
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-11 | 7-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 91, Popyrin reached the quarter after defeating Otto Virtanen 7-5 6-2 and Viktor Durasovic 1-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Durasovic, Popyrin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Popyrin scored 93 points vs Durasovic’s 84. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Alexei broke Durasovic 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has dropped 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Popyrin has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (215-165). 8-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Popyrin has a composed109-80 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Popyrin has an overall 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Popyrin has never competed in this tournament before.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 8-9 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 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. 141, Kokkinakis reached the quarter after beating Yanki Erel 7-5 6-1 and Alexandre Muller 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Muller (6-4 4-6 6-4).During the match Kokkinakis scored less points (3) than Muller. In fact, the world no. 91 won 89 points vs Muller’s. That means that Kokkinakis was more focused during the important points. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis struck 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 67% of his first serves in, winning 76% (50/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 27% (9/33) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Muller 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kokkinakis has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.
The Australian has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 49 |
| Pts | 163-140 | 151-135 |
| Total Points | 303 | 286 |
| Winners | 61 | 80 |
| %Winners | 37% | 53% |
Both Popyrin and Kokkinakis played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexei Popyrin lost 1 set, while Thanasi Kokkinakis dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Popyrin and Kokkinakis have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Popyrin played 5 games less than Kokkinakis. Alexei scored 61 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 80 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 77/133 | 101/147 |
| %1st in | 58% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 61/77 | 80/101 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 29/56 | 16/46 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 35% |
Popyrin struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Kokkinakis made 26 aces (13 per match). Popyrin won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/24 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 29% | 62% |
| Conceded | 13 | 15 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 77% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Popyrin broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | ||||
| R1 Virtanen |
R2 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 1-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 44 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 93-84 | 163-140 | |
| Total points | 126 | 177 | 303 | |
| Winners | 24 | 37 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 47/76 | 77/133 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 62% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 37/47 | 61/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 12/29 | 29/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 41% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 3/12 | 7/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 25% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/8 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Erel |
R2 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 89-92 | 151-135 | |
| Total points | 105 | 181 | 286 | |
| Winners | 30 | 50 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 56% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 15 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 66/99 | 101/147 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 50/66 | 80/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 9/33 | 16/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 27% | 35% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/6 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 67% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 11/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 79% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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