Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jan-Lennard Struff will face off in the semifinal of the Manama Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.42
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 3rd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jan-Lennard Struff play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Kokkinakis won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 1st round in Indian Wells back in 2015.
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, the Australian got to the semifinal after beating Yanki Erel 7-5 6-1, Alexandre Muller 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Alexei Popyrin 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-3 7-65). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 82 points vs Popyrin’s 69. Thanasi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis made 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was very efficient on serve to win 78% (39/50) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Popyrin once after converting 10% of his break points (1/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thanasi has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Kokkinakis has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (194-117). 8-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kokkinakis has an aggregate130-69 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Kokkinakis’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Thanasi has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Thanasi has never competed in this tournament before.
Jan-Lennard Struff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-13 | 4-6 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-22 | 3-10 | 7-4 | 12-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-30 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-15 | 10-6 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 156, Jan-Lennard got to the semifinal after defeating Andrey Chepelev 6-2 6-2, Christopher O Connell 6-1 7-61 and Tomas Machac 6-4 6-3.
In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Machac (6-4 6-3). During the match Struff scored 58 points vs Machac’s 49. Struff was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Struff made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Struff put 61% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Jan-Lennard broke Machac 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Struff hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Jan-Lennard’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.
Struff has a compiled 9-3 win-loss record in 2023, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 55 |
| Pts | 233-204 | 208-157 |
| Total Points | 437 | 365 |
| Winners | 119 | 88 |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% |
Both Kokkinakis and Struff played 3 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 1 set while Jan-Lennard Struff hasn’t lost a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 1 set more than Struff (7 vs 6). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 16 games more than Struff. The Australian scored 119 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Struff fired 88 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 10.3 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 151/216 | 107/178 |
| %1st in | 70% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 119/151 | 88/107 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 29/65 | 33/71 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 46% |
Kokkinakis fired 31 aces (10.3 per match). Struff recorded 28 aces (9.3 per match). Kokkinakis won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 11 |
| Converted | 9/23 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 39% | 46% |
| Conceded | 17 | 7 |
| Saved | 14 | 5 |
| % Saved | 82% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Thanasi broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Jan-Lennard broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | |||||
| R1 Erel |
R2 Muller |
1/4 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 22 | 71 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 89-92 | 82-69 | 233-204 | |
| Total points | 105 | 181 | 151 | 437 | |
| Winners | 30 | 50 | 39 | 119 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 56% | 48% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 15 | 5 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 66/99 | 50/69 | 151/216 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 67% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 50/66 | 39/50 | 119/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 76% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 9/33 | 13/19 | 29/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 27% | 68% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/6 | 1/10 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 67% | 10% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 | 2 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 11/14 | 2/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 79% | 100% | 93% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Struff | |||||
| R1 Chepelev |
R2 O |
1/4 Machac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 7-61 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 19 | 55 | |
| pts | 69-46 | 81-62 | 58-49 | 208-157 | |
| Total points | 115 | 143 | 107 | 365 | |
| Winners | 27 | 38 | 23 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 10 | 6 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 44/77 | 31/51 | 107/178 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 57% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 38/44 | 23/31 | 88/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 86% | 74% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 15/33 | 9/20 | 33/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 45% | 45% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/7 | 5/6 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 29% | 83% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Tomas MachacMachac (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 5-7 7-62) – See score progression
- Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Bart StevensNiklas-Salminen/Bart Stevens – Maximilian Neuchrist/Kaichi UchidaNeuchrist/Kaichi Uchida (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-2 5-7 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Tomas MachacMachac (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (1-1) – H2H and prediction
