Borna Coric and Thanasi Kokkinakis will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.75
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

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

The last time that they played each other, Coric won 6-4 6-3 in the Rubber 1 in 1 back in 2022.

Borna Coric

Ranked no. 20, Coric got to the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Evans 2-2 ret..

In the 1^st round against Evans, Coric had a free pass after Evans retired on a 2-2 . scoreline.

Coric has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (246-183). 3-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Coric has a composed 112-78 match record in the last years on hard.

The Croatian has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Ranked no. 101, Kokkinakis got to the 2^nd round after beating Quentin Halys 6-4 7-6⁹.

In the 1^st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-4 7-6⁹). During the match Kokkinakis scored 78 points vs Halys’s 73. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Kokkinakis recorded 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thanasi broke Halys once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Abedallah Shelbayh in the final 6-1 6-4.

Thanasi has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Coric	Kokkinakis
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	4	23
Pts	13-13	78-73
Total Points	26	151
Winners	6	43
%Winners	46%	55%

Both Coric and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Coric and Kokkinakis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Coric played 19 games less than Kokkinakis. Coric scored 6 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 43 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Coric	Kokkinakis
Aces	3	16
Avg per match	3	16
1st in	8/14	58/82
%1st in	57%	71%
1st pts	6/8	43/58
%1st pts	75%	74%
2nd pts	4/6	14/24
%2nd pts	67%	58%

Coric scored 3 aces . Kokkinakis scored 16 aces . Coric won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Coric	Kokkinakis
Won	0	1
Converted	0/0	1/4
% Converted	0%	25%
Conceded	0	3
Saved	0	3
% Saved	0%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Croatian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Coric pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Kokkinakis broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Kokkinakis was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Coric
	R1 Evans	Total
Score	2-2 ret.
Tot Set	1	1
Tot Games	4	4
pts	13-13	13-13
Total points	26	26
Winners	6	6
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	8/14	8/14
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	6/8	6/8
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	4/6	4/6
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	0	0
Converted	0/0	0/0
Converted %	0%	0%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Kokkinakis
	R1 Halys	Total
Score	6-4 7-69
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	78-73	78-73
Total points	151	151
Winners	43	43
%Winners	55%	55%
SERVE
Aces	16	16
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	58/82	58/82
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	43/58	43/58
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	14/24	14/24
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/4	1/4
Converted %	25%	25%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Dubai

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Daniel EvansEvans (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Maxime CressyCressy (7-6⁴ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri Heliovaara – Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Quentin HalysHalys (6-4 7-6⁹) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 5-7 7-6³) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 3-6 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander BublikBublik – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Borna CoricCoric – Daniel EvansEvans (2-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Maxime CressyCressy (7-6(4) 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikael YmerYmer – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Borna CoricCoric (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexander BublikBublik (5-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction