Carlos Alcaraz and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:30 pm on STADIUM 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.25
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-5 | 13-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 39-7 | 10-0 | 29-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 2, Alcaraz will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Rio De Janiero where he lost 5-7 6-4 7-5 to Norrie in the final on the 26th of February.
Carlos has a compiled 8-1 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Buenos Aires where he beat Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Carlos has an overall 176-52 record. He has a positive 49-14 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 8-9 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 94, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Yuichi Sugita 7-65 6-3, Matteo Arnaldi 6-4 6-4 and Brandon Holt 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Holt (6-4 6-1). During the match Kokkinakis scored 66 points vs Holt’s 36. Thanasi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis fired 9 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 100% (18/18) of his 1st serve and 88% (14/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Holt 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame Abedallah Shelbayh in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Australian has a compiled 14-4 win-loss record in 2023, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2015. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Cristian GarinGarin – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Yibing WuWu (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (2-6 7-65 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Maxime CressyCressy (7-63 7-613) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ZverevAlexander – Pedro CachinPedro (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertUgo – Denis ShapovalovDenis (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
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