Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jan-Lennard Struff will face off in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.53
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 4th time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jan-Lennard Struff clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kokkinakis won 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 in the semifinal in the Manama Challenger back in February 2023.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-20 | 19-12 | 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. 94, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Jiri Lehecka 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (7-65 6-4). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 78 points vs Lehecka’s 65. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Lehecka twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Kokkinakis has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (201-119). 15-5 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kokkinakis has an overall137-71 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
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.
Thanasi has a composed 15-5 win-loss record in 2023, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jan-Lennard Struff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-20 | 4-8 | 15-5 | 4-5 | 6-2 | 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. 134, Struff reached the 2nd round after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-4 6-3, Rinky Hijikata 7-65 6-1 and Pavel Kotov 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-2 6-4). During the match Struff scored 67 points vs Kotov’s 53. Struff was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Struff struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jan-Lennard Struff lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Struff put 53% of his first serves in, winning 81% (25/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Struff broke Kotov 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Struff’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger and the Manama Challenger.
Jan-Lennard has a compiled 17-6 win-loss record in 2023, 15-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 57 |
| Pts | 78-65 | 223-179 |
| Total Points | 143 | 402 |
| Winners | 37 | 79 |
| %Winners | 47% | 35% |
Kokkinakis played 1 match while Struff competed in 3 matches. Struff started his run from the qualifications while Kokkinakis had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Kokkinakis has played 4 set(s) less than Struff (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 34 games less than Struff. Kokkinakis scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Struff struck 79 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 99/198 |
| %1st in | 66% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 79/99 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 48/99 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Kokkinakis fired 3 aces . Struff blasted 20 aces (6.7 per match). Kokkinakis won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 12 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 29% | 52% |
| Conceded | 2 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Kokkinakis surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Struff broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-65 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 37/45 | 37/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Struff | |||||
| Q1 Couacaud |
Q3 Hijikata |
R1 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 18 | 57 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 78-61 | 67-53 | 223-179 | |
| Total points | 143 | 139 | 120 | 402 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | 25 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 37% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 33/68 | 35/71 | 31/59 | 99/198 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | 53% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/35 | 25/31 | 79/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 77% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 19/36 | 14/28 | 48/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 53% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/8 | 4/5 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 80% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 7/9 | 2/3 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 78% | 67% | 212% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLLWLW Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-4 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Emilio NavaNava (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-74 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Oscar OtteOtte (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Rafael Matos/David Vega HernandezMatos/David Vega Hernandez (4-6 6-2 10-1) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis KudlaKudla (7-69 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-65 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Rajeev Ram/Joe SalisburyRam/Joe Salisbury – Nicolas Barrientos/Ariel BeharBarrientos/Ariel Behar (3-6 6-2 10-4) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Alexander BublikBublik (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
