Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nikoloz Basilashvili will square off in the 1st round of the Cagliari Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRALE. 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 Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 2 sets.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.36
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 3rd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Nikoloz Basilashvili face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kokkinakis won 3-6 6-4 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2015.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-21 | 19-12 | 11-6 | 3-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 111, Thanasi will start his run in the Cagliari Challenger after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-6(7) 7-6(3) to Munar Clar in the 1st round on the 26th of April.
Kokkinakis has an aggregate 17-9 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Abedallah Shelbayh in the final 6-1 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Kokkinakis has an overall 216-132 record. He has a positive 49-25 record on clay.
Previously in the Cagliari Challenger
Thanasi has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 138, Nikoloz will start his run in the Cagliari Challenger after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-4 1-6 6-1 to Meligeni in the qualifications on the 20th of March.
The Georgean has an aggregate 3-10 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Nikoloz has an overall 391-350 record. He has a positive 141-111 record on clay.
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