Alex De Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the 2nd round of the Truist Atlanta Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex De Minaur who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.26
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-10 | 15-5 | 6-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 17, De Minaur will start his run in Atlanta after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 6-3 6-4 6-4 to Berrettini in the 2nd round on the 7th of July.
The Australian has a compiled 22-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Acapulco where he defeated Tommy Paul in the final 3-6 6-4 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 294-175 record. He has a positive 135-72 record on hard.
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2019 and 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. 86, Kokkinakis got to the 2nd round after beating Gael Monfils 1-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round against Monfils, Kokkinakis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 7-65).During the match Kokkinakis scored less points (1) than Monfils. In fact, the world no. 17 won 84 points vs Monfils’s. That means that Kokkinakis was more focused during the important points. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 76% of his first serves in, winning 76% (48/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Monfils once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Abedallah Shelbayh in the final 6-1 6-4.
Thanasi has a composed 27-16 win-loss record in 2023, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Atlanta
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-65 7-65) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – John IsnerIsner (3-6 7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Andres MartinMartin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Constant LestienneLestienne (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jason JungJung (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – James DuckworthDuckworth (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni – Kevin King/Andres MartinKing/Andres Martin (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Ben SheltonShelton (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – John IsnerIsner (3-6 7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Andres MartinMartin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Yibing WuWu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Lloyd HarrisHarris (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Jeff WolfWolf (1-1) – H2H and prediction
