Borna Coric and Hubert Hurkacz will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Western & Southern Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.53
Borna Coric -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Hubert Hurkacz
This will be the 5th time that Borna Coric and Hubert Hurkacz clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Coric (see full H2H stats), but Hurkacz leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Coric won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 3rd round in Madrid back in April 2023.
Highlights Borna Coric vs Hubert Hurkacz – Madrid 30-April-2023
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-8 | 1-2 | 15-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 16, Borna got to the 2nd round after beating Sebastian Korda 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round, Borna had a good straight sets win against Korda (7-65 6-4). During the match, Coric scored 66 points vs Korda’s 64. The Croatian was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coric recorded 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Borna Coric lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Coric put 54% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Coric was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Korda 3 times.
Coric has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (259-196). 7-7 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coric has an overall 116-83 record in the last years on hard.
Coric’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Madrid and Los Cabos.
Borna has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2023, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Hubert Hurkacz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10-9 | 4-5 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 40-19 | 17-10 | 14-4 | 4-3 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-24 | 23-11 | 5-5 | 13-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-21 | 18-9 | 9-4 | 9-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-23 | 22-9 | 1-4 | 8-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 20, Hurkacz reached the 2nd round after beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-62 3-6 7-61.
In the 1st round, The Pole defeated Kokkinakis (7-62 3-6 7-61). During the match Hurkacz scored 132 points vs Kokkinakis’s 121. The Pole was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Hurkacz struck 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Hubert Hurkacz was very effective on serve to win 82% (55/67) of his 1st serve and 58% (26/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Marseille where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).
Hubert has an overall 28-17 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Hurkacz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 35 |
| Pts | 66-64 | 132-121 |
| Total Points | 130 | 253 |
| Winners | 29 | 55 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Coric and Hurkacz played 1 match. At the moment, Hubert Hurkacz surrendered 1 set while Borna Coric hasn’t conceded a set so far. Coric has played 1 set(s) less than Hurkacz (2 vs 3). Therefore, Coric played 12 games less than Hurkacz. The Croatian scored 29 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Hubert blasted 55 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Hurkacz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 13 |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 67/112 |
| %1st in | 54% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 55/67 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 26/45 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Coric made 5 aces . Hurkacz managed to score 13 aces . Coric won 78% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Hurkacz won 82% of the points on 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 | Hurkacz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 0 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 0/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 0% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 6 |
| % Saved | 33% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Coric broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Coric lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. On the other side, The Pole hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Pole conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coric | |||
| R1 Korda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 66-64 | 66-64 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/68 | 37/68 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Kokkinakis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 132-121 | 132-121 | |
| Total points | 253 | 253 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 67/112 | 67/112 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 55/67 | 55/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/45 | 26/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/8 | 0/8 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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