Hubert Hurkacz and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:30 pm on SHOW COURT 3. 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 Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.51
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

This will be the 4th time that Hubert Hurkacz and Thanasi Kokkinakis fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Hurkacz won 7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(1) in the 1st round in Cincinnati back in August 2023.

Hubert Hurkacz

Hubert Hurkacz

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Rank
73
High
6
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-11 4-5 7-4 3-2 1-0 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. 17, Hubert will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Tiafoe in the round robin on the 23rd of September.

Hubert has a compiled 33-20 win-loss record in 2023, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was winning the title in Marseille where he beat Benjamin Bonzi in the final 6-3 7-6(4).

Talking about his overall career, Hubert has an overall 340-210 record. He has a positive 163-79 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.

Shanghai
Hurkacz's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

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Rank
446
High
65
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. 69 (career-high), Thanasi got to the 2nd round after defeating Fabio Fognini 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Fognini (6-2 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 60 points vs Fognini’s 47. Thanasi was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Kokkinakis recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 70% of his first serves in, winning 84% (31/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Fognini 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame Abedallah Shelbayh in the final 6-1 6-4.

Thanasi has an aggregate 35-22 win-loss record in 2023, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Shanghai
Kokkinakis's Record

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