Thanasi Kokkinakis and Rio Noguchi will fight against each other in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.103
Rio Noguchi -> 6.25
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Rio Noguchi
There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Rio Noguchi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 8-9 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 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. 67 (career-high), Kokkinakis got to the quarter after beating Filip Peliwo 6-3 6-1 and Philip Sekulic 7-5 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (7-5 7-5). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 79 points vs Sekulic’s 63. Kokkinakis was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis scored 14 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 72% of his first serves in, win 89% (42/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Sekulic twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kokkinakis hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Kokkinakis has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (225-139). 30-17 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kokkinakis has a composed152-83 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Abedallah Shelbayh in the final 6-1 6-4.
Thanasi has an overall 39-25 win-loss record in 2023, 30-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Kokkinakis has never competed in this tournament before.
Rio Noguchi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 17-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-31 | 12-18 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-22 | 41-10 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-26 | 18-18 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-6 | 0-3 | 3-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 422, Noguchi got to the quarter after defeating Seong Chan Hong 6-2 6-2 and Hiroki Moriya 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Noguchi had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-1 6-2). During the match Noguchi scored 53 points vs Moriya’s 28. Noguchi was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Noguchi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Rio Noguchi lost the serve once. Furthermore, Noguchi put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Moriya 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.
Noguchi has a composed 16-25 win-loss record in 2023, 11-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 31 |
| Pts | 150-112 | 114-63 |
| Total Points | 262 | 177 |
| Winners | 68 | 43 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Kokkinakis and Noguchi played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kokkinakis and Noguchi have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kokkinakis played 9 games more than Noguchi. Kokkinakis scored 68 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Noguchi scored 43 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 79/116 | 60/90 |
| %1st in | 68% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 68/79 | 43/60 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 67% |
Kokkinakis made 23 aces (11.5 per match). Noguchi recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kokkinakis won 86% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Noguchi won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Noguchi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 32% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Thanasi broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Japanese broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Noguchi conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Peliwo |
R2 Sekulic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 | 40 | |
| pts | 71-49 | 79-63 | 150-112 | |
| Total points | 120 | 142 | 262 | |
| Winners | 26 | 42 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 53% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 47/65 | 79/116 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 42/47 | 68/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 89% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 8/18 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 44% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/6 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 33% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Noguchi | ||||
| R1 Chan Hong |
R2 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| pts | 61-35 | 53-28 | 114-63 | |
| Total points | 96 | 81 | 177 | |
| Winners | 25 | 18 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 26/39 | 60/90 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 18/26 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/13 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 77% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/11 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 45% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 0% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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