Grigor Dimitrov and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the 2^nd round of the Australian Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on John Cain Arena. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.165
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

There is no head to head record between Grigor Dimitrov and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov

6 - 0win/loss

Hard

6-0

I Hard

0-0

Rank
10

High
3

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	38-14	19-6	8-4	7-2	4-2	0-0
2023	43-21	16-10	10-5	10-4	7-2	0-0
2022	26-22	10-11	10-5	5-4	1-2	0-0
2021	24-18	18-10	3-5	2-2	1-1	0-0
2020	18-11	8-5	6-2	4-4	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 13, Grigor got to the 2^nd round after defeating Marton Fucsovics 4-6 6-3 7-6¹ 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Fucsovics, The Bulgarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-6¹ 6-2). During the match, Dimitrov scored 140 points vs Fucsovics’s 125. The Bulgarian was extremely aggressive to blast 64 winners.

Talking about the service games, Dimitrov made 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Dimitrov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 83% (64/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (16/42) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Fucsovics 5 times after converting 24% of his break points (5/21).

Dimitrov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (287-179). 6-0 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Dimitrov has an overall 148-88 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title in Brisbane where he overcame Holger Rune in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.

Grigor has an aggregate 6-0 win-loss record in 2024, 6-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Australian Open

Dimitrov's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

1 - 2win/loss

Hard

1-2

I Hard

0-0

Rank
79

High
65

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	29-20	14-12	11-6	2-1	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
2020	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 80, Thanasi got to the 2^nd round after beating Sebastian Ofner 7-6¹ 2-6 6-7⁴ 6-1 7-6⁸.

In the 1^st round, Kokkinakis had a tough win against Ofner to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (7-6¹ 2-6 6-7⁴ 6-1 7-6⁸). During the match Kokkinakis scored 167 points vs Ofner’s 158. Kokkinakis was pretty aggressive to blast 87 winners.

About the serving games, Kokkinakis buried his opponent with 26 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (87/114) of his 1st serve and 61% (31/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kokkinakis broke Ofner twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Kokkinakis has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2014, 2015, 2021 and 2023. See his history.

Australian Open

Kokkinakis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Dimitrov and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Grigor Dimitrov dropped 1 set, while Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 2 sets. Dimitrov has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (4 vs 5). Therefore, Dimitrov played 14 games less than Kokkinakis. The Bulgarian scored 64 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian scored 87 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Dimitrov bagged 8 aces . Kokkinakis scored 26 aces . Dimitrov won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Dimitrov broke his opponent 5 times with a 24% conversion rate. Dimitrov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Grigor
Dimitrov

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Thanasi
Kokkinakis

Rank

10

High

3

1Hard0

Rank

79

High

65

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

38 - 14

27 - 20

19-6

Hard

14-12

7-2

I Hard

0-1

8-4

Clay

11-6

4-2

Grass

2-1

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