Thanasi Kokkinakis surprises Sebastian Ofner 7-6(1) 2-6 6-7(4) 6-1 7-6(8) in the 1st round in Melbourne on Tuesday. Kokkinakis will have to play Grigor Dimitrov in the 2nd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 18 minutes. This run will match his best result in this competition. Here you can see his history at this event.

Melbourne
Kokkinakis's Record

Kokkinakis added to his prize money $ 60,000 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 180,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Thanasi will add $ 75,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 255,000 in total.

Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Sebastian Ofner Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Kokkinakis
Ofner
7-61 2-6 6-74
6-1 7-68
4h:18
167
167
Total points
158
158
87
87
Winners
78
78
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
49%
49%
32
32
Unforced
61
61
34%
34%
Ratio Unforced
66%
66%
9/15
9/15
Net Approaches
26/31
26/31
60%
60%
Perc
84%
84%
-- Serve --
26
26
Aces
15
15
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
69%
69%
1st in
61%
61%
76%
76%
1st won
80%
80%
87/114
87/114
1st won
78/97
78/97
61%
61%
2nd won
52%
52%
31/51
31/51
2nd won
33/63
33/63
206
206
Fastest serve
216
216
192
192
AVG 1st Serve
200
200
158
158
AVG 2nd Serve
156
156
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
Total
2/4
2/4
29%
29%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Thanasi scored 167 points vs. the Austrian’s 158.

Kokkinakis

Kokkinakis served extremely well to win 76% of the points (87/114) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (31/51) on his second serve. Kokkinakis fired 26 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Kokkinakis won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

Ofner

On the other side, Sebastian was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Kokkinakis and Ofner is 2-0 for Thanasi.

Draw and next match H2H: Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Kokkinakis will square off with Dimitrov in the 2nd round.

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

1st
Kokkinakis
Ofner
7-6
7
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Kokkinakis
Ofner
2-6
2
6
2
5
2
4
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
3rd
Kokkinakis
Ofner
6-7
6
7
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
4th
Kokkinakis
Ofner
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
3
0
2
0
1
0
5th
Kokkinakis
Ofner
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
0
1

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