Alex De Minaur and Flavio Cobolli will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on John Cain Arena. 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 Alex De Minaur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex De Minaur is the pick to win this match.
Alex De Minaur -> 1.143
Flavio Cobolli -> 5.65
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Flavio Cobolli
There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Flavio Cobolli since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex De Minaur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-21 | 19-6 | 10-5 | 11-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 26-12 | 4-5 | 10-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-25 | 19-10 | 9-6 | 12-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-25 | 10-10 | 4-5 | 3-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 6-5 | 0-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 10 (career-high), the Australian reached the 3rd round after beating Milos Raonic 6-76 6-3 2-0 ret. and Matteo Arnaldi 6-3 6-0 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Arnaldi (6-3 6-0 6-3). During the match, De Minaur scored 97 points vs Arnaldi’s 67. De Minaur was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Minaur fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex De Minaur was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Arnaldi 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
De Minaur has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (323-188). 5-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, De Minaur has an overall 157-81 record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Australia.
De Minaur has an aggregate 5-1 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Flavio Cobolli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-29 | 26-13 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-36 | 10-6 | 43-23 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-34 | 6-4 | 24-21 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-30 | 5-4 | 39-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 100, the Italian reached the 3rd round after defeating Jeremy Jin 6-2 6-2, Benjamin Hassan 6-4 6-3, Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-2, Nicolas Jarry 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5 and Pavel Kotov 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Cobolli had a good straight sets win against Kotov (7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match Cobolli scored 127 points vs Kotov’s 116. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Cobolli made 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Flavio Cobolli was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (49/67) of his 1st serve and 56% (33/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Cobolli broke Kotov 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Italian has a compiled 5-0 win-loss record in 2024, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Minaur | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 15 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 142 |
| Pts | 178-136 | 467-399 |
| Total Points | 314 | 866 |
| Winners | 72 | 175 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
De Minaur played 2 matches while Cobolli competed in 5 matches. Cobolli started his run from the qualifications while De Minaur had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex De Minaur lost 1 set, while Flavio Cobolli lost 3 sets. De Minaur has played 8 set(s) less than Cobolli (7 vs 15). Therefore, De Minaur played 94 games less than Cobolli. De Minaur scored 72 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Flavio blasted 175 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Minaur | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6.8 |
| 1st in | 90/162 | 235/417 |
| %1st in | 56% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 72/90 | 175/235 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 41/72 | 107/182 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
De Minaur managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Cobolli recorded 34 aces (6.8 per match). De Minaur won 80% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cobolli won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Minaur | Cobolli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 22 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 22/48 |
| % Converted | 53% | 46% |
| Conceded | 10 | 23 |
| Saved | 9 | 14 |
| % Saved | 90% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
De Minaur broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. De Minaur lost his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 22 times with a 46% conversion rate. Flavio conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Minaur | ||||
| R1 Raonic |
R2 Arnaldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-3 2-0 ret. | 6-3 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | 48 | |
| pts | 81-69 | 97-67 | 178-136 | |
| Total points | 150 | 164 | 314 | |
| Winners | 35 | 37 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/80 | 49/82 | 90/162 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 37/49 | 72/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 76% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 17/33 | 41/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 7/14 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 5/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 83% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cobolli | |||||||
| Q1 Jin |
Q2 Hassan |
Q3 Rodriguez |
R1 Jarry |
R2 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 2-6 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 18 | 48 | 41 | 142 | |
| pts | 62-39 | 71-53 | 70-54 | 137-137 | 127-116 | 467-399 | |
| Total points | 101 | 124 | 124 | 274 | 243 | 866 | |
| Winners | 20 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 49 | 175 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 37/55 | 32/52 | 73/134 | 67/126 | 235/417 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 67% | 62% | 54% | 53% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 26/37 | 27/32 | 53/73 | 49/67 | 175/235 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 84% | 73% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 15/18 | 11/20 | 32/61 | 33/59 | 107/182 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 83% | 55% | 52% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 22 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/11 | 3/7 | 6/15 | 6/9 | 22/48 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 27% | 43% | 40% | 67% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 23 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3/9 | 6/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 33% | 67% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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