Daniel Evans and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the 2nd round of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.909
Daniel Evans -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Evans vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 4th time that Daniel Evans and Thanasi Kokkinakis play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kokkinakis won 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the French Open back in 2023.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Daniel Evans – French Open 28-May-2023
Daniel Evans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-26 | 8-11 | 3-8 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-27 | 11-15 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-24 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 3-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 11-6 | 0-3 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, Evans got to the 2nd round after defeating Roman Safiullin 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Evans had a good straight sets win against Safiullin (6-2 6-4). During the match, Evans scored 69 points vs Safiullin’s 52. Daniel was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Evans fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniel Evans lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Evans put 53% of his first serves in, winning 74% (23/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Safiullin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Evans has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (293-190). 2-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Evans has an overall 149-92 match record in the last years on hard.
The Brit has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Jack Draper 4-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round against Draper, Kokkinakis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 104 points vs Draper’s 96. Thanasi was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis bagged 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (42/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Draper 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The Australian has a composed 4-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Evans | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 |
| Pts | 69-52 | 104-96 |
| Total Points | 121 | 200 |
| Winners | 23 | 42 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Evans and Kokkinakis played 1 match. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis lost 1 set while Daniel Evans hasn’t dropped a set so far. Evans has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (2 vs 3). Therefore, Evans played 15 games less than Kokkinakis. Evans scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 42 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Evans | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 10 |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 61/103 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 42/61 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 21/42 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Evans scored 2 aces . Kokkinakis blasted 10 aces . Evans won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Evans | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 63% | 56% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Brit broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Evans | |||
| R1 Safiullin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 69-52 | 69-52 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 31/59 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 23/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Draper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 104-96 | 104-96 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 61/103 | 61/103 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 42/61 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Los Cabos
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Jack DraperDraper (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Brandon HoltHolt (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (7-6(2) 6-2) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Daniel EvansEvans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Nuno BorgesBorges (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
