Alexander Zverev and Thanasi Kokkinakis will fight against each other in the quarter of the Mifel Tennis Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:30 pm on ESTADIO MEXTENIS. 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 Alexander Zverev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.117
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 6.4
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Zverev and Thanasi Kokkinakis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 6-4 6-4 in the 4th round in Miami back in 2022.
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 55-16 | 26-8 | 23-6 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 12-7 | 3-1 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, the German got to the quarter after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-3 6-0). During the match, Zverev scored 54 points vs Nishioka’s 29. The German was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev bagged 10 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Alexander Zverev was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zverev broke Nishioka 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Zverev has a great win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (424-183). 10-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has an overall 173-77 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in Australia where he beat Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4.
Alexander has an overall 10-2 win-loss record in 2024, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-19 | 14-12 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 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 quarter after beating Jack Draper 4-6 7-65 6-4 and Daniel Evans 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Evans (6-4 6-2). During the match Kokkinakis scored 79 points vs Evans’s 66. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Evans 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thanasi has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Thanasi has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 51 |
| Pts | 54-29 | 183-162 |
| Total Points | 83 | 345 |
| Winners | 22 | 65 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Zverev played 1 match while Kokkinakis competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zverev has played 3 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (2 vs 5). Therefore, Zverev played 36 games less than Kokkinakis. The German scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis struck 65 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 29/39 | 96/168 |
| %1st in | 74% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 65/96 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 40/72 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 56% |
Zverev made 10 aces . Kokkinakis managed to score 15 aces (7.5 per match). Zverev won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 83% | 47% |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The German broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The German quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||
| R2 Nishioka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-29 | 54-29 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Draper |
R2 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 104-96 | 79-66 | 183-162 | |
| Total points | 200 | 145 | 345 | |
| Winners | 42 | 23 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/103 | 35/65 | 96/168 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/61 | 23/35 | 65/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 19/30 | 40/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/10 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 80% | 118% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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