H2H, prediction of Jannik Sinner vs Thanasi Kokkinakis in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick | 8th March 2024

PREVIEW. Indian Wells. Sinner and Kokkinakis will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 8th of March

Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

Jannik Sinner and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1. 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.058
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 9.4

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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

This will be the 4th time that Jannik Sinner and Thanasi Kokkinakis face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Sinner (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Sinner won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2023.

Highlights Jannik Sinner vs Thanasi Kokkinakis – Rome 12-May-2023

Jannik Sinner

Jannik Sinner
Jannik Sinner

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
1
High
1
WWLWWWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-1 7-0 7-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 73-8 40-5 11-2 13-0 9-1 0-0
2023 64-15 28-7 8-3 20-2 8-3 0-0
2022 47-16 21-6 15-4 7-4 4-2 0-0
2021 49-22 22-8 10-6 17-6 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 3 (career-high), Jannik will start his run in Indian Wells after he won the title in Rotterdam after beating 7-5 6-4 De Minaur in the final.

Jannik has an aggregate 12-0 win-loss record in 2024, 7-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 3-6 3-6 6-4 6-4 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he overcame Alex De Minaur in the final 7-5 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 285-113 record. He has a positive 105-41 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

Sinner
Indian Wells
Sinner's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis
Thanasi Kokkinakis

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
111
High
65
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 99, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Marcos Giron 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Giron (6-3 7-5). During the match Kokkinakis scored 73 points vs Giron’s 55. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Kokkinakis managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was very effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Giron twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Kokkinakis has a compiled 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2015. See his history.

Kokkinakis
Indian Wells
Kokkinakis's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sinner
WWLWWWWWWW
Kokkinakis
LWWW
2025 2024 2023
14 - 1
3 - 1
7-0
Hard
3-1
7-1
Clay
0-0

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