Arthur Rinderknech and Thanasi Kokkinakis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.68
Arthur Rinderknech -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Rinderknech and Thanasi Kokkinakis play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kokkinakis won 6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-3 in the final in Adelaide back in 2022.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Arthur Rinderknech – Adelaide 15-January-2022
Arthur Rinderknech
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 4-5 | 6-7 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-30 | 5-9 | 10-6 | 8-9 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 12-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-30 | 3-3 | 18-10 | 26-15 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 83, Arthur got to the 2nd round after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Rinderknech had a good straight sets win against Hijikata (6-4 6-2). During the match, Rinderknech scored 57 points vs Hijikata’s 46. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rinderknech struck 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Arthur Rinderknech was quite efficient on serve to win 82% (28/34) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rinderknech broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Rinderknech has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (265-158). 3-3 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rinderknech has an aggregate87-51 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Lille Challenger where he overcame Joris De Loore in the final 6-4 3-6 7-6(8).
Arthur has a compiled 12-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-15 | 8-9 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 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. 99, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Christopher Eubanks 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (7-5 7-5). During the match Kokkinakis scored 87 points vs Eubanks’s 74. Kokkinakis was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Eubanks 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Kokkinakis has a composed 7-7 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rinderknech | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 |
| Pts | 57-46 | 87-74 |
| Total Points | 103 | 161 |
| Winners | 28 | 31 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Rinderknech and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rinderknech and Kokkinakis have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rinderknech played 6 games less than Kokkinakis. Rinderknech scored 28 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi struck 31 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rinderknech | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8 |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 41/74 |
| %1st in | 65% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Rinderknech made 10 aces . Kokkinakis scored 8 aces . Rinderknech won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rinderknech | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/16 |
| % Converted | 60% | 19% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Arthur broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The French player quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kokkinakis broke his opponent 3 times with a 19% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rinderknech | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 57-46 | 57-46 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 87-74 | 87-74 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 41/74 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/16 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Michael MmohMmoh (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Cristian GarinGarin (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Adam WaltonWalton (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Jeff WolfWolf (2-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Hugo GastonGaston (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-6(5) 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Benoit PairePaire – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-0) – H2H and prediction
