H2H, prediction of Arthur Rinderknech vs Thanasi Kokkinakis in Phoenix Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 14th March 2024

PREVIEW. Phoenix Challenger. Rinderknech and Kokkinakis will square off in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 14th of March

Prediction and head to head Arthur Rinderknech vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

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.

See updated oddsAs 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

Arthur Rinderknech
Arthur Rinderknech

12 - 8win/loss

Hard
3-4
I Hard
9-4
Rank
59
High
42
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-33 16-13 6-7 12-8 4-5 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

Rinderknech
Phoenix Challenger
Rinderknech's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis
Thanasi Kokkinakis

8 - 7win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
77
High
65
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-20 19-12 11-6 3-1 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. 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.

Kokkinakis
Phoenix Challenger
Kokkinakis's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Rinderknech
T.Kokkinakis
1h:13
1h:13
Time on court​
!
1h:55
1h:55
1h:13
1h:13
Last match​
1h:55
1h:55
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
24
24
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
57
57
Total points​
87
87
57
57
Avg point​
87
87
28
28
Winners
31
31
28
28
Avg Winners​
31
31
49%
49%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
8
8
10
10
Avg Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4
4
28/34
28/34
1st won total​
31/41
31/41
!
82%
82%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
10/18
10/18
2nd won total​
20/33
20/33
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
3/5
3/5
BP won
3/16
3/16
3/5
3/5
Avg BP won
3/16
3/16
!
60%
60%
Won
!
19%
19%
0
0
Conceded
5
5
0
0
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
4
4

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

Win Loss
Rinderknech
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Kokkinakis
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2024 2023 2022
38 - 32
32 - 20
16-13
Hard
19-12
12-7
I Hard
0-1
6-7
Clay
11-6
4-5
Grass
2-1

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