Nuno Borges and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.77
Nuno Borges -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Nuno Borges vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Nuno Borges and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nuno Borges
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-13 | 12-8 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-26 | 20-11 | 8-7 | 6-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-26 | 7-5 | 28-13 | 11-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-21 | 6-4 | 46-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-7 | 29-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60, Nuno got to the quarter after beating Alexandre Muller 6-2 6-4 and Benoit Paire 4-2 ret..
In the 2nd round against Paire, the Portuguese had a free pass after Paire retired on a 4-2 . scoreline.
Borges has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (259-115). 9-7 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Borges has an aggregate 125-47 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Nuno has a compiled 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-13 | 8-9 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, Kokkinakis got to the quarter after defeating Christopher Eubanks 7-5 7-5 and Arthur Rinderknech 6-1 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Thanasi defeated Rinderknech (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 84 points vs Rinderknech’s 73. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kokkinakis broke Rinderknech 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kokkinakis has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Australian has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Borges | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 49 |
| Pts | 88-61 | 171-147 |
| Total Points | 149 | 318 |
| Winners | 36 | 67 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Borges and Kokkinakis played 2 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 1 set while Nuno Borges hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Borges has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (4 vs 5). Therefore, Borges played 25 games less than Kokkinakis. Nuno scored 36 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis blasted 67 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Borges | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 89/153 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 36/48 | 67/89 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 37/64 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 58% |
Borges bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Kokkinakis recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Borges won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Borges | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/23 |
| % Converted | 63% | 26% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Borges broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kokkinakis broke his opponents 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. Kokkinakis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Borges | ||||
| R1 Muller |
R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 6 | 24 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 23-14 | 88-61 | |
| Total points | 112 | 37 | 149 | |
| Winners | 29 | 7 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 30% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 11/16 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 7/11 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 64% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 4/5 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 80% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/4 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Eubanks |
R2 Rinderknech |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 25 | 49 | |
| pts | 87-74 | 84-73 | 171-147 | |
| Total points | 161 | 157 | 318 | |
| Winners | 31 | 36 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 48/79 | 89/153 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 36/48 | 67/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 17/31 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/7 | 6/23 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 43% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 60% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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