Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alexander Ritschard will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.5
Alexander Ritschard -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Alexander Ritschard
There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Alexander Ritschard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
10 - 10win/loss
92
65
WLWWLWWLLW | 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. 106, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Matija Pecotic 7-64 6-3.
In the 1st round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Pecotic (7-64 6-3). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 71 points vs Pecotic’s 68. Thanasi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis bagged 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thanasi Kokkinakis was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Pecotic once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Kokkinakis has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (193-126). 1-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has a compiled 45-23 match record in the last years on clay.
Thanasi has a composed 9-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Ritschard
15 - 9win/loss
178
152
LWLLWWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-14 | 7-3 | 16-6 | 5-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 6-8 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 7-5 | 11-11 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 1-4 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 195, Ritschard reached the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Fonio (6-3 6-1). During the match Ritschard scored 62 points vs Fonio’s 45. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Ritschard scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Ritschard was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Fonio 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Ritschard has an aggregate 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kokkinakis | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 71-68 | 62-45 |
| Total Points | 139 | 107 |
| Winners | 32 | 25 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Kokkinakis and Ritschard played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kokkinakis and Ritschard have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kokkinakis played 6 games more than Ritschard. Thanasi scored 32 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ritschard blasted 25 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 1 |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 31/50 |
| %1st in | 57% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 25/31 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 10/19 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Kokkinakis bagged 12 aces . Ritschard struck 1 ace . Kokkinakis won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Ritschard won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Ritschard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 17% | 57% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Thanasi broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Thanasi quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alexander broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ritschard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Kokkinakis | |||
| R1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 71-68 | 71-68 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 43/76 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 62-45 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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