Thanasi Kokkinakis and Gabriel Diallo will square off in the quarter of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on NICK BOLLETTIERI COURT. 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 Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.6
Gabriel Diallo -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Gabriel Diallo

There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Gabriel Diallo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

11 - 10win/loss

Hard
8-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
3-1
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
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Ranked no. 106, the Australian got to the quarter after beating Matija Pecotic 7-64 6-3 and Alexander Ritschard 6-2 6-1.

In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 59 points vs Ritschard’s 35. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kokkinakis fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 51% of his first serves in, winning 68% (17/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Ritschard 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Kokkinakis has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (194-126). 2-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kokkinakis has a compiled 46-23 match record in the last years on clay.

The Australian has a compiled 10-10 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sarasota Challenger

Thanasi has never competed in this tournament before.

Sarasota Challenger
Kokkinakis's Record

Gabriel Diallo

Gabriel Diallo

11 - 8win/loss

Hard
6-5
I Hard
3-1
Clay
2-2
Rank
86
High
86
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 49-26 30-12 7-6 9-4 3-4 0-0
2023 39-28 8-11 2-2 24-10 5-5 0-0
2022 23-10 17-6 0-0 6-4 0-0 0-0
2021 12-4 8-3 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 150, the Canadian reached the quarter after beating Federico Agustin Gomez 7-64 7-67 and Tristan Boyer 6-74 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round against Boyer, Gabriel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-4). During the match Diallo scored 104 points vs Boyer’s 86. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.

About the serving games, Diallo fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gabriel Diallo lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Diallo put 74% of his first serves in, winning 74% (53/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Boyer 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Canadian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Gabriel’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.

Diallo has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sarasota Challenger

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

Sarasota Challenger
Diallo's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Kokkinakis
G.Diallo
3h:02
3h:02
Time on court​
!
4h:46
4h:46
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
!
2h:34
2h:34
2
2
Match played
2
2
37
37
Games Played​
58
58
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
130
130
Total points​
201
201
65
65
Avg point​
100.5
100.5
49
49
Winners
95
95
24.5
24.5
Avg Winners​
47.5
47.5
38%
38%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
18
18
7.5
7.5
Avg Aces
9
9
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
49/68
49/68
1st won total​
95/131
95/131
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
37/57
37/57
2nd won total​
27/50
27/50
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
6/15
6/15
BP won
8/21
8/21
3/7.5
3/7.5
Avg BP won
4/10.5
4/10.5
40%
40%
Won
38%
38%
6
6
Conceded
13
13
3
3
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
1
1
Broken
6
6
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kokkinakis Diallo
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 5
Tot Games 37 58
Pts 130-103 201-171
Total Points 233 372
Winners 49 95
%Winners 38% 47%

Both Kokkinakis and Diallo played 2 matches. At the moment, Gabriel Diallo conceded 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 1 set(s) less than Diallo (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 21 games less than Diallo. Kokkinakis scored 49 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gabriel struck 95 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kokkinakis Diallo
Aces 15 18
Avg per match 7.5 9
1st in 68/125 131/181
%1st in 54% 72%
1st pts 49/68 95/131
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 37/57 27/50
%2nd pts 65% 54%

Kokkinakis struck 15 aces (7.5 per match). Diallo recorded 18 aces (9 per match). Kokkinakis won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kokkinakis Diallo
Won 6 8
Converted 6/15 8/21
% Converted 40% 38%
Conceded 6 13
Saved 5 7
% Saved 83% 54%
Times Broken 1 6

The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Diallo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.

Kokkinakis
R1
Pecotic		 R2
Ritschard		 Total
Score 7-64 6-3 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 15 37
pts 71-68 59-35 130-103
Total points 139 94 233
Winners 32 17 49
%Winners 45% 29% 38%
SERVE
Aces 12 3 15
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 43/76 25/49 68/125
% 1st in 57% 51% 54%
1st pts 32/43 17/25 49/68
% 1st pts 74% 68% 72%
2nd pts 21/33 16/24 37/57
% 2nd pts 64% 67% 65%
Breaks
Won 1 5 6
Converted 1/6 5/9 6/15
Converted % 17% 56% 40%
Conceded 1 5 6
Saved 1/1 4/5 5
Saved % 100% 80% 90%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Diallo
R1
Agustin		 R2
Boyer		 Total
Score 7-64 7-67 6-74 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 26 32 58
pts 97-85 104-86 201-171
Total points 182 190 372
Winners 42 53 95
%Winners 43% 51% 47%
SERVE
Aces 11 7 18
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 59/84 72/97 131/181
% 1st in 70% 74% 72%
1st pts 42/59 53/72 95/131
% 1st pts 71% 74% 73%
2nd pts 18/25 9/25 27/50
% 2nd pts 72% 36% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 6 8
Converted 2/11 6/10 8/21
Converted % 18% 60% 38%
Conceded 3 10 13
Saved 1/3 6/10 7
Saved % 33% 60% 47%
Times Broken 2 4 6

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