Thanasi Kokkinakis and Gabriel Diallo will square off in the quarter of the Sarasota Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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.

Gabriel Diallo

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 2^nd 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.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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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