Thanasi Kokkinakis and Zizou Bergs will play each other in the final of the Sarasota Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 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 -> 1.84
Zizou Bergs -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Zizou Bergs
This will be the 2nd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Zizou Bergs clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kokkinakis won 4-6 6-3 7-6(7) in the 1st round in Miami back in 2023.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Zizou Bergs – Miami 23-March-2023
Thanasi Kokkinakis
13 - 10win/loss
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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 got to the final after beating Matija Pecotic 7-64 6-3, Alexander Ritschard 6-2 6-1, Gabriel Diallo 7-62 4-6 7-63 and Marc Polmans 6-2 7-65.
In the semifinal, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-2 7-65). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 76 points vs Polmans’s 60. Kokkinakis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis bagged 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (30/34) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Polmans 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thanasi has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Kokkinakis has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (196-126). 4-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kokkinakis has a composed 48-23 record in the last years on clay.
Kokkinakis’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger.
Kokkinakis has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-16 | 3-4 | 17-5 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109 (career-high), Zizou got to the final after defeating Oliver Crawford 6-2 6-2, Kaylan Bigun 6-4 6-0, Mitchell Krueger 6-4 1-6 6-3 and Tennys Sandgren 6-2 3-6 6-4.
In the semifinal, The Belgian defeated Sandgren (6-2 3-6 6-4). During the match Bergs scored 104 points vs Sandgren’s 92. Zizou was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Bergs fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Zizou Bergs was very effective on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Belgian broke Sandgren 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zizou has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Belgian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger and the Sarasota Challenger.
Bergs has a compiled 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota 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 | Kokkinakis | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 94 | 85 |
| Pts | 327-280 | 302-248 |
| Total Points | 607 | 550 |
| Winners | 126 | 108 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Kokkinakis and Bergs played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Thanasi Kokkinakis dropped 1 set, while Zizou Bergs dropped 2 sets. Kokkinakis has played 1 set(s) less than Bergs (9 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kokkinakis played 9 games more than Bergs. The Australian scored 126 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Zizou managed to score 108 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kokkinakis | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6.8 |
| 1st in | 171/300 | 151/260 |
| %1st in | 57% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 126/171 | 108/151 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 78/129 | 52/109 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 48% |
Kokkinakis blasted 28 aces (7 per match). Bergs fired 27 aces (6.8 per match). Kokkinakis won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kokkinakis | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 20 |
| Converted | 13/35 | 20/41 |
| % Converted | 37% | 49% |
| Conceded | 21 | 20 |
| Saved | 14 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 10 |
The Australian broke his opponents 13 times with a 37% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bergs broke his opponents 20 times with a 49% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kokkinakis | ||||||
| R1 Pecotic |
R2 Ritschard |
1/4 Diallo |
1/2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | 7-62 4-6 7-63 | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 36 | 21 | 94 | |
| pts | 71-68 | 59-35 | 121-117 | 76-60 | 327-280 | |
| Total points | 139 | 94 | 238 | 136 | 607 | |
| Winners | 32 | 17 | 47 | 30 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 29% | 39% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 12 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 43/76 | 25/49 | 69/118 | 34/57 | 171/300 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 51% | 58% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 17/25 | 47/69 | 30/34 | 126/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 68% | 88% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 16/24 | 27/49 | 14/23 | 78/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 67% | 55% | 61% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 5/9 | 4/12 | 3/8 | 13/35 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 56% | 33% | 38% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/5 | 9/14 | 0/1 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 64% | 0% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Bergs | ||||||
| R1 Crawford |
R2 Bigun |
1/4 Krueger |
1/2 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | 6-2 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 26 | 27 | 85 | |
| pts | 62-37 | 60-39 | 76-80 | 104-92 | 302-248 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | 156 | 196 | 550 | |
| Winners | 27 | 21 | 26 | 34 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% | 34% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 32/55 | 40/77 | 43/76 | 151/260 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 58% | 52% | 57% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 21/32 | 26/40 | 34/43 | 108/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 66% | 65% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 12/23 | 15/37 | 17/33 | 52/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 52% | 41% | 52% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 6/8 | 5/9 | 4/17 | 20/41 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 75% | 56% | 24% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/5 | 2/7 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 60% | 29% | 50% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
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