Arthur Fils and Thanasi Kokkinakis will play each other in the quarter of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL COTE OUEST AGENCY. 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 -> 1.86
Arthur Fils -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

There is no head to head record between Arthur Fils and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Arthur Fils

Ranked no. 34, the French player reached the quarter after beating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-2 4-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Fils defeated Van De Zandschulp (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match, Fils scored 84 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 68. Fils was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Regarding the service games, Fils scored 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Arthur Fils lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Fils put 47% of his first serves in, winning 58% (21/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Van De Zandschulp 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).

Fils has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (134-93). 6-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fils has a compiled72-49 record in the last 5 years on clay.

Arthur’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.

The French player has a compiled 14-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Ranked no. 94, Thanasi got to the quarter after beating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 7-5 and Matteo Martineau 7-6³ 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Martineau (7-6³ 6-2). During the match Kokkinakis scored 82 points vs Martineau’s 67. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Kokkinakis scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Martineau 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kokkinakis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Sarasota Challenger where he beat Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 1-6 6-0.

The Australian has an overall 17-13 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2015. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Fils	Kokkinakis
Match played	1	2
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	25	43
Pts	84-68	176-147
Total Points	152	323
Winners	21	69
%Winners	25%	39%

Fils played 1 match while Kokkinakis competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Arthur Fils dropped 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t dropped a set so far. Fils has played 1 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (3 vs 4). Therefore, Fils played 18 games less than Kokkinakis. Fils scored 21 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian fired 69 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Fils	Kokkinakis
Aces	2	12
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	36/77	92/161
%1st in	47%	57%
1st pts	21/36	69/92
%1st pts	58%	75%
2nd pts	25/41	34/69
%2nd pts	61%	49%

Fils made 2 aces . Kokkinakis struck 12 aces (6 per match). Fils won 58% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Fils	Kokkinakis
Won	7	8
Converted	7/12	8/19
% Converted	58%	42%
Conceded	7	18
Saved	3	14
% Saved	43%	78%
Times Broken	4	4

Fils broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Fils lost his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Fils
	R2 Van De Zandschulp	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	84-68	84-68
Total points	152	152
Winners	21	21
%Winners	25%	25%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	36/77	36/77
% 1st in	47%	47%
1st pts	21/36	21/36
% 1st pts	58%	58%
2nd pts	25/41	25/41
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/12	7/12
Converted %	58%	58%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Kokkinakis
	R1 Hijikata	R2 Martineau	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	7-63 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	21	43
pts	94-80	82-67	176-147
Total points	174	149	323
Winners	37	32	69
%Winners	39%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	12
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	46/87	46/74	92/161
% 1st in	53%	62%	57%
1st pts	37/46	32/46	69/92
% 1st pts	80%	70%	75%
2nd pts	18/41	16/28	34/69
% 2nd pts	44%	57%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/13	4/6	8/19
Converted %	31%	67%	42%
Conceded	13	5	18
Saved	11/13	3/5	14
Saved %	85%	60%	145%
Times Broken	2	2	4

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