Thanasi Kokkinakis and Giulio Zeppieri will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on Court 10. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.56
Giulio Zeppieri -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Giulio Zeppieri

This will be the 2nd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Giulio Zeppieri square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kokkinakis won 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Barletta Challenger back in 2019.

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

18 - 14win/loss

Hard
8-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
10-5
Rank
77
High
65
LWWWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-21 19-12 11-6 3-2 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

Ranked no. 100, Thanasi reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexei Popyrin 4-6 7-68 6-3 5-7 6-3.

In the 1st round, Kokkinakis had a tough win against Popyrin to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (4-6 7-68 6-3 5-7 6-3). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 173 points vs Popyrin’s 148. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 75 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis bagged 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (75/95) of his 1st serve and 54% (32/59) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 5 times. Kokkinakis broke Popyrin 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Kokkinakis has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (202-130). 10-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kokkinakis has a compiled 54-27 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

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

Thanasi has a composed 18-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

French Open
Kokkinakis's Record

Giulio Zeppieri

Giulio Zeppieri

18 - 15win/loss

Hard
8-4
I Hard
3-4
Clay
7-7
Rank
237
High
110
LLLWWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-18 8-4 7-10 3-4 0-0 0-0
2023 41-26 7-5 19-13 14-7 1-1 0-0
2022 30-31 1-2 25-22 4-6 0-1 0-0
2021 27-20 0-0 26-16 1-4 0-0 0-0
2020 9-12 0-0 7-7 1-4 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 148, will start his run at the Paris after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he defeated 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-2 to Mannarino in the 1st round on the 28th of May.

The Italian has a composed 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Zeppieri has an overall 157-126 record. He has a positive 115-85 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

French Open
Zeppieri's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Kokkinakis
G.Zeppieri
4h:24
4h:24
Time on court​
!
6h:51
6h:51
!
4h:24
4h:24
Last match​
!
2h:27
2h:27
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
53
53
Games Played​
97
97
5
5
Set played​​
11
11
173
173
Total points​
322
322
173
173
Avg point​
80.5
80.5
75
75
Winners
136
136
75
75
Avg Winners​
34
34
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
27
27
!
13
13
Avg Aces
6.8
6.8
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
75/95
75/95
1st won total​
136/182
136/182
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
32/59
32/59
2nd won total​
56/109
56/109
54%
54%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
BP won
23/41
23/41
6/14
6/14
Avg BP won
5.8/10.3
5.8/10.3
43%
43%
Won
!
56%
56%
12
12
Conceded
23
23
12
12
Avg Conceded
5.8
5.8
5
5
Broken
10
10
!
5
5
Avg Broken
2.5
2.5
7
7
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kokkinakis Zeppieri
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 5 11
Tot Games 53 97
Pts 173-148 322-248
Total Points 321 570
Winners 75 136
%Winners 43% 42%

Kokkinakis played 1 match while Zeppieri competed in 4 matches. Zeppieri started his run from the qualifications while Kokkinakis had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 2 sets, while Giulio Zeppieri lost 2 sets. Kokkinakis has played 6 set(s) less than Zeppieri (5 vs 11). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 44 games less than Zeppieri. Thanasi scored 75 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 136 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kokkinakis Zeppieri
Aces 13 27
Avg per match 13 6.8
1st in 95/154 182/291
%1st in 62% 63%
1st pts 75/95 136/182
%1st pts 79% 75%
2nd pts 32/59 56/109
%2nd pts 54% 51%

Kokkinakis managed to score 13 aces . Zeppieri recorded 27 aces (6.8 per match). Kokkinakis won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zeppieri won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kokkinakis Zeppieri
Won 6 23
Converted 6/14 23/41
% Converted 43% 56%
Conceded 12 23
Saved 7 13
% Saved 58% 57%
Times Broken 5 10

Kokkinakis broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Zeppieri broke his opponents 23 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Kokkinakis
R1
Popyrin
Total
Score 4-6 7-68 6-3 5-7 6-3
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 53 53
pts 173-148 173-148
Total points 321 321
Winners 75 75
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 95/154 95/154
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 75/95 75/95
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 32/59 32/59
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/14 6/14
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 7/12 7
Saved % 58% 58%
Times Broken 5 5
Zeppieri
Total
Score
Tot Set 0
Tot Games 0
pts 0-0
Total points 0
Winners 0
%Winners 0%
SERVE
Aces 0
Double Faults 0
1st in 0/0
% 1st in 0%
1st pts 0/0
% 1st pts 0%
2nd pts 0/0
% 2nd pts 0%
Breaks
Won 0
Converted 0/0
Converted % 0%
Conceded 0
Saved 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0

Tennis Scores – French Open

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