Taylor Fritz and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on Court SIMONNE-MATHIEU. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Taylor Fritz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taylor Fritz is the pick to win this match.
Taylor Fritz -> 1.176
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 4.95
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Prediction and head to head Taylor Fritz vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 3rd time that Taylor Fritz and Thanasi Kokkinakis play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Fritz and Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Fritz won 7-6(6) 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Los Cabos back in 2018.
Taylor Fritz
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 45-19 | 18-9 | 15-7 | 2-1 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 54-24 | 35-11 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 46-21 | 24-8 | 5-3 | 9-7 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 34-22 | 20-13 | 4-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 15-16 | 11-9 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, the American got to the 3rd round after defeating Federico Coria 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-1 and Dusan Lajovic 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Fritz defeated Lajovic (6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Fritz scored 114 points vs Lajovic’s 97. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fritz scored 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Taylor Fritz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (57/73) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Fritz has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (359-217). 12-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fritz has an aggregate 56-40 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Delray Beach where he overcame Tommy Paul in the final 6-2 6-3.
Taylor has an overall 24-10 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Thanasi Kokkinakis
19 - 14win/loss
78
65
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 29-20 | 14-12 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 100, Thanasi reached the 3rd round after defeating Alexei Popyrin 4-6 7-68 6-3 5-7 6-3 and Giulio Zeppieri 1-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a tough win against Zeppieri to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (1-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-2).During the match Kokkinakis scored less points (2) than Zeppieri. In fact, the world no. 12 won 144 points vs Zeppieri’s. That means that Kokkinakis was more focused during the important points. Thanasi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis scored 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 56% of his first serves in, winning 76% (59/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (30/61) on the 2nd serve. Kokkinakis broke Zeppieri 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kokkinakis has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Sarasota Challenger where he overcame Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 1-6 6-0.
Kokkinakis has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2015 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Fritz | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 8 | 10 |
Tot Games | 67 | 100 |
Pts | 214-179 | 317-294 |
Total Points | 393 | 611 |
Winners | 99 | 134 |
%Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Fritz and Kokkinakis played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Taylor Fritz conceded 2 sets, while Thanasi Kokkinakis conceded 4 sets. Fritz has played 2 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (8 vs 10). Therefore, Fritz played 33 games less than Kokkinakis. Taylor scored 99 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi managed to score 134 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Fritz | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Aces | 24 | 22 |
Avg per match | 12 | 11 |
1st in | 129/204 | 173/293 |
%1st in | 63% | 59% |
1st pts | 99/129 | 134/173 |
%1st pts | 77% | 77% |
2nd pts | 36/75 | 62/120 |
%2nd pts | 48% | 52% |
Fritz managed to score 24 aces (12 per match). Kokkinakis blasted 22 aces (11 per match). Fritz won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Fritz | Kokkinakis |
---|---|---|
Won | 12 | 10 |
Converted | 12/19 | 10/26 |
% Converted | 63% | 38% |
Conceded | 10 | 21 |
Saved | 5 | 12 |
% Saved | 50% | 57% |
Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Fritz broke his opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. Fritz dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponents 10 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
Fritz | ||||
R1 Coria |
R2 Lajovic |
Total | ||
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Score | 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 37 | 67 | |
pts | 100-82 | 114-97 | 214-179 | |
Total points | 182 | 211 | 393 | |
Winners | 42 | 57 | 99 | |
%Winners | 42% | 50% | 46% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 9 | 15 | 24 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
1st in | 56/95 | 73/109 | 129/204 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 67% | 63% | |
1st pts | 42/56 | 57/73 | 99/129 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 78% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 16/39 | 20/36 | 36/75 | |
% 2nd pts | 41% | 56% | 48% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
Converted | 8/11 | 4/8 | 12/19 | |
Converted % | 73% | 50% | 63% | |
Conceded | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
Saved | 1/4 | 4/6 | 5 | |
Saved % | 25% | 67% | 46% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Kokkinakis | ||||
R1 Popyrin |
R2 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 7-68 6-3 5-7 6-3 | 1-6 4-6 6-3 7-65 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Tot Games | 53 | 47 | 100 | |
pts | 173-148 | 144-146 | 317-294 | |
Total points | 321 | 290 | 611 | |
Winners | 75 | 59 | 134 | |
%Winners | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
1st in | 95/154 | 78/139 | 173/293 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 56% | 59% | |
1st pts | 75/95 | 59/78 | 134/173 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 76% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 32/59 | 30/61 | 62/120 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 49% | 52% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
Converted | 6/14 | 4/12 | 10/26 | |
Converted % | 43% | 33% | 38% | |
Conceded | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
Saved | 7/12 | 5/9 | 12 | |
Saved % | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 9 |
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