Sebastian Korda and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the 3rd round of the Citi Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.38
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 3.05

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

This will be the 3rd time that Sebastian Korda and Thanasi Kokkinakis square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Korda (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Korda won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Indian wells back in 2022.

Highlights Sebastian Korda vs Thanasi Kokkinakis – Indian wells 10-March-2022

Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda

23 - 16win/loss

Hard
9-6
I Hard
2-2
Clay
5-5
Grass
7-3
Rank
22
High
20
WLLWWWLWWW
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-16 9-6 5-5 2-2 7-3 0-0
2023 26-16 18-8 1-3 4-3 3-2 0-0
2022 34-22 13-9 8-6 12-5 1-2 0-0
2021 36-20 12-8 6-5 13-5 5-2 0-0
2020 22-10 6-4 6-1 3-4 0-0 7-1
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Ranked no. 22, the American reached the 3rd round after beating Unknown Player bye and Cristian Garin 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-3 6-2). During the match, Korda scored 63 points vs Garin’s 43. Korda was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Korda bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Sebastian Korda was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Garin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Korda has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (234-153). 9-6 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Korda has an aggregate91-62 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Sebastian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Hertogenbosch.

Korda has an overall 23-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Washington
Korda's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

23 - 16win/loss

Hard
10-9
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-6
Grass
2-1
Rank
91
High
65
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 23-16 10-9 11-6 0-0 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
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Ranked no. 91, Thanasi reached the 3rd round after beating Max Purcell 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 7-6(4).

In the 2nd round, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-4 7-64). During the match Kokkinakis and Vukic scored the same amount of points (70). However, the world no. 22 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Kokkinakis struck 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vukic once.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Thanasi has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Thanasi has an aggregate 23-16 win-loss record in 2024, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Washington

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd

round in 2023. See his history.
Washington
Kokkinakis's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Korda
T.Kokkinakis
1h:11
1h:11
Time on court​
!
4h:02
4h:02
1h:11
1h:11
Last match​
1h:49
1h:49
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
17
17
Games Played​
55
55
2
2
Set played​​
5
5
63
63
Total points​
170
170
63
63
Avg point​
85
85
24
24
Winners
76
76
24
24
Avg Winners​
38
38
38%
38%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
27
27
7
7
Avg Aces
!
13.5
13.5
1
1
Double Faults
6
6
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3
3
24/29
24/29
1st won total​
76/86
76/86
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
88%
88%
18/29
18/29
2nd won total​
42/65
42/65
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
4/11
4/11
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
2/5.5
2/5.5
50%
50%
Won
36%
36%
3
3
Conceded
4
4
3
3
Avg Conceded
2
2
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Korda Kokkinakis
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 17 55
Pts 63-43 170-147
Total Points 106 317
Winners 24 76
%Winners 38% 45%

Korda played 1 match while Kokkinakis competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Thanasi Kokkinakis lost 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t dropped a set so far. Korda has played 3 set(s) less than Kokkinakis (2 vs 5). Therefore, Korda played 38 games less than Kokkinakis. Korda scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Kokkinakis managed to score 76 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Korda Kokkinakis
Aces 7 27
Avg per match 7 13.5
1st in 29/58 86/151
%1st in 50% 57%
1st pts 24/29 76/86
%1st pts 83% 88%
2nd pts 18/29 42/65
%2nd pts 62% 65%

Korda scored 7 aces . Kokkinakis made 27 aces (13.5 per match). Korda won 83% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Korda Kokkinakis
Won 3 4
Converted 3/6 4/11
% Converted 50% 36%
Conceded 3 4
Saved 3 4
% Saved 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Korda pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Thanasi broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Korda
R2
Garin		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 63-43 63-43
Total points 106 106
Winners 24 24
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 29/58 29/58
% 1st in 50% 50%
1st pts 24/29 24/29
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 18/29 18/29
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Kokkinakis
R1
Purcell		 R2
Vukic		 Total
Score 6-74 6-4 6-3 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 32 23 55
pts 100-77 70-70 170-147
Total points 177 140 317
Winners 40 36 76
%Winners 40% 51% 45%
SERVE
Aces 15 12 27
Double Faults 1 5 6
1st in 43/73 43/78 86/151
% 1st in 59% 55% 57%
1st pts 40/43 36/43 76/86
% 1st pts 93% 84% 88%
2nd pts 24/30 18/35 42/65
% 2nd pts 80% 51% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 1 4
Converted 3/10 1/1 4/11
Converted % 30% 100% 36%
Conceded 0 4 4
Saved 0/0 4/4 4
Saved % – 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Washington

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