Gael Monfils and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the 1st round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.61
Gael Monfils -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 3rd time that Gael Monfils and Thanasi Kokkinakis square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Monfils and Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kokkinakis won 1-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the 1st round in Atlanta back in 2023.
Highlights Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Gael Monfils – Atlanta 24-July-2023
Gael Monfils
18 - 17win/loss
55
6
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 25-21 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 16-15 | 8-8 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 14-7 | 13-5 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 18-17 | 8-7 | 2-4 | 7-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 16-7 | 7-3 | 0-3 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, the French player will start his run in Toronto after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Musetti in the 1st round on the 28th of July.
Gael has an aggregate 18-16 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Doha and Mallorca.
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 654-360 record. He has a positive 244-135 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
26 - 17win/loss
77
65
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 35-20 | 19-12 | 11-6 | 3-1 | 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. 81, the Australian got to the 1st round after beating Roberto Carballes Baena 7-6(4) 6-3 and Roberto Bautista Agut 5-7 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications against Bautista-Agut, Thanasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-4). During the match Kokkinakis scored 114 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 107. Kokkinakis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Kokkinakis recorded 19 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 61% of his first serves in, winning 84% (53/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 34% (14/41) on the 2nd serve. Thanasi broke Bautista-Agut 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Sarasota Challenger where he beat Zizou Bergs in the final 6-3 1-6 6-0.
Kokkinakis has an aggregate 25-17 win-loss record in 2024, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Vasek Pospisil/Denis ShapovalovPospisil/Denis Shapovalov (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-65 6-75 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-78 7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-67 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneHolger – Roberto Bautista AgutRoberto (6-2 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Gael MonfilsMonfils (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Jack DraperDraper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Vasek PospisilPospisil (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-3) – H2H and prediction