Stefanos Tsitsipas and Thanasi Kokkinakis will face off in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.27
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 3.78

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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Thanasi Kokkinakis play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Tsitsipas won 6-7(5) 6-4 6-1 6-7(5) 6-4 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2021.

Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Thanasi Kokkinakis – Australian Open 11-February-2021

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas

36 - 16win/loss

Hard
11-8
I Hard
1-0
Clay
22-6
Grass
2-2
Rank
11
High
3
LWLLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 36-16 11-8 22-6 1-0 2-2 0-0
2023 51-24 19-9 17-5 11-6 4-4 0-0
2022 61-24 18-8 17-4 18-9 8-3 0-0
2021 55-19 26-8 23-5 6-5 0-1 0-0
2020 29-14 11-6 11-3 7-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 11, Tsitsipas will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 3-6 6-4 7-5 to Draper in the 2nd round on the 15th of August.

Stefanos has an aggregate 36-16 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in Carlo where he beat Casper Ruud in the final 6-1 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Stefanos has an overall 480-219 record. He has a positive 179-93 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.

U.S. Open
Tsitsipas's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

26 - 18win/loss

Hard
13-11
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-6
Grass
2-1
Rank
84
High
65
LWWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-18 13-11 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

Ranked no. 84, Thanasi will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Montreal where he lost 4-6 6-3 7-6(6) to Hurkacz in the 2nd round on the 10th of August.

The Australian has a composed 26-18 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 265-167 record. He has a positive 179-103 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2023. See his history.

U.S. Open
Kokkinakis's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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