Thanasi Kokkinakis and Hikaru Shiraishi will square off in the 1st round of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.006
Hikaru Shiraishi -> 12.25

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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Hikaru Shiraishi

There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Hikaru Shiraishi since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis

29 - 20win/loss

Hard
14-12
I Hard
2-1
Clay
11-6
Grass
2-1
Rank
77
High
65
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-20 19-12 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. 85, Thanasi will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Tsitsipas in the round robin on the 20th of September.

Kokkinakis has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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.

Talking about his overall career, Kokkinakis has an overall 268-169 record. He has a positive 180-104 record on hard.

Previously in the Playford Challenger

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

Playford Challenger
Kokkinakis's Record

Hikaru Shiraishi

Hikaru Shiraishi

20 - 12win/loss

Hard
18-9
I Hard
1-2
Clay
1-1
Rank
463
High
463
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-17 20-13 1-1 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 52-22 50-21 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 18-6 18-5 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 515, Shiraishi will start his run in the Playford Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Takasaki where he lost 6-3 6-3

to Chung in the 2nd round on the 19th of September.

Hikaru has a compiled 20-12 win-loss record in 2024, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Japanese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Tokyo and M15 Tsukuba.

In terms of his career, Hikaru has an overall 90-40 record. He has a positive 86-35 record on hard.

Previously in the Playford Challenger

Shiraishi has never competed in this tournament before.

Playford Challenger
Shiraishi's Record

Tennis Scores in Playford Challenger

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