H2H, prediction of Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Tristan Schoolkate in Sydney Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 2nd November 2024

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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Tristan Schoolkate

Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tristan Schoolkate will face off in the semifinal of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on Court 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thanasi Kokkinakis who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.29
Tristan Schoolkate -> 3.34

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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Tristan Schoolkate

There is no head to head record between Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tristan Schoolkate since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis
Thanasi Kokkinakis

32 - 20win/loss

Hard
17-12
I Hard
2-1
Clay
11-6
Grass
2-1
Rank
87
High
65
WWWLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-20 17-12 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. 87, Thanasi reached the semifinal after defeating Christian Langmo 6-3 6-4, Philip Sekulic 6-2 7-6(4) and Hikaru Shiraishi 6-2 6-1.

In the quarter, Kokkinakis had a good straight sets win against Shiraishi (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 54 points vs Shiraishi’s 28. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis scored 10 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 64% of his first serves in, winning 86% (18/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Shiraishi 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Kokkinakis has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (216-136). 17-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has an aggregate 142-81 record in the last years on hard.

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

Kokkinakis has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 17-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Kokkinakis
Sydney Challenger
Kokkinakis's Record

Tristan Schoolkate

Tristan Schoolkate
Tristan Schoolkate

44 - 30win/loss

Hard
38-22
I Hard
0-1
Clay
0-2
Grass
6-5
Rank
177
High
167
WWWLWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 44-30 38-22 0-2 0-1 6-5 0-0
2023 44-30 30-23 4-4 2-2 8-1 0-0
2022 48-29 24-15 17-11 0-0 7-3 0-0
2021 24-20 8-9 3-5 11-5 0-0 2-1
2020 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 177, Tristan got to the semifinal after defeating Jake Delaney 7-6(4) 6-3, Tibo Colson 6-2 6-3 and Omar Jasika 6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(7).

In the quarter, Schoolkate defeated Jasika (6-2 6-75 7-67). During the match Schoolkate scored 122 points vs Jasika’s 99. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Schoolkate fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Tristan Schoolkate was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 58% (28/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. Schoolkate broke Jasika 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Schoolkate has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he defeated Adam Walton in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.

Schoolkate has an aggregate 44-30 win-loss record in 2024, 38-22 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

Schoolkate
Sydney Challenger
Schoolkate's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Kokkinakis
T.Schoolkate
4h:18
4h:18
Time on court​
5h:16
5h:16
1h:03
1h:03
Last match​
!
2h:38
2h:38
3
3
Match played
3
3
55
55
Games Played​
73
73
6
6
Set played​​
7
7
209
209
Total points​
257
257
69.7
69.7
Avg point​
85.7
85.7
80
80
Winners
90
90
26.7
26.7
Avg Winners​
30
30
38%
38%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
38
38
Aces
22
22
!
12.7
12.7
Avg Aces
7.3
7.3
5
5
Double Faults
9
9
1.7
1.7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
80/96
80/96
1st won total​
90/114
90/114
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
34/59
34/59
2nd won total​
59/93
59/93
58%
58%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
11/35
11/35
BP won
11/25
11/25
3.7/11.7
3.7/11.7
Avg BP won
3.7/8.3
3.7/8.3
31%
31%
Won
44%
44%
7
7
Conceded
9
9
2.3
2.3
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
4
4
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
5
5
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kokkinakis Schoolkate
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 7
Tot Games 55 73
Pts 209-148 257-198
Total Points 357 455
Winners 80 90
%Winners 38% 35%

Both Kokkinakis and Schoolkate played 3 matches. At the moment, Tristan Schoolkate dropped 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 1 set(s) less than Schoolkate (6 vs 7). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 18 games less than Schoolkate. Kokkinakis scored 80 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tristan bagged 90 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kokkinakis Schoolkate
Aces 38 22
Avg per match 12.7 7.3
1st in 96/155 114/207
%1st in 62% 55%
1st pts 80/96 90/114
%1st pts 83% 79%
2nd pts 34/59 59/93
%2nd pts 58% 63%

Kokkinakis fired 38 aces (12.7 per match). Schoolkate blasted 22 aces (7.3 per match). Kokkinakis won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kokkinakis Schoolkate
Won 11 11
Converted 11/35 11/25
% Converted 31% 44%
Conceded 7 9
Saved 5 5
% Saved 71% 56%
Times Broken 2 4

Kokkinakis broke his opponents 11 times with a 31% conversion rate. Kokkinakis conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Tristan broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Tristan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Kokkinakis
R1
Langmo
R2
Sekulic
1/4
Shiraishi
Total
Score 6-3 6-4 6-2 7-64 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 19 21 15 55
pts 67-48 88-72 54-28 209-148
Total points 115 160 82 357
Winners 29 33 18 80
%Winners 43% 38% 33% 38%
SERVE
Aces 13 15 10 38
Double Faults 2 3 0 5
1st in 32/48 43/74 21/33 96/155
% 1st in 67% 58% 64% 62%
1st pts 29/32 33/43 18/21 80/96
% 1st pts 91% 77% 86% 83%
2nd pts 11/16 17/31 6/12 34/59
% 2nd pts 69% 55% 50% 58%
Breaks
Won 2 3 6 11
Converted 2/12 3/14 6/9 11/35
Converted % 17% 21% 67% 31%
Conceded 0 6 1 7
Saved 0/0 5/6 0/1 5
Saved % 83% 0% 28%
Times Broken 0 1 1 2
Schoolkate
R1
Delaney
R2
Colson
1/4
Jasika
Total
Score 7-64 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-2 6-75 7-67
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 22 17 34 73
pts 76-61 59-38 122-99 257-198
Total points 137 97 221 455
Winners 26 24 40 90
%Winners 34% 41% 33% 35%
SERVE
Aces 10 4 8 22
Double Faults 4 1 4 9
1st in 26/54 32/49 56/104 114/207
% 1st in 48% 65% 54% 55%
1st pts 26/26 24/32 40/56 90/114
% 1st pts 100% 75% 71% 79%
2nd pts 18/28 13/17 28/48 59/93
% 2nd pts 64% 76% 58% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 3 6 11
Converted 2/6 3/6 6/13 11/25
Converted % 33% 50% 46% 44%
Conceded 0 3 6 9
Saved 0/0 3/3 2/6 5
Saved % 100% 33% 44%
Times Broken 0 0 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kokkinakis
WWWLWWLWLW
Schoolkate
WWWLWWLWWW
2024 2023 2022
30 - 20
44 - 30
17-12
Hard
38-22
11-6
Clay
0-2
2-1
Grass
6-5

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