Thanasi Kokkinakis and Tristan Schoolkate will face off in the semifinal of the Sydney Challenger for the 1^st 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.

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 -> 1.29
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

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

Tristan Schoolkate

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.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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

Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger

• Blake Bayldon/Mats HermansBayldon/Mats Hermans – Kody Pearson/Joshua SheehyPearson/Joshua Sheehy (6-3 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction