Roman Safiullin and Thanasi Kokkinakis will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on Kia Arena. 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 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.71
Roman Safiullin -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Thanasi Kokkinakis clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kokkinakis won 7-6(10) 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Cassis Challenger back in 2021.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-14 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62, the Russian will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost 7-6(4) 2-6 6-1 to Guinard in the 1st round on the 7th of January.
Safiullin has an aggregate 0-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 398-212 record. He has a positive 225-94 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-21 | 19-12 | 11-6 | 3-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 77, the Australian will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Adelaide where he lost w/o to Korda in the quarter on the 9th of January.
Kokkinakis has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 276-170 record. He has a positive 187-104 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014, 2015, 2021, 2023 and 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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