H2H, prediction of Jack Draper vs Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 15th January 2025

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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

Jack Draper and Thanasi Kokkinakis will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on John Cain Arena. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Draper who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Jack Draper is the pick to win this match.
Jack Draper -> 1.44
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.79

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Prediction and head to head Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis

This will be the 4th time that Jack Draper and Thanasi Kokkinakis clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Draper (see full H2H stats), but Kokkinakis leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Draper won 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the 1st round in Madrid back in 2024.

Highlights Jack Draper vs Thanasi Kokkinakis – Madrid 24-April-2024

Jack Draper

Jack Draper
Jack Draper

1 - 0win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
18
High
15
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 39-22 19-10 5-7 7-3 8-2 0-0
2023 34-15 15-8 3-3 16-4 0-0 0-0
2022 46-19 12-6 2-2 26-7 6-4 0-0
2021 18-16 6-6 7-5 3-2 2-2 0-1

Ranked no. 18, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Mariano Navone 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 1st round, Jack had a tough win against Navone to overcome his opponent only in 5 sets (4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Draper scored 163 points vs Navone’s 157. Draper was extremely aggressive to blast 62 winners.

Talking about the service games, Draper blasted 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jack Draper lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Draper put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (62/93) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (32/67) on the 2nd serve. Jack broke Navone 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).

Draper has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 69% of his matches (227-104). 1-0 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Draper has an aggregate106-43 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Draper has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Draper
Australian Open
Draper's Record

Thanasi Kokkinakis

Thanasi Kokkinakis
Thanasi Kokkinakis

3 - 0win/loss

Hard
3-0
I Hard
0-0
Rank
71
High
65
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-0 3-0 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. 71, Thanasi reached the 2nd round after beating Roman Safiullin 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-6(5).

In the 1st round against Safiullin, Kokkinakis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3 7-65). During the match Kokkinakis scored 147 points vs Safiullin’s 141. Kokkinakis was pretty aggressive to blast 76 winners.

About the serving games, Kokkinakis overwhelmed his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 18 break points. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (76/106) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (18/52) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Safiullin 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).

Kokkinakis has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014, 2015, 2021, 2023 and 2024. See his history.

Kokkinakis
Australian Open
Kokkinakis's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

J.Draper
T.Kokkinakis
4h:01
4h:01
Time on court​
4h:05
4h:05
!
4h:01
4h:01
Last match​
!
4h:05
4h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
45
45
Games Played​
40
40
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
163
163
Total points​
147
147
163
163
Avg point​
147
147
62
62
Winners
76
76
62
62
Avg Winners​
76
76
38%
38%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
13
13
Aces
23
23
!
13
13
Avg Aces
!
23
23
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
1
1
62/93
62/93
1st won total​
76/106
76/106
67%
67%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
32/67
32/67
2nd won total​
18/52
18/52
48%
48%
2nd won %
!
35%
35%
-- Break Points --
7/17
7/17
BP won
6/8
6/8
7/17
7/17
Avg BP won
6/8
6/8
41%
41%
Won
!
75%
75%
17
17
Conceded
22
22
17
17
Avg Conceded
22
22
5
5
Broken
4
4
!
5
5
Avg Broken
4
4
12
12
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Draper Kokkinakis
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 45 40
Pts 163-157 147-141
Total Points 320 288
Winners 62 76
%Winners 38% 52%

Both Draper and Kokkinakis played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Jack Draper surrendered 2 sets, while Thanasi Kokkinakis surrendered 1 set. Draper has played 1 set more than Kokkinakis (5 vs 4). Therefore, Draper played 5 games more than Kokkinakis. Jack scored 62 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Thanasi scored 76 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Draper Kokkinakis
Aces 13 23
Avg per match 13 23
1st in 93/160 106/158
%1st in 58% 67%
1st pts 62/93 76/106
%1st pts 67% 72%
2nd pts 32/67 18/52
%2nd pts 48% 35%

Draper recorded 13 aces . Kokkinakis bagged 23 aces . Draper won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Draper Kokkinakis
Won 7 6
Converted 7/17 6/8
% Converted 41% 75%
Conceded 17 22
Saved 12 18
% Saved 71% 82%
Times Broken 5 4

Jack broke his opponent 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Brit lost his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Kokkinakis broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.

Draper
R1
Navone
Total
Score 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 45 45
pts 163-157 163-157
Total points 320 320
Winners 62 62
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 93/160 93/160
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 62/93 62/93
% 1st pts 67% 67%
2nd pts 32/67 32/67
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/17 7/17
Converted % 41% 41%
Conceded 17 17
Saved 12/17 12
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 5 5
Kokkinakis
R1
Safiullin
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-3 7-65
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 40 40
pts 147-141 147-141
Total points 288 288
Winners 76 76
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 23 23
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 106/158 106/158
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 76/106 76/106
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 18/52 18/52
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/8 6/8
Converted % 75% 75%
Conceded 22 22
Saved 18/22 18
Saved % 82% 82%
Times Broken 4 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Draper
W
Kokkinakis
WWW
2025 2024 2023
1 - 0
3 - 0
1-0
Hard
3-0

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