Jack Draper prevails over Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-7(3) 6-3 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Wednesday. Draper will play against Aleksandar Vukic in the 3rd round. The epic lasted 4 hours and 35 minutes. This will be his best result in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. Here you can see his previous results at this event.
The Brit added to his prize money $ 90,000 after winning this match. He has already won $ 290,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Brit will add $ 130,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 420,000 in total.
Highlights Jack Draper vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Brit scored 168 points vs. Thanasi’s 153.
Draper
Draper blasted 12 aces and he committed 4 double faults. The Brit won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points after he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Kokkinakis
On the other side, Thanasi was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Draper and Kokkinakis is 3-1 for Jack.
Draw and next match H2H: Jack Draper vs. Aleksandar Vukic – stats
Draper will come up against Vukic in the 3rd round.
There is no head to head record between Jack Draper and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Australian won the set after he broke the Brit .
The Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Thanasi didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 78 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Kokkinakis won just 2 points more than the Brit (40-38). Kokkinakis surrendered 5 points on serve (25-5). on the other side of the net, Jack conceded 15 points on serve (33-15).
Draper overpowered the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Thanasi Kokkinakis in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, there was more work to do for Jack to win the set since Thanasi managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Brit kept his focus to break Kokkinakis in the 8th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).
Kokkinakis was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Jack converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Kokkinakis converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A) and the 5th game (1-3 30-40).
They played 57 points. Jack was the winner of the set after clinching 5 more points than the Australian (31-26). The Brit dropped 10 points on serve (17-10). Regarding the other side of the net, Kokkinakis conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Kokkinakis clinched in the 8th game (5-3) before ultimately conquering the set (6-3).
The Brit was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-3 to 6-3.
The Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, the Brit was on the money in converting all his break points in the 7th game (3-3 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 66 points. This set was so close that, Thanasi won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Thanasi lost 16 points on serve (26-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Draper conceded 7 points on serve (17-7).
Jack won the set after recovering 2 times from a break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 11th (5-6) game, The Brit broke back 3 times in the 10th (5-5), in the 11th (6-5) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Draper failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 15.
Jack converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 10th (4-5 0-40) and the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). Furthermore, on the other side, Kokkinakis converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40).
They played 73 points. This set was a huge battle since finally Draper won just 1 point more than the Australian (37-36). Draper lost 17 points on serve (23-17). In addition, on the other side, Kokkinakis conceded 14 points on serve (19-14).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Draper clinched in the 8th game (5-3) prior to ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Brit converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Brit didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 45 points. The Brit conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the Australian (27-18). Draper was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). Regarding the other side of the net, Kokkinakis conceded 10 points on serve (14-10).
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