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H2H, prediction of Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Philip Sekulic in Sydney Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 30th October 2024

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Thanasi Kokkinakis and Philip Sekulic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

(image) As per the initial odds, Thanasi Kokkinakis is the pick to win this match.
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 1.154
Philip Sekulic -> 4.8

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Prediction and head to head Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Philip Sekulic

This will be the 2nd time that Thanasi Kokkinakis and Philip Sekulic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kokkinakis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Kokkinakis won 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Sydney Challenger back in 2023.

Thanasi Kokkinakis

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30 – 20win/loss

Hard
15–12
I Hard
2–1
Clay
11–6
Grass
2–1
Rank
87
High
65
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet

2024
30-20
15-12
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

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Ranked no. 87, Thanasi reached the 2nd round after beating Christian Langmo 6-3 6-4.

In the 1st round, Thanasi had a good straight sets win against Langmo (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kokkinakis scored 67 points vs Langmo’s 48. Kokkinakis was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kokkinakis managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thanasi Kokkinakis was very effective on serve to win 91% (29/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kokkinakis broke Langmo twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).

Kokkinakis has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (214-136). 15-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kokkinakis has an aggregate 140-81 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

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

The Australian has an overall 30-20 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

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Sydney Challenger
Kokkinakis’s Record
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Philip Sekulic

Philip Sekulic(image)
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27 – 25win/loss

Hard
27–21
I Hard
0–0
Clay
0–3
Grass
0–1
Rank
344
High
225
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet

2024
27-25
27-21
0-3
0-0
0-1
0-0

2023
37-28
33-24
0-1
0-1
4-2
0-0

2022
29-23
19-15
10-8
0-0
0-0
0-0

2021
8-3
8-3
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0

2020
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0

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Ranked no. 344, Sekulic reached the 2nd round after defeating Pavle Marinkov 6-2 5-7 6-1.

In the 1st round, Philip defeated Marinkov (6-2 5-7 6-1). During the match Sekulic scored 94 points vs Marinkov’s 81. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Sekulic struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Philip Sekulic lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Sekulic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (44/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Marinkov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Sekulic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Wuxi Challenger,the Kachreti Challenger and M25 Cairns.

Philip has a composed 27-25 win-loss record in 2024, 27-21 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sydney Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.

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Sydney Challenger
Sekulic’s Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Kokkinakis
P.Sekulic
1h:16

1h:16

Time on court​
!
2h:01

2h:01

1h:16

1h:16

Last match​
!
2h:01

2h:01

1

1

Match played
1

1

19

19

Games Played​
27

27

2

2

Set played​​
3

3

67

67

Total points​
94

94

67

67

Avg point​
94

94

29

29

Winners
44

44

29

29

Avg Winners​
44

44

43%

43%

Ratio winners
47%

47%

— Serve —
13

13

Aces
5

5

!
13

13

Avg Aces
5

5

2

2

Double Faults
4

4

2

2

Avg Double Faults
4

4

29/32

29/32

1st won total​
44/61

44/61

!
91%

91%

1st won %
!
72%

72%

11/16

11/16

2nd won total​
20/42

20/42

!
69%

69%

2nd won %
48%

48%

— Break Points —
2/12

2/12

BP won
5/11

5/11

2/12

2/12

Avg BP won
5/11

5/11

!
17%

17%

Won
45%

45%

0

0

Conceded
9

9

0

0

Avg Conceded
9

9

0

0

Broken
2

2

!
0

0

Avg Broken
2

2

0

0

Saved
7

7

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points
Kokkinakis
Sekulic

Match played
1
1

Tot Set
2
3

Tot Games
19
27

Pts
67-48
94-81

Total Points
115
175

Winners
29
44

%Winners
43%
47%

Both Kokkinakis and Sekulic played 1 match. At the moment, Philip Sekulic dropped 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kokkinakis has played 1 set(s) less than Sekulic (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kokkinakis played 8 games less than Sekulic. Thanasi scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 44 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve
Kokkinakis
Sekulic

Aces
13
5

Avg per match
13
5

1st in
32/48
61/103

%1st in
67%
59%

1st pts
29/32
44/61

%1st pts
91%
72%

2nd pts
11/16
20/42

%2nd pts
69%
48%

Kokkinakis fired 13 aces . Sekulic bagged 5 aces . Kokkinakis won 91% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Sekulic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks
Kokkinakis
Sekulic

Won
2
5

Converted
2/12
5/11

% Converted
17%
45%

Conceded
0
9

Saved
0
7

% Saved
0%
78%

Times Broken
0
2

Thanasi broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. Kokkinakis had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Philip broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sekulic conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Kokkinakis

R1
Langmo
Total

Score
6-3 6-4

Tot Set
2
2

Tot Games
19
19

pts
67-48
67-48

Total points
115
115

Winners
29
29

%Winners
43%
43%

SERVE

Aces
13
13

Double Faults
2
2

1st in
32/48
32/48

% 1st in
67%
67%

1st pts
29/32
29/32

% 1st pts
91%
91%

2nd pts
11/16
11/16

% 2nd pts
69%
69%

Breaks

Won
2
2

Converted
2/12
2/12

Converted %
17%
17%

Conceded
0
0

Saved
0/0
0

Saved %
–
0%

Times Broken
0
0

Sekulic

R1
Marinkov
Total

Score
6-2 5-7 6-1

Tot Set
3
3

Tot Games
27
27

pts
94-81
94-81

Total points
175
175

Winners
44
44

%Winners
47%
47%

SERVE

Aces
5
5

Double Faults
4
4

1st in
61/103
61/103

% 1st in
59%
59%

1st pts
44/61
44/61

% 1st pts
72%
72%

2nd pts
20/42
20/42

% 2nd pts
48%
48%

Breaks

Won
5
5

Converted
5/11
5/11

Converted %
45%
45%

Conceded
9
9

Saved
7/9
7

Saved %
78%
78%

Times Broken
2
2

Head 2 Head

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1Main
6Chall
1Minor


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0Slam
0Main
0Chall
0Minor


Thanasi
Kokkinakis

1:0


Philip
Sekulic

Rank

87

High

65

1h:16Played

1Hard0

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Rank

344

High

225

2h:01Played

Win Loss
Kokkinakis

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Sekulic

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2024
2023
2022
28 – 20
27 – 25
15–12

Hard

27–21
11–6

Clay

0–3
2–1

Grass

0–1

Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger

Omar JasikaJasika – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (6-2 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
Blake EllisEllis – James McCabeMcCabe (6-72 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Philip SekulicSekulic – Pavle MarinkovMarinkov (6-2 5-7 6-1) – See score progression
Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Jake DelaneyDelaney (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
Rinky HijikataHijikata – Ryuki MatsudaMatsuda (7-65 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Masamichi ImamuraImamura – Hayden JonesJones (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Jacob BradshawBradshaw (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Ajeet RaiRai – Alex BoltBolt (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Christian LangmoLangmo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Blake MottMott – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
Marc PolmansPolmans – Edward WinterWinter (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi – Moerani BouzigeBouzige (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Tibo ColsonColson – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-3 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Matthew DellavedovaDellavedova – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Ajeet RaiRai – Alex BoltBolt (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
Yuki MochizukiMochizuki – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Blake MottMott – Seita WatanabeWatanabe (7-5 6-7(5) 6-3) – See score progression
Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Jacob BradshawBradshaw (6-3 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

Blake MottMott – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Marc PolmansPolmans – Hikaru ShiraishiShiraishi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Omar JasikaJasika – Blake EllisEllis (2-1) – H2H and prediction
Ajeet RaiRai – Yuki MochizukiMochizuki (0-1) – H2H and prediction
Rinky HijikataHijikata – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (1-0) – H2H and prediction
Emile HuddHudd – Dane SweenySweeny (0-0) – H2H and prediction
Tibo ColsonColson – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction

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Kokkinakis
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