Prediction Of Kokkinakis Vs Korda H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Adelaide International 2025?

What Time Will Thanasi Kokkinakis Play Against Sebastian Korda?

Kokkinakis and Korda are on the Day 4 Schedule at Adelaide International 2025 on Thursday 9 January 2025. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS), currently ranked No. 77 in the world, will be facing off against Sebastian Korda (USA), who is currently ranked No. 22. Korda holds a 3-0 lead in their head-to-head matches.

Their previous encounters include a match in Delray Beach, where Korda emerged victorious with a scoreline of 6-4, 6-1. They also faced each other in the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells tournament, where Korda won 6-3, 6-4 in the round of 128. Lastly, they met in Washington, where Korda won again with a score of 6-7(1), 7-5, 3-2, with Kokkinakis retiring.

Kokkinakis, who is currently 28 years old, achieved his first ranking point just eight days after his fifteenth birthday in 2011. His career reached a high point at age 27 in 2023, when he achieved a ranking of No. 65, surpassing his previous career-high of No. 69 at age 19 in 2015.

In 2022, Kokkinakis won his first ATP Tour title at the Adelaide-2 tournament in his hometown. At the time, he was ranked 145th. He had previously reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals at the 2017 Los Cabos tournament when he was ranked 454th.

Notably, Kokkinakis caused an upset in the 2018 Miami tournament by defeating defending champion Roger Federer in the second round. At the time, he was ranked 175th, becoming the lowest-ranked player to beat a world No. 1 since 2003.

Kokkinakis also won the 2022 Australian Open doubles title with his fellow Australian player Nick Kyrgios. They were ranked 434th and defeated Ebden/Purcell in the final. This victory marked the first all-Aussie Grand Slam doubles final since the 1980 Australian Open.

In his junior career, Kokkinakis reached three Grand Slam finals in 2013. He won the Wimbledon boys’ doubles title with Kyrgios and finished as the boys’ singles runner-up at both the Australian Open and US Open.

Sebastian Korda, who is now 24 years old, reached a career-high ranking of No. 15 in August 2024. He and his father, Petr Korda, became the only father-son duo to both rank inside the Top 20 in PIF ATP Rankings history. Petr Korda achieved a career-high ranking of No. 2 in 1998.

Korda’s notable victories include defeating No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Shanghai Masters and No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Montreal tournament.

He won the 2021 Parma title without dropping a set and followed it up with a victory at the 2024 Washington tournament, 32 years after his father won the same event in 1992. This made them the first father-son duo to win the same ATP Tour event.

Korda also had impressive performances at Grand Slam events, reaching the fourth round as a qualifier in both the 2020 French Open and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships. He became only the third male player in the Open Era to achieve this feat in their debut at both events, following in the footsteps of Bjorn Borg and Mikael Pernfors.

In his junior career, Korda won the 2018 Australian Open boys’ singles title, two decades after his father won the men’s singles title in the same tournament.

Korda comes from a family with a strong sporting background. His father, Petr, reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 on the ATP Tour. His mother, Regina, reached a peak ranking of No. 26 in the WTA. His sister, Nelly, is currently the world No. 1 women’s golfer, and his other sister, Jessica, reached a peak ranking of No. 8 in women’s golf.

In their upcoming match, Kokkinakis will be seeking his fifth ATP Tour semifinal appearance, his fourth in Adelaide, and his first since reaching the semifinals in 2023. He currently holds the record for the most match wins in the tournament’s history, with 14 wins. Kokkinakis is the only former champion in the field after defending champion Jonas Lehecka withdrew from the tournament.

As for Korda, he has been performing well in quarterfinal matches, winning 13 out of 15 since October 2022. However, he has had to retire in both of his previous quarterfinal losses, one of which was against Kokkinakis. Interestingly, Korda saved two match points against Kokkinakis on his way to winning the Washington title last year. He will be aiming to reach the semifinals of the Adelaide tournament for the third consecutive year, following his appearance in the 2023 final and the 2024 semifinals.

Their match will take place on Show Court 1.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Kokkinakis will win.
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