Who Will Win: Purcell Vs Kokkinakis? Prediction For ATP Mubadala Citi Dc Open 2024

What Time Will Max Purcell Play Against Thanasi Kokkinakis?

Purcell and Kokkinakis are on the Day 2 Schedule at Mubadala Citi Dc Open 2024 on Tuesday 30 July 2024. 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?

1R: Max Purcell (AUS) will be facing Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) in their first-ever tour-level meeting. They have previously met in the 18 Aptos CH (U.S.A.) on Hard, where Kokkinakis emerged victorious with a score of 6-2, 6-2 in the Round of 32.

Max Purcell, who is 26 years old, currently holds the 59th position in the ATP singles rankings. He achieved his career-high ranking of No. 40 in October 2023. In the year 2024, he has a win-loss record of 12-17, including reaching the final in Eastbourne and losing in the first round in Washington in 2023.

Some notable achievements for Purcell include breaking into the Top 200 in singles in 2021 and reaching the Top 100 in March 2023. He reached his first ATP Tour singles semifinal as a lucky loser in 2021 Eastbourne and then went on to reach his first final in 2024 Eastbourne. He secured his biggest career win by defeating No. 7 Ruud en route to his first ATP Masters 1000 quarterfinal in the 2023 Cincinnati tournament, where he lost to No. 1 Alcaraz.

Additionally, Purcell replaced the two-time Olympic gold medallist Murray in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics draw and defeated No. 15 Auger-Aliassime in the first round (held in 2021). In 2023, he had an impressive record of 34-7 on the ATP Challenger Tour, including a remarkable 18-match winning streak and winning three titles consecutively in Chennai, Bengaluru, and Pune.

In doubles, Purcell achieved a career-high ranking of No. 19. He reached the finals of the 2020 and 2022 Australian Open and won the 2022 Wimbledon title with his partner Ebden, becoming the first All-Aussie men’s doubles Wimbledon champions since Woodbridge/Woodforde in 2000.

It is important to note that Purcell has had his best season this year, earning a personal-best 12 wins

(previously 10 in 2023), highlighted by his run to the first ATP Tour final in Eastbourne, where he lost to Fritz. He started the US summer hard court series with a quarterfinal appearance in Atlanta last week.

On the other hand, Thanasi Kokkinakis, aged 28, currently holds the 91st position in the ATP singles rankings. His career-high ranking is No. 65, which he achieved at the age of 27 in 2023, surpassing his previous career-high of No. 69 set at the age of 19 in 2015.

Kokkinakis captured his first ATP Tour title in his hometown at the 2022 Adelaide-2 event as a wildcard ranked 145th. Prior to that, he had reached his first quarterfinal, semifinal, and final at the 2017 Los Cabos event as a wildcard ranked 454th.

In a notable upset, Kokkinakis defeated defending champion Federer in the second round of the 2018 Miami tournament when he was ranked 175th, becoming the lowest-ranked player to defeat a World No. 1 since No. 178 Clavet beat Hewitt in the 2003 Miami second round.

In doubles, Kokkinakis won the 2022 Australian Open title with his compatriot Kyrgios. They were ranked 434th and defeated the pair of Ebden/Purcell, marking the first All-Aussie Grand Slam doubles final since the 1980 Australian Open.

During 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 the Australian Open and US Open.

It should be noted that this will be Kokkinakis’ first ATP Tour hard court event since the ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells in March, where he lost to Giron in the first round and to No. 3 Sinner in the second round. In his Washington debut last year, he defeated Daniel in the first round and lost to Humbert in the second round.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Purcell will win.
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