LiontipsTsitsipas vs. Kokkinakis. US Open match prediction and bets
Command Analysis
Current form
Tsitsipas has had a poor season on hard court. In Montreal, he hung up his racket at the start of the competition, losing to Kei Nishikori in two sets. In Cincinnati, the Greek won against Jan-Lennard Struff, but immediately after that he lost to Jack Draper. Both matches ended in three sets.
Professional qualities
Stefanos has excellent technique. He is a versatile tennis player who performs well on any surface. However, this season Tsitsipas has slowed down and does not look his best. Perhaps this is due to his affair with Paula Badosa. Because of this, the Greek began to pay less attention to the game of tennis.
Current indicators in the tour
This season, Tsitsipas has only won the Monte Carlo title. His results at other tournaments were not impressive. The Greek looked particularly bad at the previous hard court tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati, where he was eliminated in the second round. Because of this, he occupies 11th place in the world rankings.
Interesting facts for betting
4 of the last 5 matches of the Greek representative at the Majors ended in 4 or 5 sets. Somehow Tsitsipas does not perform very consistently at the highest level.
Current form
Kokkinakis never found his game. He looked particularly bad in his last matches. At the tournament in Washington, the Australian representative lost to Sebastian Korda in the third round, and in Montreal, he lost to Hubert Hurkacz in the second.
Professional qualities
Kokkinakis has a strong serve and an aggressive style of play. However, he is too unstable. In addition, Thanasi has a weak backhand. All this prevents him from achieving great success in tennis.
Current indicators in the tour
Kokkinakis is the 86th racket in the world ranking. Despite the fact that on open hard courts in 2024 he won 13 out of 24 matches, he cannot rise higher yet. Although, at one time Thanasis was the 65th racket in the ATP ranking.
Interesting facts for betting
Kokkinakis is an inconsistent tennis player, so his matches are too long. For example, 7 of the Australian's last 8 matches were played for at least 37 games.
Trends
Total over 3.5 sets bet
In 3 of Thanasi's last 5 matches there have been set exchanges
1.69Bet 1st set: total over 9.5 games
Four of Kokkinakis' last five matches have seen the first set go to more than nine games.
1.75Tip and bets
Tsitsipas is a big favorite, but don't underestimate Kokkinakis. Especially since the Greek is far from his best playing form right now. In 2021, in their head-to-head meeting at the Australian Open, the tennis players produced a real thriller and played for five sets. We expect to see something similar at the US Open.
Our prediction is total over 39.5 games for 1.80
Bet on the outcome
In Montreal, Kokkinakis butted heads with all his opponents and lost to Gurkacz in a fierce fight. It is possible that the Australian will properly prepare for the fight and resist the favorite.
Betting Tip - Kokkinakis with a handicap of (+5) games for 1.69
Tiebreak bet
Three of Kokkinakis' last five matches have gone to tiebreaks, and given his serve, we expect history to repeat itself.
Betting Tip - tiebreaker - yes for 1.96
