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Sam Groth #82 def. Thanasi Kokkinakis #147

3-6 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Sam Groth
Score	3-6 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-1
Loser	Thanasi Kokkinakis
Duration	2h 53m

Stat	Sam Groth	Thanasi Kokkinakis
Aces	26	14
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	67	63
First serve points won %	78	81
Second serve points won %	62	43
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	72	67
Return points won %	33	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sam Groth	Thanasi Kokkinakis
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Oct 19, 1987	Apr 10, 1996
Age	27	18
Height	193	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	82	147
Ranking points (entering)	625	361
Elo (entering)	1,746	1,694
Career W-L	36–57	73–91
Career earnings	$1,950,436	$4,895,632

Pre-match H2H

Sam Groth 0 – 0 Thanasi Kokkinakis

Path

Sam Groth's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Filip Krajinovic	6-3 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Sam Groth's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2015	R32	Bernard Tomic	4-6 6-7(8) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Thanasi Kokkinakis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2015	R128	Ernests Gulbis	5-7 6-0 1-6 7-6(2) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data