H2H, PREDICTION Yosuke Watanuki vs Mikhail Kukushkin | Australian Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Yosuke Watanuki and Mikhail Kukushkin will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yosuke Watanuki who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Yosuke Watanuki is the pick to win this match.
Yosuke Watanuki -> 1.68
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.12

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Prediction and head to head Yosuke Watanuki vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

This will be the 2nd time that Yosuke Watanuki and Mikhail Kukushkin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kukushkin won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2022.

Yosuke Watanuki

Yosuke Watanuki
Yosuke Watanuki

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Rank
337
High
72
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 2-7 2-6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 43-23 29-12 7-5 1-2 6-4 0-0
2022 40-22 19-11 6-4 15-7 0-0 0-0
2021 18-17 8-9 2-3 6-4 2-1 0-0
2020 11-7 2-2 0-2 9-3 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 138 (career-high), Watanuki got to the qualifications after beating Philip Sekulic 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Yousuke had a good straight sets win against Sekulic (6-4 6-2). During the match, Watanuki scored 55 points vs Sekulic’s 43. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Watanuki recorded 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Yosuke Watanuki was very efficient on serve to win 91% (20/22) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Japanese broke Sekulic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Watanuki has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (180-114). 4-1 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Watanuki has an overall107-62 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Yousuke’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger.

Watanuki has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2023, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Watanuki
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Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin

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Rank
100
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-26 24-9 10-9 7-4 6-4 0-0
2023 23-24 17-11 3-5 3-8 0-0 0-0
2022 36-28 18-11 0-2 13-11 5-4 0-0
2021 12-24 8-9 0-6 2-6 2-3 0-0
2020 9-12 3-5 3-2 3-5 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 195, Mikhail got to the qualifications after beating James Duckworth 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (7-5 6-4). During the match Kukushkin scored 77 points vs Duckworth’s 70. Mikhail was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Kukushkin made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Kukushkin broke Duckworth 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Mikhail has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2012. See his history.

Kukushkin
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Kukushkin's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

Y.Watanuki
M.Kukushkin
1h:14
1h:14
Time on court​
1h:43
1h:43
1h:14
1h:14
Last match​
1h:43
1h:43
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
22
22
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
55
55
Total points​
77
77
55
55
Avg point​
77
77
20
20
Winners
38
38
20
20
Avg Winners​
38
38
36%
36%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
5
5
8
8
Avg Aces
5
5
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
0
0
Avg Double Faults
2
2
20/22
20/22
1st won total​
38/53
38/53
!
91%
91%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
16/25
16/25
2nd won total​
12/26
12/26
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
3/7
3/7
BP won
3/7
3/7
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
43%
43%
Won
43%
43%
0
0
Conceded
7
7
0
0
Avg Conceded
7
7
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
0
0
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Watanuki Kukushkin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 22
Pts 55-43 77-70
Total Points 98 147
Winners 20 38
%Winners 36% 49%

Both Watanuki and Kukushkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Watanuki and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Watanuki played 4 games less than Kukushkin. The Japanese scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 38 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Watanuki Kukushkin
Aces 8 5
Avg per match 8 5
1st in 22/47 53/79
%1st in 47% 67%
1st pts 20/22 38/53
%1st pts 91% 72%
2nd pts 16/25 12/26
%2nd pts 64% 46%

Watanuki bagged 8 aces . Kukushkin managed to score 5 aces . Watanuki won 91% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Watanuki Kukushkin
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
% Converted 43% 43%
Conceded 0 7
Saved 0 6
% Saved 0% 86%
Times Broken 0 1

Yousuke broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Watanuki pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kukushkin broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Watanuki
Q1
Sekulic		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 55-43 55-43
Total points 98 98
Winners 20 20
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 22/47 22/47
% 1st in 47% 47%
1st pts 20/22 20/22
% 1st pts 91% 91%
2nd pts 16/25 16/25
% 2nd pts 64% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Kukushkin
Q1
Duckworth		 Total
Score 7-5 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 77-70 77-70
Total points 147 147
Winners 38 38
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 53/79 53/79
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 38/53 38/53
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 12/26 12/26
% 2nd pts 46% 46%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 6/7 6
Saved % 86% 86%
Times Broken 1 1

Head 2 Head

Yosuke Watanuki
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4Chall
  • 5Minor
Mikhail Kukushkin
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 16Chall
  • 1Minor

Yosuke
Watanuki

1:1

Mikhail
Kukushkin

Rank

337

High

72

1Hard1

Rank

100

High

39

Win Loss
Watanuki
LLLWLWLLL
Kukushkin
LWWLWWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
2 - 6
47 - 26
2-6
Hard
24-9
0-0
I Hard
7-4
0-0
Clay
10-9
0-0
Grass
6-4

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