Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the 2nd round of the Tenerife 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.74
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-30 | 6-5 | 13-18 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 235, the French player reached the 2nd round after beating Benoit Paire 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Blancaneaux defeated Paire (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 97 points vs Paire’s 90. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 52% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (23/48) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Paire 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Blancaneaux has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (280-222). 1-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blancaneaux has an overall92-51 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Blancaneaux has a compiled 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 1 Challenger
Blancaneaux has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-31 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 12-8 | 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 |
Ranked no. 262, Mikhail reached the 2nd round after beating Martin Damm 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Damm (6-4 7-62). During the match Kukushkin scored 68 points vs Damm’s 53. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was very effective on serve to win 88% (35/40) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Damm once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 |
| Pts | 97-90 | 68-53 |
| Total Points | 187 | 121 |
| Winners | 36 | 35 |
| %Winners | 37% | 51% |
Both Blancaneaux and Kukushkin played 1 match. At the moment, Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blancaneaux has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Blancaneaux played 6 games more than Kukushkin. Blancaneaux scored 36 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 35 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/100 | 40/57 |
| %1st in | 52% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 35/40 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 12/17 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 71% |
Blancaneaux recorded 1 ace . Kukushkin also blasted 1 ace . Blancaneaux won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 1 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 1/3 |
| % Converted | 55% | 33% |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 56% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The French player broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Blancaneaux surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Mikhail was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-90 | 97-90 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/100 | 52/100 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 23/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Damm |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 68-53 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 35/40 | 35/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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