Mikhail Kukushkin and Stefano Napolitano will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefano Napolitano who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefano Napolitano is the pick to win this match.
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.68
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Stefano Napolitano since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
24 - 9win/loss
100
39
LWWLWWWLLL | 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 |
Ranked no. 143, the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 6-4, Rudolf Molleker 6-71 6-1 6-1 and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-63 4-6 7-65.
In the quarter, Mikhail defeated Ramos-Vinolas (7-63 4-6 7-65). During the match, Kukushkin scored 124 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 123. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 62% (53/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (30/57) on the 2nd serve. Kukushkin broke Ramos-Vinolas 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikhail has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Kukushkin has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (264-234). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has a compiled 43-54 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he beat Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Kukushkin has an overall 24-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Stefano Napolitano
14 - 5win/loss
149
121
LLLLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Stefano got to the semifinal after defeating Vilius Gaubas 6-3 6-2, Vit Kopriva 7-67 7-5 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-2 7-65.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-2 7-65). During the match Napolitano scored 80 points vs Huesler’s 64. Napolitano was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Napolitano fired 7 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Stefano Napolitano lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Napolitano put 70% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Huesler 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated Seong Chan Hong in the final 4-6 6-3 6-3.
Stefano has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Napolitano has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 63 |
| Pts | 304-271 | 230-187 |
| Total Points | 575 | 417 |
| Winners | 130 | 97 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Both Kukushkin and Napolitano played 3 matches. At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin dropped 2 sets while Stefano Napolitano hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kukushkin has played 2 sets more than Napolitano (8 vs 6). Therefore, Kukushkin played 20 games more than Napolitano. Mikhail scored 130 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Napolitano made 97 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 195/294 | 135/200 |
| %1st in | 66% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 130/195 | 97/135 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 53/99 | 34/65 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Kukushkin blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Napolitano scored 12 aces (4 per match). Kukushkin won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Napolitano won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Napolitano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/35 | 11/26 |
| % Converted | 37% | 42% |
| Conceded | 30 | 12 |
| Saved | 23 | 8 |
| % Saved | 77% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 4 |
Mikhail broke his opponents 13 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Stefano broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||||
| R1 Moreno De Alboran |
R2 Molleker |
1/4 Ramos-Vinolas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-71 6-1 6-1 | 7-63 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 | 36 | 83 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 105-90 | 124-123 | 304-271 | |
| Total points | 133 | 195 | 247 | 575 | |
| Winners | 31 | 46 | 53 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/61 | 62/90 | 86/143 | 195/294 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 69% | 60% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/47 | 46/62 | 53/86 | 130/195 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 62% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 13/28 | 30/57 | 53/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 46% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/18 | 4/5 | 13/35 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 28% | 80% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 17 | 30 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 3/3 | 12/17 | 23 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 71% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| Napolitano | |||||
| R1 Gaubas |
R2 Kopriva |
1/4 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-67 7-5 | 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 21 | 63 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 85-80 | 80-64 | 230-187 | |
| Total points | 108 | 165 | 144 | 417 | |
| Winners | 25 | 34 | 38 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% | 48% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 51/78 | 50/71 | 135/200 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 34/51 | 38/50 | 97/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 13/27 | 9/21 | 34/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 48% | 43% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/8 | 3/11 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 27% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/5 | 6/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 40% | 86% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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