Mikhail Kukushkin and Paul Jubb will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 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 Paul Jubb who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Paul Jubb is the pick to win this match.
Paul Jubb -> 1.87
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Paul Jubb
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Paul Jubb face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Jubb (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they locked horns, Jubb won 6-4 7-6(9) in the 1st round in the Surbiton Challenger back in 2022.
Mikhail Kukushkin
31 - 13win/loss
103
39
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 47-27 | 24-10 | 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. 136, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after defeating Arthur Fery 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Fery (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kukushkin scored 57 points vs Fery’s 34. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin made 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin was very efficient on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mikhail broke Fery 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kukushkin has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (271-239). 1-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kukushkin has an overall 20-21 match record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
The Kazakhstani has an overall 31-13 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Paul Jubb
32 - 13win/loss
186
186
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 44-24 | 26-13 | 0-2 | 9-4 | 9-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 24-13 | 19-9 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 32-26 | 7-9 | 10-4 | 12-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 |
2021 | 51-13 | 48-10 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308, the Brit got to the 2nd round after beating Charles Broom 6-2 6-4, Omar Jasika 6-4 6-4 and Alex Michelsen 6-4 2-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit defeated Michelsen (6-4 2-6 6-2). During the match Jubb scored 106 points vs Michelsen’s 101. Jubb was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Jubb managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Paul Jubb lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Jubb put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (37/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (17/37) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Michelsen 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
The Brit’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Glasgow Challenger and M25 Nottingham.
The Brit has an aggregate 32-13 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kukushkin | Jubb |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
Tot Games | 17 | 64 |
Pts | 57-34 | 248-205 |
Total Points | 91 | 453 |
Winners | 29 | 89 |
%Winners | 51% | 36% |
Kukushkin played 1 match while Jubb competed in 3 matches. Jubb started his run from the qualifications while Kukushkin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Paul Jubb lost 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kukushkin has played 5 set(s) less than Jubb (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kukushkin played 47 games less than Jubb. Mikhail scored 29 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Paul scored 89 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kukushkin | Jubb |
---|---|---|
Aces | 3 | 17 |
Avg per match | 3 | 5.7 |
1st in | 37/51 | 116/203 |
%1st in | 73% | 57% |
1st pts | 29/37 | 89/116 |
%1st pts | 78% | 77% |
2nd pts | 10/14 | 48/87 |
%2nd pts | 71% | 55% |
Kukushkin scored 3 aces . Jubb scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Kukushkin won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Jubb won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kukushkin | Jubb |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 10 |
Converted | 3/4 | 10/34 |
% Converted | 75% | 29% |
Conceded | 5 | 19 |
Saved | 5 | 15 |
% Saved | 100% | 79% |
Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Mikhail broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kukushkin had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Jubb broke his opponents 10 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
Kukushkin | |||
R1 Fery |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
pts | 57-34 | 57-34 | |
Total points | 91 | 91 | |
Winners | 29 | 29 | |
%Winners | 51% | 51% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
% 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
% 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Jubb | |||||
Q1 Broom |
Q3 Jasika |
R1 Michelsen |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 26 | 64 | |
pts | 72-55 | 70-49 | 106-101 | 248-205 | |
Total points | 127 | 119 | 207 | 453 | |
Winners | 27 | 25 | 37 | 89 | |
%Winners | 38% | 36% | 35% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
1st in | 35/66 | 28/47 | 53/90 | 116/203 | |
% 1st in | 53% | 60% | 59% | 57% | |
1st pts | 27/35 | 25/28 | 37/53 | 89/116 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 89% | 70% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 16/31 | 15/19 | 17/37 | 48/87 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 79% | 46% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 2/7 | 4/17 | 10/34 | |
Converted % | 40% | 29% | 24% | 29% | |
Conceded | 7 | 0 | 12 | 19 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 9/12 | 15 | |
Saved % | 86% | – | 75% | 161% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Emilio NavaNava (2-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-60) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Alex BoltBolt (7-63 6-0) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Arthur FeryFery (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Juncheng ShangShang (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-74 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (6-4 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Emilio NavaNava (2-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Maxime CressyCressy (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-3 7-6(0)) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Alex BoltBolt (7-6(3) 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction