Mikhail Kukushkin and Joao Fonseca will play each other in the 1st round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.44
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Joao Fonseca
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Joao Fonseca since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
51 - 29win/loss
112
39
LLLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-32 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 12-9 | 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. 111, Kukushkin will start his run in the Bratislava 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brest Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Kachmazov in the quarter on the 25th of October.
Mikhail has an aggregate 51-29 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning 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 defeated Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 629-476 record. He has a positive 145-110 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history.
Joao Fonseca
28 - 20win/loss
144
144
LWWWLWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-23 | 8-3 | 14-11 | 8-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154 (career-high), Fonseca will start his run in the Bratislava 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brest Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(8) 6-4 to Bonzi in the quarter on the 25th of October.
Fonseca has an overall 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Lexington Challenger where he defeated Li Tu in the final 6-1 6-4.
In terms of his career, The Brazilian has an overall 44-30 record. He has a positive 4-2 record on indoor hard courts.
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