Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikhail Kukushkin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Almaty Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.063
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 8.6
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 6th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Mikhail Kukushkin play each other. The head to head is 5-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Nur sultan back in 2022.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Mikhail Kukushkin – Nur sultan 04-October-2022
Stefanos Tsitsipas
38 - 22win/loss
39
3
WLWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-22 | 21-13 | 12-6 | 4-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 22-18 | 12-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-11 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39, the Greek reached the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-6(9) 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Tsitsipas defeated Kovacevic (7-69 3-6 6-3). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 97 points vs Kovacevic’s 91. The Greek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (48/58) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Greek broke Kovacevic once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (468-229). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a compiled 101-51 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in Gstaad where he overcame Raphael Collignon in the final 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3.
The Greek has an aggregate 38-22 win-loss record in 2026, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2022. See his history.
Mikhail Kukushkin
23 - 18win/loss
389
39
WLLLWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-18 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 19-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-27 | 11-13 | 3-2 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 389, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after defeating Stefanos Sakellaridis 7-6(4) 7-6(3).
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Sakellaridis (7-64 7-63). During the match Kukushkin scored 91 points vs Sakellaridis’s 85. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (40/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Sakellaridis 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Mikhail’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Glasgow Challenger.
Mikhail has a composed 23-18 win-loss record in 2026, 19-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 26 |
| Pts | 97-91 | 91-85 |
| Total Points | 188 | 176 |
| Winners | 48 | 40 |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% |
Both Tsitsipas and Kukushkin played 1 match. At the moment, Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 5 games more than Kukushkin. Tsitsipas scored 48 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Mikhail scored 40 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 61/91 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 40/61 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Tsitsipas managed to score 7 aces . Kukushkin scored 1 ace . Tsitsipas won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 25% | 43% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Stefanos broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Tsitsipas lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kukushkin broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 97-91 | 97-91 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 58/86 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/58 | 48/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Sakellaridis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 91-85 | 91-85 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/91 | 61/91 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 40/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-69 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-74 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-73 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason Murray Kubler/John PeersMurray Kubler/John Peers – Luciano Darderi/Tomas Martin EtcheverryDarderi/Tomas Martin Etcheverry (4-6 7-68 10-5) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Alexander Donski/Filip PieczonkaDonski/Filip Pieczonka – Arthur Reymond/Luca SanchezReymond/Luca Sanchez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Marin CilicCilic (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-7(4) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rinky HijikataHijikata (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-6(9) 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Andrey RublevRublev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
