H2H, PREDICTION Stan Wawrinka vs Mikhail Kukushkin | Melbourne odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Stan Wawrinka vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Stan Wawrinka and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Murray River Open for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stan Wawrinka who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Stan Wawrinka is the pick to win this match.
Stan Wawrinka -> 1.37
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Stan Wawrinka vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

This will be the 5th time that Stan Wawrinka and Mikhail Kukushkin play each other. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Wawrinka won 6-74 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the Rubber 4 in 2 back in 2014.

Stan Wawrinka

Ranked no. 18, Wawrinka will start his run in Melbourne after he played his last match in Paris where he lost 6-3 7-6(1) to Zverev in the quarter on the 6th of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about his overall career, Stan has an overall 637-351 record. He has a positive 236-124 record on hard.

Last year in Melbourne

Wawrinka lost in the quarter to Alexander Zverev.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 90, Kukushkin reached the Rubber 4 after defeating Juan Ignacio Londero 4-6 7-5 6-2.

In the 1st round against Londero, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 101 points vs Londero’s 88. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Kukushkin struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 77% (46/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Londero 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Mikhail has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

The Kazakhstani lost in the 1st round to Marc Polmans.

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Wawrinka
LLWLLWLWLW
Kukushkin
LWWLWWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
6 - 14
47 - 26
0-3
Hard
24-9
0-0
I Hard
7-4
5-10
Clay
10-9
1-1
Grass
6-4

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