Mikhail Kukushkin and Jason Jung will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Court 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jason Jung who should win in 5 sets.
Jason Jung -> 1.9
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Jason Jung
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Jason Jung since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
Ranked no. 129, Kukushkin got to the qualifications after defeating Mathias Bourgue 4-6 6-3 7-62.
In the qualifications against Bourgue, Kukushkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-62). During the match, Kukushkin scored 112 points vs Bourgue’s 102. Mikhail was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 79% (46/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Bourgue twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Kukushkin has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (268-239). 6-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kukushkin has an aggregate 119-90 record in the last years on hard.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 8-17 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020. See his history.
Jason Jung
Ranked no. 168, Jason got to the qualifications after defeating Sebastian Ofner 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Jung had a good straight sets win against Ofner (7-5 6-4). During the match Jung scored 67 points vs Ofner’s 59. Jason was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Jung made 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jason Jung lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Jung put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (30/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Jason broke Ofner 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Chinese has an overall 10-17 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 |
| Pts | 112-102 | 67-59 |
| Total Points | 214 | 126 |
| Winners | 46 | 30 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Kukushkin and Jung played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin surrendered 1 set while Jason Jung hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kukushkin has played 1 set more than Jung (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kukushkin played 10 games more than Jung. Mikhail scored 46 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Jason scored 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 41/63 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 30/41 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 50% |
Kukushkin fired 8 aces . Jung made 3 aces . Kukushkin won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Jung won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Jung |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 20% | 44% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Kukushkin broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Kukushkin surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Jason broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Bourgue | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 112-102 | 112-102 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 58/97 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 46/58 | 46/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Jung | |||
| Q1 Ofner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 67-59 | 67-59 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores – U.S. Open
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (6-71 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Yannick MadenMaden (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Blaz KavcicKavcic (6-1 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 7-67) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Steven DiezDiez (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (7-64 7-69) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (5-7 7-60 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Michael MmohMmoh (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Mathias BourgueBourgue (4-6 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-3 4-6 7-62) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Lukas LackoLacko (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Samir BanerjeeBanerjee (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Daniel MasurMasur (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine HoangHoang – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Govind NandaNanda (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (3-6 7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Tomas MachacMachac (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-73 6-0 7-64) – See score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Joao SousaSousa (7-65 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ruben BemelmansBemelmans – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Denis IstominIstomin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Andrea CollariniCollarini (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (2-6 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Lukas RosolRosol (4-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Tobias KamkeKamke (3-6 7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-0 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Sumit NagalNagal (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Stefan KozlovKozlov (7-5 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-5 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Zane KhanKhan – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Hugo GrenierGrenier (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Borna GojoGojo (6-75 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Pedro SousaSousa (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (4-6 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Filippo BaldiBaldi (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Facundo MenaMena (6-75 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Peter PolanskyPolansky (4-6 7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Go SoedaSoeda – Antoine HoangHoang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Robin HaaseHaase – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marius CopilCopil – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Liam BroadyBroady (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip HoranskyHoransky – Ernests GulbisGulbis (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Oscar OtteOtte (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Maxime CressyCressy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Maximilian MartererMarterer (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Christian HarrisonHarrison (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction