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.

As per the initial odds, Jason Jung is the pick to win this match.
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.

U.S. Open
Kukushkin's Record

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.

U.S. Open
Jung's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Kukushkin
J.Jung
!
2h:37
2h:37
Time on court​
1h:19
1h:19
!
2h:37
2h:37
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
1
1
Match played
1
1
32
32
Games Played​
22
22
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
112
112
Total points​
67
67
112
112
Avg point​
67
67
46
46
Winners
30
30
46
46
Avg Winners​
30
30
41%
41%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
3
3
8
8
Avg Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0
0
46/58
46/58
1st won total​
30/41
30/41
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
19/39
19/39
2nd won total​
11/22
11/22
49%
49%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
BP won
4/9
4/9
2/10
2/10
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
!
20%
20%
Won
44%
44%
6
6
Conceded
2
2
6
6
Avg Conceded
2
2
2
2
Broken
2
2
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
0
0

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

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