Mikhail Kukushkin and Mirza Basic will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on Court 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.49
Mirza Basic -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Mirza Basic

This will be the 4th time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Mirza Basic face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Basic won 7-6(4) 6-3 in the qualifications in Moscow back in 2017.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

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Rank
110
High
39
LWLWWLWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-30 24-10 10-9 12-7 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. 182, Kukushkin will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Traralgon Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-2 to Machac in the quarter on the 7th of January.

Mikhail has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 521-396 record. He has a positive 191-136 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2012. See his history.

Australian Open
Kukushkin's Record

Mirza Basic

Mirza Basic

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
609
High
74
LLWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-22 4-6 21-13 6-3 0-0 0-0
2023 28-19 0-1 23-12 5-5 0-0 0-1
2022 17-29 1-6 6-11 8-9 1-2 1-1
2021 37-27 9-7 17-13 10-5 0-0 1-2
2020 8-6 3-2 0-0 5-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 233, Mirza will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Bendigo Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Popko in the 2nd round on the 4th of January.

Basic has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Bosnian has an overall 415-308 record. He has a positive 128-87 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016. See his history.

Australian Open
Basic's Record

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