Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mikhail Kukushkin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Open 13 Provence for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.61
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 4th time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mikhail Kukushkin face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Herbert won 7-6(3) 7-5 in the qualifications in Montpellier back in January 2022.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-24 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 13-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-13 | 4-3 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Herbert will start his run in Marseille after he played his last match in the Cherbourg Challenger where he lost 7-5 2-6 6-4 to Gulbis in the quarter on the 11th of February.
The French player has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Pierre-Hugues has an overall 403-300 record. He has a positive 151-92 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Marseille
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-26 | 24-9 | 10-9 | 7-4 | 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. 168, the Kazakhstani got to the 1st round after beating Timo Legout 6-4 6-1 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Huesler (6-4 6-4). During the match Kukushkin scored 68 points vs Huesler’s 58. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 74% (20/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Huesler twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikhail started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Kukushkin has a compiled 9-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marseille
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Richard GasquetGasquet – Mikael YmerYmer (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 6-75 7-61) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Norbert GombosGombos (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Andrey RublevRublev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Gilles SimonSimon (9-4) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
