Mikhail Kukushkin and Shintaro Mochizuki will square off in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.26
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-27 | 11-13 | 3-2 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-32 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 12-9 | 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 |
Ranked no. 159, Mikhail got to the qualifications after defeating Radu Albot 4-6 7-67 6-2.
In the qualifications against Albot, Mikhail recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-67 6-2). During the match, Kukushkin scored 101 points vs Albot’s 94. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (48/68) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Albot 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kukushkin has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (270-236). 10-4 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has a composed 126-92 record in the last years on hard.
Mikhail has an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2022, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-31 | 27-16 | 2-6 | 3-6 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-33 | 19-22 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 372, Shintaro got to the qualifications after beating Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune 6-1 0-0 ret..
In the qualifications, The Japanese defeated Vitus Nodskov Rune (6-1 0-0 ret.). During the match Mochizuki scored 31 points vs Vitus Nodskov Rune’s 20. Mochizuki was very aggressive to blast 5 winners.
About the serving games, Mochizuki couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Shintaro Mochizuki was very efficient on serve to win 71% (5/7) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mochizuki broke Vitus Nodskov Rune 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Mochizuki has a compiled 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 7 |
| Pts | 101-94 | 31-20 |
| Total Points | 195 | 51 |
| Winners | 48 | 5 |
| %Winners | 48% | 16% |
Both Kukushkin and Mochizuki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin lost 1 set while Shintaro Mochizuki hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Mochizuki have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kukushkin played 24 games more than Mochizuki. The Kazakhstani scored 48 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Mochizuki struck 5 winners (16%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 68/101 | 7/19 |
| %1st in | 67% | 37% |
| 1st pts | 48/68 | 5/7 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 8/12 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 67% |
Kukushkin recorded 5 aces . Mochizuki didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kukushkin won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Mikhail broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mikhail dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mochizuki was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 101-94 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 68/101 | 68/101 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/68 | 48/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 18/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mochizuki | |||
| Q1 Vitus Nodskov Rune |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 7 | 7 | |
| pts | 31-20 | 31-20 | |
| Total points | 51 | 51 | |
| Winners | 5 | 5 | |
| %Winners | 16% | 16% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| % 1st in | 37% | 37% | |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/12 | 8/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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