Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Kukushkin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.8
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 2nd time that Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Kukushkin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kukushkin won 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Nottingham Challenger back in June 2022.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Verdasco will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Nottingham Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4 to Kukushkin in the 2nd round on the 9th of June.
The Spaniard has a composed 22-16 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Fernando’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Verdasco has an overall 648-480 record. He has a positive 58-44 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 166, Kukushkin will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Nottingham Challenger where he lost 6-2 4-6 6-3
to Thompson in the quarter on the 10th of June.Kukushkin has an overall 19-14 win-loss record in 2022, 2-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kukushkin has an overall 538-409 record. He has a negative 20-31 record on grass.
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas LackoLacko – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel CoxCox – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Michael MmohMmoh (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Constant LestienneLestienne – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel MasurMasur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Anton MatusevichMatusevich (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Charles BroomBroom – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction