Borna Gojo and Mikhail Kukushkin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Borna Gojo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Gojo is the pick to win this match.
Borna Gojo -> 1.72
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Borna Gojo vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Borna Gojo and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Borna Gojo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-7 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-25 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 19-9 | 5-5 | 14-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-22 | 8-7 | 3-6 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-14 | 11-6 | 10-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, the Croatian reached the 2nd round after defeating Henri Laaksonen 3-6 7-65 6-4.
In the 1st round against Laaksonen, Gojo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4). During the match, Gojo scored 99 points vs Laaksonen’s 98. Borna was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gojo bagged 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Borna Gojo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gojo put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (39/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Laaksonen 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Gojo has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (170-124). 13-5 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gojo has a composed89-52 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Croatian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 1 Challenger.
Borna has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Borna has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-27 | 24-10 | 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. 222, Kukushkin reached the 2nd round after defeating Govind Nanda 3-6 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Nanda, Kukushkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-3). During the match Kukushkin scored 85 points vs Nanda’s 82. Mikhail was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Nanda 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Kazakhstani has a composed 25-18 win-loss record in 2022, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gojo | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 28 |
| Pts | 99-98 | 85-82 |
| Total Points | 197 | 167 |
| Winners | 39 | 35 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Gojo and Kukushkin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Borna Gojo lost 1 set, while Mikhail Kukushkin lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gojo and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gojo played 4 games more than Kukushkin. The Croatian scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Mikhail fired 35 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gojo | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4 |
| 1st in | 57/94 | 52/84 |
| %1st in | 61% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 35/52 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 18/32 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 56% |
Gojo struck 10 aces . Kukushkin managed to score 4 aces . Gojo won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gojo | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 27% | 44% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Croatian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Mikhail broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gojo | |||
| R1 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-98 | 99-98 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 57/94 | 57/94 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 39/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Nanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 85-82 | 85-82 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/32 | 18/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWLL Tennis Scores in Chicago Challenger
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Paul JubbJubb (7-68 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-65 7-69) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Keegan SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Evan ZhuZhu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (3-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs Brouwer/Reese StalderBrouwer/Reese Stalder – Robert Galloway/Alex LawsonGalloway/Alex Lawson (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Govind NandaNanda (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-0 7-65) – See score progression
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Dalibor Svrcina/Petros TsitsipasSvrcina/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Li TuTu (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alexander RitschardRitschard (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Radu AlbotAlbot (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Brandon HoltHolt (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
