H2H, PREDICTION Fernando Verdasco vs Mikhail Kukushkin | U.S. Open odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on Court 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 4 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.3
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

This will be the 3rd time that Fernando Verdasco and Mikhail Kukushkin face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Verdasco and Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Verdasco won 6-0 0-0 ret. in the 1st round in the Ilkley Challenger back in June 2022.

Fernando Verdasco

Fernando Verdasco
Fernando Verdasco

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Rank
651
High
7
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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
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Ranked no. 124, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Gianluca Mager 7-65 6-3.

In the qualifications, Fernando had a good straight sets win against Mager (7-65 6-3). During the match, Verdasco scored 73 points vs Mager’s 67. Verdasco was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Verdasco fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Verdasco broke Mager twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Verdasco has a good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (240-226). 13-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Verdasco has an overall 87-80 record in the last years on hard.

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.

Fernando has a composed 28-23 win-loss record in 2022, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

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Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin

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Rank
189
High
39
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-16 8-8 3-2 2-3 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
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Ranked no. 215, Mikhail reached the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Kicker 6-3 6-74 4-0 ret..

In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani defeated Kicker (6-3 6-74 4-0 ret.). During the match Kukushkin scored 94 points vs Kicker’s 78. Mikhail was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Kukushkin bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 68% of his first serves in, winning 71% (45/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Kicker 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Kukushkin has a compiled 26-19 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020. See his history.

Kukushkin
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H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Verdasco
M.Kukushkin
1h:35
1h:35
Time on court​
!
2h:37
2h:37
1h:35
1h:35
Last match​
!
2h:37
2h:37
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
73
73
Total points​
94
94
73
73
Avg point​
94
94
38
38
Winners
45
45
38
38
Avg Winners​
45
45
52%
52%
Ratio winners
48%
48%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
3
3
5
5
Avg Aces
3
3
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2
2
38/51
38/51
1st won total​
45/63
45/63
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
10/23
10/23
2nd won total​
11/30
11/30
43%
43%
2nd won %
!
37%
37%
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
BP won
5/10
5/10
2/4
2/4
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
4
4
Conceded
9
9
4
4
Avg Conceded
9
9
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Verdasco Kukushkin
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 22 26
Pts 73-67 94-78
Total Points 140 172
Winners 38 45
%Winners 52% 48%

Both Verdasco and Kukushkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin conceded 1 set while Fernando Verdasco hasn’t lost a set so far. Verdasco has played 2 set(s) less than Kukushkin (2 vs 4). Therefore, Verdasco played 4 games less than Kukushkin. The Spaniard scored 38 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Kukushkin scored 45 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Verdasco Kukushkin
Aces 5 3
Avg per match 5 3
1st in 51/74 63/93
%1st in 69% 68%
1st pts 38/51 45/63
%1st pts 75% 71%
2nd pts 10/23 11/30
%2nd pts 43% 37%

Verdasco fired 5 aces . Kukushkin managed to score 3 aces . Verdasco won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Verdasco Kukushkin
Won 2 5
Converted 2/4 5/10
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 4 9
Saved 3 7
% Saved 75% 78%
Times Broken 1 2

Fernando broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Verdasco lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kukushkin broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Verdasco
Q1
Mager		 Total
Score 7-65 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 73-67 73-67
Total points 140 140
Winners 38 38
%Winners 52% 52%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 51/74 51/74
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 38/51 38/51
% 1st pts 75% 75%
2nd pts 10/23 10/23
% 2nd pts 43% 43%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 3/4 3
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 1 1
Kukushkin
Q1
Kicker		 Total
Score 6-3 6-74 4-0 ret.
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 94-78 94-78
Total points 172 172
Winners 45 45
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 63/93 63/93
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 45/63 45/63
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 11/30 11/30
% 2nd pts 37% 37%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 7/9 7
Saved % 78% 78%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Fernando Verdasco
  • 0Slam
  • 7Main
  • 2Chall
  • 0Minor
Mikhail Kukushkin
  • 0Slam
  • 1Main
  • 16Chall
  • 1Minor

Fernando
Verdasco

2:1

Mikhail
Kukushkin

Rank

893

High

7

1Hard0

1Grass1

Rank

189

High

39

Win Loss
Verdasco
Kukushkin
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2025 2024 2023
0 - 0
14 - 16
0-0
Hard
8-8
0-0
I Hard
2-3
0-0
Clay
3-2
0-0
Grass
1-3

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