Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexandar Lazarov will fight against each other in the quarter of the Mallorca Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:30 pm on PISTA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.44
Alexandar Lazarov -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexandar Lazarov
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexandar Lazarov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 214, Kukushkin got to the quarter after defeating Francesco Maestrelli 6-2 2-6 6-2 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kukushkin scored 58 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 44. Mikhail was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin managed to score 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 83% (25/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Pucinelli De Almeida 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kukushkin has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Kukushkin has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (283-247). 18-9 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an overall 134-97 match record in the last years on hard.
Mikhail has a compiled 28-20 win-loss record in 2022, 18-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexandar Lazarov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-9 | 3-2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-20 | 19-2 | 24-12 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-22 | 11-5 | 34-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 6-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 394, Lazarov reached the quarter after defeating Robert Strombachs 6-3 6-4, Alberto Barroso Campos 6-4 0-6 6-3, Hamad Medjedovic 6-1 6-3 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Bulgarian defeated Vukic (6-3 4-6 6-4). During the match Lazarov scored 92 points vs Vukic’s 85. Lazarov was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Lazarov made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexandar Lazarov lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lazarov put 76% of his first serves in, winning 82% (50/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Lazarov broke Vukic 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lazarov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Bulgarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sofia and M25 Tbilisi.
Alexandar has an overall 30-14 win-loss record in 2022, 8-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Lazarov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 89 |
| Pts | 134-107 | 295-253 |
| Total Points | 241 | 548 |
| Winners | 65 | 128 |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% |
Kukushkin played 2 matches while Lazarov competed in 4 matches. Lazarov started his run from the qualifications while Kukushkin had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin surrendered 1 set, while Alexandar Lazarov surrendered 2 sets. Kukushkin has played 5 set(s) less than Lazarov (5 vs 10). Therefore, Kukushkin played 47 games less than Lazarov. Mikhail scored 65 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Lazarov struck 128 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Lazarov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 6 |
| 1st in | 85/120 | 164/242 |
| %1st in | 71% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 65/85 | 128/164 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 36/78 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 46% |
Kukushkin struck 2 aces (1 per match). Lazarov made 24 aces (6 per match). Kukushkin won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Lazarov won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Lazarov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 15 |
| Converted | 8/16 | 15/34 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 6 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
Kukushkin broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kukushkin surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | ||||
| R1 Maestrelli |
R2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| pts | 76-63 | 58-44 | 134-107 | |
| Total points | 139 | 102 | 241 | |
| Winners | 40 | 25 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 43% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 55/73 | 30/47 | 85/120 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 64% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 40/55 | 25/30 | 65/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 83% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 8/17 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 47% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/9 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Lazarov | ||||||
| Q1 Strombachs |
Q3 Barroso Campos |
R1 Medjedovic |
R2 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 0-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 16 | 29 | 89 | |
| pts | 61-47 | 86-89 | 56-32 | 92-85 | 295-253 | |
| Total points | 108 | 175 | 88 | 177 | 548 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 25 | 50 | 128 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 45% | 54% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 34/49 | 40/72 | 29/41 | 61/80 | 164/242 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 56% | 71% | 76% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 28/40 | 25/29 | 50/61 | 128/164 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 86% | 82% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 13/32 | 8/12 | 6/19 | 36/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 41% | 67% | 32% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 3/11 | 15/34 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 80% | 27% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/6 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | – | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
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