Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexander Erler will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.333
Alexander Erler -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alexander Erler
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Alexander Erler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-31 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 12-8 | 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. 236, Mikhail reached the qualifications after beating Lucas Miedler 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Miedler (6-4 7-5). During the match, Kukushkin scored 69 points vs Miedler’s 63. Kukushkin was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin fired 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Miedler 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kukushkin has winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (284-253). 6-9 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kukushkin has an aggregate 70-62 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Kazakhstani has an overall 29-26 win-loss record in 2022, 6-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Kukushkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Erler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 1-3 | 7-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-28 | 9-4 | 28-14 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2020 | 26-21 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
Ranked no. 737, Alexander reached the qualifications after defeating Gauthier Onclin 7-68 7-63.
In the qualifications, Erler had a good straight sets win against Onclin (7-68 7-63). During the match Erler scored 104 points vs Onclin’s 94. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Erler overwhelmed his opponent with 31 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alexander Erler lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Erler put 66% of his first serves in, winning 82% (49/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Onclin twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
The Austrian has an overall 10-16 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Erler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 |
| Pts | 69-63 | 104-94 |
| Total Points | 132 | 198 |
| Winners | 37 | 49 |
| %Winners | 54% | 47% |
Both Kukushkin and Erler played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Erler have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kukushkin played 4 games less than Erler. The Kazakhstani scored 37 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian bagged 49 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Erler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 31 |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 60/91 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 49/60 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/31 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 39% |
Kukushkin recorded 4 aces . Erler recorded 31 aces . Kukushkin won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Erler won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Erler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 29% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mikhail surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Erler broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Erler conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Miedler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 69-63 | 69-63 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 47/75 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 37/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Erler | |||
| Q1 Onclin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 104-94 | 104-94 | |
| Total points | 198 | 198 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 31 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 60/91 | 60/91 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/60 | 49/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/31 | 12/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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