Yannick Hanfmann and Mikhail Kukushkin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yannick Hanfmann who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yannick Hanfmann is the pick to win this match.
Yannick Hanfmann -> 1.55
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.39
Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).
To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Yannick Hanfmann vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Yannick Hanfmann and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Yannick Hanfmann
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46-28 | 12-9 | 17-12 | 12-4 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 8-11 | 12-15 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-30 | 6-8 | 29-14 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 4-3 | 21-16 | 7-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 1-4 | 14-11 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 140, the German got to the quarter after beating Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-4 and Ryan Peniston 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Hanfmann had a good straight sets win against Peniston (6-3 6-4). During the match, Hanfmann scored 66 points vs Peniston’s 52. Yannick was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hanfmann struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Yannick Hanfmann lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Hanfmann put 68% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Hanfmann broke Peniston 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yannick hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Hanfmann has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (269-170). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hanfmann has an aggregate 31-23 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Yannick’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Rio De Janeiro Challenger.
Yannick has a composed 33-25 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Hanfmann 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. 239, Kukushkin reached the quarter after defeating Lucas Miedler 6-4 7-5, Alexander Erler 6-2 7-63, Stefano Travaglia 6-2 6-4 and Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-2 4-2 ret..
In the 2nd round against Karlovskiy, the Kazakhstani had a free pass after Karlovskiy retired on a 6-2 4-2 . scoreline.
Kukushkin has an aggregate 32-26 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hanfmann | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 75 |
| Pts | 128-99 | 263-210 |
| Total Points | 227 | 473 |
| Winners | 63 | 113 |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% |
Hanfmann played 2 matches while Kukushkin competed in 4 matches. Kukushkin started his run from the qualifications while Hanfmann had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Hanfmann has played 5 set(s) less than Kukushkin (4 vs 9). Therefore, Hanfmann played 37 games less than Kukushkin. Hanfmann scored 63 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Kukushkin fired 113 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hanfmann | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 85/120 | 150/234 |
| %1st in | 71% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 63/85 | 113/150 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 46/84 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Hanfmann bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kukushkin fired 19 aces (4.8 per match). Hanfmann won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hanfmann | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 14 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 14/29 |
| % Converted | 60% | 48% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 67% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Hanfmann broke his opponents 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kukushkin broke his opponents 14 times with a 48% conversion rate. Mikhail conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hanfmann | ||||
| R1 Andujar |
R2 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-47 | 66-52 | 128-99 | |
| Total points | 109 | 118 | 227 | |
| Winners | 35 | 28 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 42% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/60 | 41/60 | 85/120 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 68% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 28/41 | 63/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 11/19 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/8 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kukushkin | ||||||
| Q1 Miedler |
Q3 Erler |
R1 Travaglia |
R2 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 18 | 14 | 75 | |
| pts | 69-63 | 84-69 | 58-43 | 52-35 | 263-210 | |
| Total points | 132 | 153 | 101 | 87 | 473 | |
| Winners | 37 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 33% | 50% | 37% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 42/67 | 36/55 | 25/37 | 150/234 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 65% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 28/42 | 29/36 | 19/25 | 113/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 81% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 17/25 | 10/19 | 7/12 | 46/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 68% | 53% | 58% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/17 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 14/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 24% | 100% | 100% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 14 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/7 | 4/4 | 0/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 100% | 0% | 111% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLWWWWWLW
LWWWWLLLWL
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Jelle SelsSels (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Zizou BergsBergs (0-2) – H2H and prediction
