Mikhail Kukushkin and Kenny de Schepper will square off in the 1st round of the Lille Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.46
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.57
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Kenny de Schepper
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Kenny de Schepper since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-17 | 14-3 | 9-6 | 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. 275, Kukushkin will start his run in the Lille Challenger after he played his last match in the Biel Challenger where he lost 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2 to Gombos in the 2nd round on the 22nd of March.
Kukushkin has an aggregate 2-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 557-429 record. He has a positive 132-98 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Lille Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the French player reached the 1st round after beating Jurgen Briand 1-6 6-3 6-2 and Cem Ilkel 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kenny had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-4 6-1). During the match de Schepper scored 59 points vs Ilkel’s 44. De Schepper was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, de Schepper fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kenny de Schepper conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 82% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. De Schepper broke Ilkel 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kenny started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The French player has an aggregate 10-8 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Harold MayotMayot – Edan LeshemLeshem (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Norbert GombosGombos (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kacper ZukZuk – Evan FurnessFurness (6-4 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max PurcellPurcell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-61 2-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Omar JasikaJasika (7-5 0-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (5-7 7-61 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Kacper ZukZuk (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – Antoine HoangHoang (0-2) – H2H and prediction
