Mikhail Kukushkin and Beibit Zhukayev will face off in the quarter of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 13. 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 -> 1.66
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.16
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other 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. 296, Mikhail reached the quarter after beating Michael Zheng 7-65 6-3 and Tennys Sandgren 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (6-2 7-5). During the match, Kukushkin scored 67 points vs Sandgren’s 53. Kukushkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mikhail broke Sandgren 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikhail hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Kukushkin has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (249-244). 3-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an aggregate 114-96 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 6-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 6-8 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 325, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Colin Markes 6-0 6-3, Peter Gojowczyk 6-2 6-2 and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-2 6-71 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Zhukayev defeated Moreno De Alboran (6-2 6-71 7-65). During the match Zhukayev scored 120 points vs Moreno De Alboran’s 112. Beibit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev made 15 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (52/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (26/55) on the 2nd serve. Zhukayev broke Moreno De Alboran 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Beibit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Trimbach.
Beibit has an overall 13-15 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 65 |
| Pts | 143-115 | 235-179 |
| Total Points | 258 | 414 |
| Winners | 49 | 93 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Kukushkin played 2 matches while Zhukayev competed in 3 matches. Zhukayev started his run from the qualifications while Kukushkin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Beibit Zhukayev dropped 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kukushkin has played 3 set(s) less than Zhukayev (4 vs 7). Therefore, Kukushkin played 23 games less than Zhukayev. The Kazakhstani scored 49 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani blasted 93 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 11 |
| 1st in | 64/121 | 110/200 |
| %1st in | 53% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 49/64 | 93/110 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 36/57 | 48/90 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 53% |
Kukushkin made 4 aces (2 per match). Zhukayev fired 33 aces (11 per match). Kukushkin won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 47% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Kukushkin broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Mikhail lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Beibit broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Beibit conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | ||||
| R1 Zheng |
R2 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| pts | 76-62 | 67-53 | 143-115 | |
| Total points | 138 | 120 | 258 | |
| Winners | 24 | 25 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/68 | 30/53 | 64/121 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 57% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/34 | 25/30 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 14/23 | 36/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 61% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Zhukayev | |||||
| Q3 Markes |
R1 Gojowczyk |
R2 Moreno De Alboran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-71 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 34 | 65 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 57-34 | 120-112 | 235-179 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | 232 | 414 | |
| Winners | 20 | 21 | 52 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 10 | 15 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/39 | 64/119 | 110/200 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 59% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/23 | 21/23 | 52/64 | 93/110 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 91% | 81% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 9/16 | 26/55 | 48/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 56% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/7 | 3/9 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 71% | 33% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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