Marc Polmans and Mikhail Kukushkin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Tyler Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc Polmans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.61
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 2nd time that Marc Polmans and Mikhail Kukushkin clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Polmans (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Polmans won 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-7(8) 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2020.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-8 | 3-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, the Australian got to the 2nd round after beating Viktor Durasovic 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marc had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (6-2 6-3). During the match, Polmans scored 60 points vs Durasovic’s 39. Polmans was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Polmans struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marc Polmans was very efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Durasovic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Polmans has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (283-216). 12-10 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has an aggregate 159-123 match record in the last years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.
Marc has a composed 26-14 win-loss record in 2023, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
Marc has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-12 | 14-3 | 6-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 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, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Yevseyev 7-62 6-2.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (7-62 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 70 points vs Yevseyev’s 59. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (22/33) on the 2nd serve. Kukushkin broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kukushkin has a compiled 7-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 |
| Pts | 60-39 | 70-59 |
| Total Points | 99 | 129 |
| Winners | 21 | 25 |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% |
Both Polmans and Kukushkin played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Polmans and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Polmans played 4 games less than Kukushkin. The Australian scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 25 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 39/72 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 25/39 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 22/33 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 67% |
Polmans scored 4 aces . Kukushkin bagged 1 ace . Polmans won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 44% | 75% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Polmans dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mikhail broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kukushkin conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-39 | 60-39 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-59 | 70-59 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 39/72 | 39/72 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Tyler Challenger
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- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Daniel MasurMasur (7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Adam WaltonWalton (4-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Marius CopilCopil (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Omni KumarKumar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Adam NeffNeff – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Nick ChappellChappell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-3) – H2H and prediction
- Christian LangmoLangmo – Adam NeffNeff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
