Juncheng Shang and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the 1st round of the Chicago Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juncheng Shang who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juncheng Shang is the pick to win this match.
Juncheng Shang -> 1.79
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Juncheng Shang vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 2nd time that Juncheng Shang and Mikhail Kukushkin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shang (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shang won 7-6(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Lexington Challenger back in 2022.
Juncheng Shang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-14 | 9-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-23 | 21-14 | 3-3 | 0-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-24 | 17-8 | 15-10 | 7-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-5 | 6-3 | 12-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155 (career-high), Shang will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5 to Arnaldi in the qualifications on the 26th of June.
Juncheng has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Shang has an overall 73-41 record. He has a positive 28-15 record on hard.
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Juncheng has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-16 | 14-3 | 9-6 | 7-4 | 6-3 | 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. 262, Mikhail will start his run in the Chicago Challenger after he played his last match in the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-7(7) 7-6(4) to Johnson in the final on the 9th of July.
Mikhail has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2023, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Kukushkin’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Tyler Challenger and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.
In terms of his career, Mikhail has an overall 569-436 record. He has a positive 218-152 record on hard.
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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