Mattia Bellucci and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on Court 16. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.63
Mattia Bellucci -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Mattia Bellucci vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

There is no head to head record between Mattia Bellucci and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Mattia Bellucci

Mattia Bellucci

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Rank
74
High
63
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-31 10-13 3-7 6-6 5-5 0-0
2024 51-33 31-18 5-2 9-9 6-4 0-0
2023 33-34 22-19 2-9 4-3 5-3 0-0
2022 66-23 30-4 25-12 11-7 0-0 0-0
2021 39-18 29-10 5-3 5-4 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 184, the Italian will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in the Winnipeg Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 to Riedi in the quarter on the 17th of August.

The Italian has a compiled 15-25 win-loss record in 2023, 8-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Italian has an overall 166-92 record. He has a positive 88-38 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Mattia has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Bellucci's Record

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

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Rank
294
High
39
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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. 243, the Kazakhstani will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in the Stanford Challenger where he lost 7-5 7-6(1) to Gojo in the 1st round on the 13th of August.

Kukushkin has a compiled 16-16 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tyler Challenger and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.

In terms of his career, Kukushkin has an overall 571-439 record. He has a positive 220-155 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020. See his history.

U.S. Open
Kukushkin's Record

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