Alexandre Muller and Mikhail Kukushkin will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandre Muller who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexandre Muller is the pick to win this match.
Alexandre Muller -> 1.64
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 80, the French player will start his run in Shanghai after he played his last match in Nur Sultan where he lost 6-4 7-6(3) to Gerasimov in the qualifications on the 27^th of September.

Muller has a composed 41-28 win-loss record in 2023, 19-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Montechiarugolo Challenger where he defeated Francesco Maestrelli in the final 6-1 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Alexandre has an overall 358-234 record. He has a positive 108-60 record on hard.

Previously in Shanghai

Alexandre has never competed in this tournament before.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 246, Kukushkin reached the 1^st round after defeating Tao Mu 6-2 6-4 and Luke Saville 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-3 6-3). During the match Kukushkin scored 76 points vs Saville’s 55. Mikhail was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Kukushkin fired 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was very effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kukushkin broke Saville 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.

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

Kukushkin has a compiled 20-19 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Shanghai

• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-6⁷) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-7⁶ 6-2 2-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-1 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 3-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Thanasi KokkinakisThanasi – Fabio FogniniFabio (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dane SweenyDane – Taro DanielTaro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarJaume – Rigele TeRigele (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Quentin HalysHalys (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (3-1) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Andy MurrayMurray (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Rigele TeTe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pavel KotovKotov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jeff WolfWolf – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dane SweenySweeny – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Laslo DjereDjere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (1-1) – H2H and prediction