Mikhail Kukushkin and Alibek Kachmazov will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9. 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 Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.76
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alibek Kachmazov
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Alibek Kachmazov since this will be the first time that they will fight 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. 213, Mikhail will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bergamo Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Nakashima in the 1st round on the 31st of October.
Kukushkin has an overall 23-22 win-loss record in 2023, 3-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Kukushkin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tyler Challenger and the Bloomfield Hills Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Mikhail has an overall 578-445 record. He has a positive 134-102 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-16 | 8-6 | 6-5 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268 (career-high), the Russian reached the qualifications after beating Petros Tsitsipas 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, Kachmazov had a good straight sets win against Tsitsipas (6-3 6-0). During the match Kachmazov scored 60 points vs Tsitsipas’s 33. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Kachmazov struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov was very efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alibek broke Tsitsipas 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Alibek’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Tbilisi and M25 La Nucia.
Kachmazov has an aggregate 45-29 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
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