Martin Damm and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Koblenz Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 pm on VR BANK COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Damm who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Martin Damm is the pick to win this match.
Martin Damm -> 1.76
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Martin Damm vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 2nd time that Martin Damm and Mikhail Kukushkin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Kukushkin won 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1st round in the Tenerife 1 Challenger back in January 2024.
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-8 | 19-5 | 0-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-20 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 222 (career-high), Martin got to the 2nd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Martin had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-3 6-3). During the match, Damm scored 56 points vs Bellucci’s 36. Martin was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Damm blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Martin Damm was quite effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Martin was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bellucci 3 times.
Damm has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (126-91). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Damm has a composed28-19 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Damm’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Damm has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Koblenz Challenger
Martin has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-13 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 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. 255, Kukushkin got to the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-4 6-1). During the match Kukushkin scored 60 points vs Janvier’s 37. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was quite effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kukushkin broke Janvier 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Kukushkin has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Damm | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 56-36 | 60-37 |
| Total Points | 92 | 97 |
| Winners | 23 | 23 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Damm and Kukushkin played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Damm and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Damm played 1 game more than Kukushkin. The American scored 23 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani struck 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Damm | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 32/45 |
| %1st in | 59% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/32 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 10/13 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 77% |
Damm blasted 5 aces . Kukushkin recorded 1 ace . Damm won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Damm | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Damm broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Mikhail broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kukushkin conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Damm | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 27/46 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-37 | 60-37 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 23/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-73 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dennis NovakNovak (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-77 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Hazem NaowNaow – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (3-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Martin DammDamm – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Dennis NovakNovak (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-7(3) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Charles BroomBroom (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hazem NaowNaow – Billy HarrisHarris (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-7(7) 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Jules MarieMarie (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
