Joris De Loore and Mikhail Kukushkin will square off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joris De Loore who should win in 3 sets.
Joris De Loore -> 1.65
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Joris De Loore vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Joris De Loore and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Joris De Loore
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-13 | 6-3 | 2-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 17-21 | 3-4 | 7-10 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-25 | 5-3 | 10-8 | 27-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 14-4 | 22-10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, De Loore reached the 2nd round after beating Kyle Edmund 7-64 6-75 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Belgian defeated Edmund (7-64 6-75 6-4). During the match, De Loore scored 112 points vs Edmund’s 103. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Regarding the service games, De Loore fired 18 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Joris De Loore was quite effective on serve to win 81% (64/79) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Edmund once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
De Loore has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (230-128). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, De Loore has an aggregate 63-37 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Belgian has a compiled 2-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
De Loore has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| 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. 247, Mikhail reached the 2nd round after defeating Charles Broom 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Broom (6-4 7-63). During the match Kukushkin scored 77 points vs Broom’s 75. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin struck 5 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Broom once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Kukushkin has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Kukushkin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Loore | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 23 |
| Pts | 112-103 | 77-75 |
| Total Points | 215 | 152 |
| Winners | 64 | 37 |
| %Winners | 57% | 48% |
Both De Loore and Kukushkin played 1 match. At the moment, Joris De Loore conceded 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. De Loore has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (3 vs 2). Therefore, De Loore played 13 games more than Kukushkin. Joris scored 64 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 37 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Loore | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 18 | 5 |
| 1st in | 79/108 | 49/76 |
| %1st in | 73% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 64/79 | 37/49 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 59% |
De Loore recorded 18 aces . Kukushkin bagged 5 aces . De Loore won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Loore | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 1 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 17% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Belgian broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Joris extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Kukushkin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| De Loore | |||
| R1 Edmund | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 112-103 | 112-103 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 64 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 18 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 79/108 | 79/108 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 64/79 | 64/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Broom | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-75 | 77-75 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 49/76 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Nottingham Challenger
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-3 3-6 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hamish StewartStewart – Paul JubbJubb (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BlockxAlexander – Alexander RitschardAlexander (7-6(9) 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Jules MarieMarie (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Marvin MoellerMoeller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo MartineauMartineau – Billy HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction