Alexander Ritschard and Mikhail Kukushkin will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on Court 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Ritschard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Ritschard is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Ritschard -> 1.86
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Ritschard vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Alexander Ritschard and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Ritschard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-23 | 7-5 | 29-8 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-30 | 6-8 | 13-11 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 7-5 | 11-11 | 15-9 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-23 | 1-4 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-13 | 11-5 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 181, the Swiss got to the 2nd round after beating Elias Ymer 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ritschard scored 74 points vs Ymer’s 61. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ritschard scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexander Ritschard lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ritschard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Ritschard broke Ymer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Ritschard has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (229-153). 7-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ritschard has a composed 76-47 record in the last years on hard.
The Swiss has an aggregate 9-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 9-12 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 231, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after defeating Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Svrcina (6-2 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 65 points vs Svrcina’s 48. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 76% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Svrcina 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.
Kukushkin has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ritschard | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 74-61 | 65-48 |
| Total Points | 135 | 113 |
| Winners | 28 | 29 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Ritschard and Kukushkin played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ritschard and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ritschard played 2 games more than Kukushkin. The Swiss scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 29 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ritschard | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 47/62 |
| %1st in | 62% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 29/47 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 11/15 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 73% |
Ritschard bagged 1 ace . Kukushkin also made 2 aces . Ritschard won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ritschard | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Ritschard broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Ritschard conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kukushkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kukushkin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Ritschard | |||
| R1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/65 | 40/65 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Svrcina |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 47/62 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Gastao EliasElias – Cem IlkelIlkel (3-6 6-1 7-66) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Yusuf QaedQaed (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Peter BuldoriniBuldorini – Ryan PenistonPeniston (2-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Elias YmerYmer (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-66 ret.) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (0-1) – H2H and prediction
