Abedallah Shelbayh and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the quarter of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.71
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Abedallah Shelbayh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-35 | 18-13 | 12-13 | 8-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-32 | 27-15 | 7-7 | 5-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-7 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187, the got to the quarter after defeating Jozef Kovalik 7-64 6-3 and Fabio Fognini 3-6 7-65 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Fognini, Abedallah recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-0). During the match, Shelbayh scored 94 points vs Fognini’s 78. The was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Shelbayh made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Abedallah Shelbayh was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 61% (28/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Shelbayh broke Fognini 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Shelbayh has lost 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Shelbayh has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (89-56). 5-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Shelbayh has an overall56-29 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Abedallah has an aggregate 9-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
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, Kukushkin reached the quarter after beating Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-2 and Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-4 6-4). During the match Kukushkin scored 69 points vs Ritschard’s 57. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (36/51) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mikhail broke Ritschard twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Mikhail’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger.
Mikhail has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shelbayh | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 36 |
| Pts | 180-151 | 134-105 |
| Total Points | 331 | 239 |
| Winners | 65 | 65 |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% |
Both Shelbayh and Kukushkin played 2 matches. At the moment, Abedallah Shelbayh dropped 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shelbayh has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (5 vs 4). Therefore, Shelbayh played 14 games more than Kukushkin. Abedallah scored 65 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Kukushkin managed to score 65 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shelbayh | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 83/155 | 98/125 |
| %1st in | 54% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 65/83 | 65/98 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 44/72 | 20/27 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 74% |
Shelbayh struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kukushkin struck 2 aces (1 per match). Shelbayh won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shelbayh | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 35% | 55% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 14 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Abedallah broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Abedallah conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Mikhail broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 14 break points.
| Shelbayh | ||||
| R1 Kovalik |
R2 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | 3-6 7-65 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 28 | 50 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 94-78 | 180-151 | |
| Total points | 159 | 172 | 331 | |
| Winners | 36 | 29 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 39/85 | 83/155 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 46% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 29/39 | 65/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 28/46 | 44/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 5/9 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 56% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 5/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 63% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Kukushkin | ||||
| R1 Svrcina |
R2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 69-57 | 134-105 | |
| Total points | 113 | 126 | 239 | |
| Winners | 29 | 36 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 51/63 | 98/125 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 81% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 36/51 | 65/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 71% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 9/12 | 20/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 75% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/5 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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