Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Kukushkin will square off in the final of the Manama Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Gasquet is the pick to win this match.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.58
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 5th time that Richard Gasquet and Mikhail Kukushkin clash against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Gasquet (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Gasquet won 6-7(5) 6-1 6-1 in the 1st round in the Phoenix Challenger back in 2022.
Richard Gasquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-20 | 8-6 | 10-9 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, Richard reached the final after defeating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4, Peter Buldorini 7-5 6-3, Billy Harris 5-7 6-1 6-2 and Damir Dzumhur 6-3 7-64.
In the semifinal, Gasquet had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-3 7-64). During the match, Gasquet scored 77 points vs Dzumhur’s 67. Richard was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gasquet recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Richard Gasquet lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gasquet put 68% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Dzumhur 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Richard has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Gasquet has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (266-184). 6-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gasquet has a composed 81-61 match record in the last years on hard.
The French player best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Manama Challenger.
Gasquet has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-16 | 14-3 | 9-6 | 7-4 | 4-3 | 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 final after defeating Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-2, Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-4, Abedallah Shelbayh 6-4 6-4 and Jakub Mensik 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Mensik (6-3 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 62 points vs Mensik’s 47. Mikhail was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin recorded 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was quite effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kukushkin broke Mensik 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikhail hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Manama Challenger.
Kukushkin has an aggregate 11-4 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 73 |
| Pts | 310-247 | 258-207 |
| Total Points | 557 | 465 |
| Winners | 135 | 117 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Gasquet and Kukushkin played 4 matches. At the moment, Richard Gasquet surrendered 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gasquet has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (9 vs 8). Therefore, Gasquet played 16 games more than Kukushkin. Gasquet scored 135 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani struck 117 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 184/288 | 169/231 |
| %1st in | 64% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 135/184 | 117/169 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 59/104 | 43/62 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 69% |
Gasquet recorded 16 aces (4 per match). Kukushkin struck 5 aces (1.3 per match). Gasquet won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/31 | 13/27 |
| % Converted | 45% | 48% |
| Conceded | 14 | 20 |
| Saved | 9 | 19 |
| % Saved | 64% | 95% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Richard broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Richard dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 95% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | ||||||
| R1 Huesler |
R2 Buldorini |
1/4 Harris |
1/2 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | 5-7 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 | 27 | 22 | 89 | |
| pts | 63-52 | 74-58 | 96-70 | 77-67 | 310-247 | |
| Total points | 115 | 132 | 166 | 144 | 557 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 45 | 38 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 47% | 49% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/61 | 42/72 | 57/81 | 50/74 | 184/288 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 58% | 70% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/42 | 45/57 | 38/50 | 135/184 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 62% | 79% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 18/30 | 13/24 | 11/24 | 59/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 60% | 54% | 46% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/9 | 4/8 | 3/8 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 50% | 38% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 0/1 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 0% | 60% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Kukushkin | ||||||
| R1 Svrcina |
R2 Ritschard |
1/4 Shelbayh |
1/2 Mensik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 73 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 69-57 | 62-55 | 62-47 | 258-207 | |
| Total points | 113 | 126 | 117 | 109 | 465 | |
| Winners | 29 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 42% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/62 | 51/63 | 36/62 | 35/44 | 169/231 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 81% | 58% | 80% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 36/51 | 26/36 | 26/35 | 117/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 71% | 72% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 9/12 | 18/26 | 5/9 | 43/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 75% | 69% | 56% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 5/12 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 50% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 20 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7/7 | 5/5 | 0/1 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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