Mikhail Kukushkin and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the qualifications of the Tenerife 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 2 sets.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.27
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Nikoloz Basilashvili clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Basilashvili won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the semifinal in Memphis back in 2017.
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. 163, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Tenerife 3 Challenger after he won the title in the Manama Challenger after beating 7-6(5) 6-4 Gasquet in the final.
Kukushkin has a compiled 12-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
Mikhail won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Mikhail has an overall 590-451 record. He has a positive 231-158 record on hard.
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Nikoloz Basilashvili
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-29 | 18-13 | 9-10 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-32 | 11-8 | 27-15 | 13-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-19 | 1-8 | 0-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 3-11 | 5-9 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-27 | 18-11 | 8-8 | 3-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 869, the Georgean will start his run in the Tenerife 3 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Trento where he lost 6-4 1-6 6-4 to Gueymard in the quarter on the 23rd of February.
The Georgean has a compiled 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 0-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.In terms of his career, Basilashvili has an overall 398-365 record. He has a positive 165-149 record on hard.
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
The Georgean has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Tenerife 3 Challenger
- Hady HabibHabib – Mathias BourgueBourgue (6-4 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos Lopez MontagudLopez Montagud – Giovanni FonioFonio (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-2 6-78 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jules MarieMarie – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Jiri VeselyVesely (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Adrian AndreevAndreev (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Richard ZusmanZusman – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction