Mikhail Kukushkin and Dimitar Kuzmanov will face off in the 2nd round of the Tenerife 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.47
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Dimitar Kuzmanov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kukushkin won 6-3 6-3 in the quarter in the Nottingham Challenger back in February 2024.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-17 | 14-3 | 9-6 | 7-4 | 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. 165, Kukushkin reached the 2nd round after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 6-2, Laurent Lokoli 4-1 ret. and Franco Agamenone 7-63 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (7-63 6-3). During the match, Kukushkin scored 79 points vs Agamenone’s 63. Mikhail was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin bagged 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mikhail broke Agamenone 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kukushkin has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (255-230). 10-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has a composed 125-92 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
The Kazakhstani has an overall 15-4 win-loss record in 2024, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 231, Kuzmanov got to the 2nd round after beating Rudolf Molleker 6-4 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Kuzmanov defeated Molleker (6-4 4-6 6-3). During the match Kuzmanov scored 96 points vs Molleker’s 90. The Bulgarian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov bagged 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Dimitar Kuzmanov was very efficient on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Bulgarian broke Molleker 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Dimitar has a composed 5-8 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 29 |
| Pts | 166-114 | 96-90 |
| Total Points | 280 | 186 |
| Winners | 67 | 40 |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% |
Kukushkin played 3 matches while Kuzmanov competed in 1 match. Kukushkin started his run from the qualifications while Kuzmanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov surrendered 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kukushkin has played 3 sets more than Kuzmanov (6 vs 3). Therefore, Kukushkin played 14 games more than Kuzmanov. Mikhail scored 67 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian fired 40 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 87/127 | 56/90 |
| %1st in | 69% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 67/87 | 40/56 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 19/34 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 56% |
Kukushkin fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Kuzmanov bagged 7 aces . Kukushkin won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 3 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 27% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Mikhail broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Dimitar conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||||
| Q1 Basilashvili |
Q3 Lokoli |
R1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 4-1 ret. | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 5 | 22 | 43 | |
| pts | 68-41 | 19-10 | 79-63 | 166-114 | |
| Total points | 109 | 29 | 142 | 280 | |
| Winners | 28 | 5 | 34 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 26% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/41 | 5/11 | 48/75 | 87/127 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 45% | 64% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 5/5 | 34/48 | 67/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 100% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/7 | 3/6 | 15/27 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 50% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 60% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||||
| R1 Molleker |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |||
| pts | 96-90 | 96-90 | |||
| Total points | 186 | 186 | |||
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |||
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 56/90 | 56/90 | |||
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |||
| 1st pts | 40/56 | 40/56 | |||
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |||
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |||
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |||
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |||
| Saved % | 60% | 20% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
Head 2 Head
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