H2H, prediction of Mikhail Kukushkin vs Dimitar Kuzmanov in Tenerife 3 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th February 2024

PREVIEW. Tenerife 3 Challenger. Kukushkin and Kuzmanov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Tenerife 3 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 29th of February

Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov

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.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs 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

Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin

15 - 4win/loss

Hard
10-1
I Hard
5-3
Rank
112
High
39
LLLWLWWLWW
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. 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

Kukushkin
Tenerife 3 Challenger
Kukushkin's Record

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Dimitar Kuzmanov
Dimitar Kuzmanov

5 - 8win/loss

Hard
2-4
I Hard
3-4
Rank
382
High
158
WWWLWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 22-22 10-5 9-13 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.

Kuzmanov
Tenerife 3 Challenger
Kuzmanov's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Kukushkin
D.Kuzmanov
3h:30
3h:30
Time on court​
2h:30
2h:30
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
!
2h:30
2h:30
!
3
3
Match played
1
1
43
43
Games Played​
29
29
6
6
Set played​​
3
3
166
166
Total points​
96
96
55.3
55.3
Avg point​
96
96
67
67
Winners
40
40
22.3
22.3
Avg Winners​
40
40
40%
40%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
7
7
2.7
2.7
Avg Aces
7
7
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
67/87
67/87
1st won total​
40/56
40/56
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
24/40
24/40
2nd won total​
19/34
19/34
60%
60%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
9/18
9/18
BP won
3/11
3/11
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
3/11
3/11
50%
50%
Won
!
27%
27%
6
6
Conceded
5
5
2
2
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
2
2
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
3
3

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

Win Loss
Kukushkin
LLLWLWWLWW
Kuzmanov
WWWLWWLLLW
2024 2023 2022
52 - 32
22 - 21
24-10
Hard
10-5
12-9
I Hard
3-3
10-9
Clay
9-13
6-4
Grass
0-0

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