H2H, prediction of Mikhail Kukushkin vs Daniel Merida Aguilar in Tenerife 3 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 1st March 2024

PREVIEW. Tenerife 3 Challenger. Kukushkin and Merida will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tenerife 3 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 1st of March

Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar

Mikhail Kukushkin and Daniel Merida Aguilar will square off in the quarter of the Tenerife 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.22
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 3.88

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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin

16 - 4win/loss

Hard
11-1
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, Mikhail got to the quarter after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 6-2, Laurent Lokoli 4-1 ret., Franco Agamenone 7-63 6-3 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 7-5.

In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-4 7-5). During the match, Kukushkin scored 88 points vs Kuzmanov’s 75. Mikhail was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kukushkin made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 78% of his first serves in, winning 61% (36/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Kuzmanov 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kukushkin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.

Kukushkin has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (256-230). 11-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has an aggregate 126-92 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.

Kukushkin has an overall 16-4 win-loss record in 2024, 11-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger

Kukushkin
Tenerife 3 Challenger
Kukushkin's Record

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Daniel Merida Aguilar
Daniel Merida Aguilar

15 - 4win/loss

Hard
4-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
11-2
Rank
314
High
310
LLLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 55-32 17-9 38-22 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 37-31 16-13 20-17 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 29-26 8-9 21-16 0-1 0-0 0-0
2021 12-14 1-4 11-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 401 (career-high), the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Yaroslav Demin 6-1 6-0 and Raul Brancaccio 3-6 6-1 7-62.

In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Demin (6-1 6-0). During the match Merida scored 58 points vs Demin’s 27. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Merida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 59% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Demin 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.

The Spaniard has a composed 14-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2023. See his history.

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Kukushkin
D.Merida Aguilar
!
5h:38
5h:38
Time on court​
2h:45
2h:45
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
1h:46
1h:46
!
4
4
Match played
2
2
65
65
Games Played​
42
42
8
8
Set played​​
5
5
254
254
Total points​
151
151
63.5
63.5
Avg point​
75.5
75.5
103
103
Winners
64
64
25.8
25.8
Avg Winners​
32
32
41%
41%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
2
2
2.5
2.5
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
0.3
0.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
103/146
103/146
1st won total​
64/86
64/86
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
35/57
35/57
2nd won total​
21/51
21/51
!
61%
61%
2nd won %
41%
41%
-- Break Points --
14/33
14/33
BP won
10/19
10/19
3.5/8.3
3.5/8.3
Avg BP won
5/9.5
5/9.5
42%
42%
Won
!
53%
53%
18
18
Conceded
13
13
4.5
4.5
Avg Conceded
6.5
6.5
5
5
Broken
4
4
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
2
2
13
13
Saved
9
9

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kukushkin Merida
Match played 4 2
Tot Set 8 5
Tot Games 65 42
Pts 254-189 151-112
Total Points 443 263
Winners 103 64
%Winners 41% 42%

Kukushkin played 4 matches while Merida competed in 2 matches. Kukushkin started his run from the qualifications while Merida had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Daniel Merida Aguilar dropped 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kukushkin has played 3 sets more than Merida (8 vs 5). Therefore, Kukushkin played 23 games more than Merida. The Kazakhstani scored 103 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel blasted 64 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kukushkin Merida
Aces 10 2
Avg per match 2.5 1
1st in 146/203 86/137
%1st in 72% 63%
1st pts 103/146 64/86
%1st pts 71% 74%
2nd pts 35/57 21/51
%2nd pts 61% 41%

Kukushkin managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Merida scored 2 aces (1 per match). Kukushkin won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kukushkin Merida
Won 14 10
Converted 14/33 10/19
% Converted 42% 53%
Conceded 18 13
Saved 13 9
% Saved 72% 69%
Times Broken 5 4

The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kukushkin lost his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Daniel broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Kukushkin
Q1
Basilashvili
Q3
Lokoli
R1
Agamenone
R2
Kuzmanov
Total
Score 6-2 6-2 4-1 ret. 7-63 6-3 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 2 1 2 2 7
Tot Games 16 5 22 22 65
pts 68-41 19-10 79-63 88-75 254-189
Total points 109 29 142 163 443
Winners 28 5 34 36 103
%Winners 41% 26% 43% 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 6 0 2 2 10
Double Faults 0 0 0 1 1
1st in 34/41 5/11 48/75 59/76 146/203
% 1st in 83% 45% 64% 78% 72%
1st pts 28/34 5/5 34/48 36/59 103/146
% 1st pts 82% 100% 71% 61% 71%
2nd pts 6/7 3/6 15/27 11/17 35/57
% 2nd pts 86% 50% 56% 65% 61%
Breaks
Won 4 2 3 5 14
Converted 4/9 2/3 3/6 5/15 14/33
Converted % 44% 67% 50% 33% 42%
Conceded 1 0 5 12 18
Saved 1/1 0/0 3/5 9/12 13
Saved % 100% 60% 75% 59%
Times Broken 0 0 2 3 5
Merida
R1
Demin
Total
Score 6-1 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 13 13
pts 58-27 58-27
Total points 85 85
Winners 25 25
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 29/49 29/49
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 25/29 25/29
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 9/20 9/20
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 25%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kukushkin
LLLWLWWLWW
Merida Aguilar
LLLWWWLLWW
2024 2023 2022
52 - 32
55 - 32
24-10
Hard
17-9
12-9
I Hard
0-1
10-9
Clay
38-22
6-4
Grass
0-0
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Soccer Tonic Predictions
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