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.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.22
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 3.88
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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
| 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
Daniel Merida Aguilar
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57-33 | 17-9 | 40-23 | 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | ||||
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