Mikhail Kukushkin and Martin Landaluce will square off in the semifinal of the Tenerife 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 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 -> 1.4
Martin Landaluce -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Martin Landaluce
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Martin Landaluce since this will be the first time that they will play 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 semifinal after defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-2 6-2, Laurent Lokoli 4-1 ret., Franco Agamenone 7-63 6-3, Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 7-5 and Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kukushkin scored 66 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 44. Kukushkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin struck 2 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kukushkin broke Merida Aguilar 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Kukushkin has good record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (257-230). 12-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has an aggregate 127-92 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he defeated Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4.
The Kazakhstani has an overall 17-4 win-loss record in 2024, 12-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Martin Landaluce
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-23 | 23-9 | 13-11 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 11-10 | 15-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 399 (career-high), Landaluce reached the semifinal after beating Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-66 1-0 ret., Carlos Lopez Montagud 6-2 4-1 ret. and Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Martin had a good straight sets win against Neumayer (6-3 6-3). During the match Landaluce scored 65 points vs Neumayer’s 46. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Landaluce scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Martin Landaluce lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Landaluce put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Neumayer 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Landaluce has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023, 2023, 2024 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Landaluce |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 45 |
| Pts | 320-233 | 174-130 |
| Total Points | 553 | 304 |
| Winners | 130 | 75 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Kukushkin played 5 matches while Landaluce competed in 3 matches. Kukushkin started his run from the qualifications while Landaluce had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kukushkin has played 2 sets more than Landaluce (10 vs 8). Therefore, Kukushkin played 39 games more than Landaluce. The Kazakhstani scored 130 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Landaluce managed to score 75 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Landaluce |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.4 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 181/252 | 104/160 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 130/181 | 75/104 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 44/71 | 31/56 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 55% |
Kukushkin struck 12 aces (2.4 per match). Landaluce bagged 11 aces (3.7 per match). Kukushkin won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Landaluce won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Landaluce |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 10 |
| Converted | 18/40 | 10/23 |
| % Converted | 45% | 43% |
| Conceded | 21 | 13 |
| Saved | 15 | 10 |
| % Saved | 71% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Mikhail broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Landaluce broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Landaluce conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||||||
| Q1 Basilashvili |
Q3 Lokoli |
R1 Agamenone |
R2 Kuzmanov |
1/4 Merida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 4-1 ret. | 7-63 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 84 | |
| pts | 68-41 | 19-10 | 79-63 | 88-75 | 66-44 | 320-233 | |
| Total points | 109 | 29 | 142 | 163 | 110 | 553 | |
| Winners | 28 | 5 | 34 | 36 | 27 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 26% | 43% | 41% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/41 | 5/11 | 48/75 | 59/76 | 35/49 | 181/252 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 45% | 64% | 78% | 71% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 5/5 | 34/48 | 36/59 | 27/35 | 130/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 100% | 71% | 61% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/7 | 3/6 | 15/27 | 11/17 | 9/14 | 44/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 50% | 56% | 65% | 64% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 5/15 | 4/7 | 18/40 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 50% | 33% | 57% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 9/12 | 2/3 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 60% | 75% | 67% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Landaluce | |||||||
| R1 Llamas |
R2 Lopez |
1/4 Neumayer |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 1-0 ret. | 6-2 4-1 ret. | 6-3 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| Tot Games | 14 | 13 | 18 | 45 | |||
| pts | 55-49 | 54-35 | 65-46 | 174-130 | |||
| Total points | 104 | 89 | 111 | 304 | |||
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 28 | 75 | |||
| %Winners | 45% | 41% | 43% | 43% | |||
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 1st in | 33/55 | 29/44 | 42/61 | 104/160 | |||
| % 1st in | 60% | 66% | 69% | 65% | |||
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 22/29 | 28/42 | 75/104 | |||
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | 67% | 72% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 7/15 | 12/19 | 31/56 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 47% | 63% | 55% | |||
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Converted | 1/6 | 5/11 | 4/6 | 10/23 | |||
| Converted % | 17% | 45% | 67% | 43% | |||
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |||
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 10 | |||
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 83% | 45% | |||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Tenerife 3 Challenger
- Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (7-63 7-5) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Martin DammDamm (7-67 7-61) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sander Arends/Sem VerbeekArends/Sem Verbeek – Petr Nouza/Patrik RiklNouza/Patrik Rikl (7-64 6-75 10-8) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
