Mikhail Kukushkin and Yu Hsiou Hsu will play each other in the 1st round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.39
Yu Hsiou Hsu -> 2.84
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Yu Hsiou Hsu
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Yu Hsiou Hsu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-26 | 24-9 | 10-9 | 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. 140, Kukushkin will start his run in the Lugano Challenger after he won the title in the Tenerife 3 Challenger after beating 6-2 2-0 ret. Gigante in the final.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 19-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he beat Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 597-451 record. He has a positive 139-107 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Yu Hsiou Hsu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-25 | 38-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-21 | 30-15 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-24 | 47-18 | 5-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 49-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 235, Hsiou reached the 1st round after beating Andrin Casanova 4-6 6-4 6-4 and Egor Gerasimov 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Yu had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-3 6-4). During the match Hsiou scored 59 points vs Gerasimov’s 46. Hsiou was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Hsiou blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Yu Hsiou Hsu was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Gerasimov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yu started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Hsiou’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Hsiou has an aggregate 5-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
The Chinese has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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