Zizou Bergs and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the quarter of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm 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 3 sets.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.86
Zizou Bergs -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Zizou Bergs and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zizou Bergs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-23 | 6-7 | 17-7 | 9-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-27 | 8-7 | 16-7 | 9-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 7-5 | 7-7 | 17-16 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-21 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 21-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-9 | 14-6 | 1-2 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, Bergs reached the quarter after defeating Stefano Travaglia 6-2 6-3 and Henri Squire 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Squire (7-65 6-2). During the match, Bergs scored 74 points vs Squire’s 59. Bergs was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bergs blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Zizou Bergs was very efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Bergs broke Squire 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zizou hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Bergs has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (262-157). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bergs has a composed79-49 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Zizou has an overall 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
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, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after beating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 6-2 and Billy Harris 2-6 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Harris, Mikhail recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Kukushkin scored 79 points vs Harris’s 69. Mikhail was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Mikhail broke Harris 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mikhail has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame 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..
The Kazakhstani has a composed 21-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 40 |
| Pts | 136-105 | 136-102 |
| Total Points | 241 | 238 |
| Winners | 59 | 47 |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% |
Both Bergs and Kukushkin played 2 matches. At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin dropped 1 set while Zizou Bergs hasn’t conceded a set so far. Bergs has played 1 set(s) less than Kukushkin (4 vs 5). Therefore, Bergs played 2 games less than Kukushkin. Bergs scored 59 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kukushkin bagged 47 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 75/109 | 70/114 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 59/75 | 47/70 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 28/44 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 64% |
Bergs blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Kukushkin struck 5 aces (2.5 per match). Bergs won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 10/14 |
| % Converted | 37% | 71% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Zizou broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kukushkin broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Mikhail conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | ||||
| R1 Travaglia | R2 Squire | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 74-59 | 136-105 | |
| Total points | 108 | 133 | 241 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/48 | 40/61 | 75/109 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 66% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/35 | 30/40 | 59/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 75% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 12/21 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 57% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/10 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 30% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kukushkin | ||||
| R1 Hsiou | R2 Harris | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 24 | 40 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 79-69 | 136-102 | |
| Total points | 90 | 148 | 238 | |
| Winners | 20 | 27 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 42/71 | 70/114 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 27/42 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 64% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 17/29 | 28/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 59% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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