H2H, prediction of Zizou Bergs vs Mikhail Kukushkin in Lugano Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 8th March 2024

PREVIEW. Lugano Challenger. Bergs and Kukushkin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Lugano Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Friday the 8th of March

Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
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

Zizou Bergs
Zizou Bergs

9 - 6win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
7-3
Rank
61
High
61
LWWLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 47-29 9-9 17-7 15-9 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

Bergs
Lugano Challenger
Bergs's Record

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Kukushkin

21 - 5win/loss

Hard
14-1
I Hard
7-4
Rank
108
High
39
LLWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-31 24-10 10-9 12-8 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.

Kukushkin
Lugano Challenger
Kukushkin's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Z.Bergs
M.Kukushkin
2h:47
2h:47
Time on court​
3h:04
3h:04
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:58
1h:58
2
2
Match played
2
2
38
38
Games Played​
40
40
4
4
Set played​​
5
5
136
136
Total points​
136
136
68
68
Avg point​
68
68
59
59
Winners
47
47
29.5
29.5
Avg Winners​
23.5
23.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
20
20
Aces
5
5
10
10
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
59/75
59/75
1st won total​
47/70
47/70
!
79%
79%
1st won %
67%
67%
19/34
19/34
2nd won total​
28/44
28/44
56%
56%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
7/19
7/19
BP won
10/14
10/14
3.5/9.5
3.5/9.5
Avg BP won
5/7
5/7
37%
37%
Won
!
71%
71%
4
4
Conceded
8
8
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
4
4
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2
2
3
3
Saved
4
4

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

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Bergs
LWWLWLWLWW
Kukushkin
LLWLWWLWWL
2024 2023 2022
43 - 28
52 - 31
9-9
Hard
24-10
11-8
I Hard
12-8
17-7
Clay
10-9
6-4
Grass
6-4
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