Mikhail Kukushkin and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will square off in the qualifications of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT NISSAN COURIANT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Llamas Ruiz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Llamas Ruiz is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.49
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
26 - 10win/loss
134
39
LWLWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-12 | 14-3 | 6-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 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. 129, Kukushkin got to the qualifications after beating Mathias Bourgue 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Bourgue (7-5 6-2). During the match, Kukushkin scored 78 points vs Bourgue’s 57. Kukushkin was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikhail Kukushkin was quite effective on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kukushkin broke Bourgue 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kukushkin has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (265-236). 4-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has a composed 44-56 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year 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 beat Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Kukushkin has a compiled 25-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
Kukushkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
16 - 15win/loss
138
131
LWLWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, Pablo reached the qualifications after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Pablo defeated Bonzi (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Llamas scored 100 points vs Bonzi’s 95. Llamas was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Llamas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Llamas put 73% of his first serves in, winning 60% (43/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Llamas broke Bonzi 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Llamas’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Murcia Challenger.
Pablo has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 78-57 | 100-95 |
| Total Points | 135 | 195 |
| Winners | 37 | 43 |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% |
Both Kukushkin and Llamas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Pablo Llamas Ruiz conceded 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kukushkin has played 1 set(s) less than Llamas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kukushkin played 10 games less than Llamas. The Kazakhstani scored 37 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Llamas scored 43 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/66 | 72/98 |
| %1st in | 79% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 43/72 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 62% |
Kukushkin managed to score 1 ace . Llamas also struck 1 ace . Kukushkin won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Llamas won 60% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Llamas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 63% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Kukushkin broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Mikhail pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Llamas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Bourgue |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-57 | 78-57 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/66 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 37/52 | 37/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Llamas | |||
| Q1 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 100-95 | 100-95 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 72/98 | 72/98 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 43/72 | 43/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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