Mikhail Kukushkin and Diego Schwartzman will face off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Diego Schwartzman who should win in 3 sets.
Diego Schwartzman -> 1.63
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Diego Schwartzman
This will be the 5th time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Diego Schwartzman square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Schwartzman won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in Los cabos back in 2019.
Mikhail Kukushkin
27 - 11win/loss
136
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-13 | 14-3 | 9-6 | 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. 134, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after beating Cristian Garin 5-7 7-69 7-62.
In the qualifications against Garin, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-69 7-62). During the match, Kukushkin scored 126 points vs Garin’s 125. Kukushkin was extremely aggressive to blast 63 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (63/94) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (20/42) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Garin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Kukushkin has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (267-237). 6-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an overall 46-57 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year 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..
Mikhail has a compiled 27-11 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Diego Schwartzman
6 - 11win/loss
141
8
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 3-6 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 10-13 | 4-12 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-26 | 9-7 | 21-10 | 0-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-23 | 18-10 | 12-8 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-15 | 5-6 | 15-4 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, Diego reached the qualifications after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1 3-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, Schwartzman defeated Ramos-Vinolas (6-1 3-6 7-5). During the match Schwartzman scored 99 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 86. The Argentine was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Schwartzman recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Diego Schwartzman lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Schwartzman put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (41/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Schwartzman broke Ramos-Vinolas 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Schwartzman has a compiled 6-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 28 |
| Pts | 126-125 | 99-86 |
| Total Points | 251 | 185 |
| Winners | 63 | 41 |
| %Winners | 50% | 41% |
Both Kukushkin and Schwartzman played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin lost 1 set, while Diego Schwartzman conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Schwartzman have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kukushkin played 10 games more than Schwartzman. Mikhail scored 63 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Diego bagged 41 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 94/136 | 63/94 |
| %1st in | 69% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 63/94 | 41/63 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 13/31 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 42% |
Kukushkin bagged 1 ace . Schwartzman also managed to score 5 aces . Kukushkin won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Schwartzman won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 64% |
| Conceded | 9 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 44% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Mikhail broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mikhail lost his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Diego broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Garin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-69 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
| pts | 126-125 | 126-125 | |
| Total points | 251 | 251 | |
| Winners | 63 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 94/136 | 94/136 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 63/94 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/42 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Schwartzman | |||
| Q1 Ramos-Vinolas | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 99-86 | 99-86 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/94 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 41/63 | 41/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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