Mikhail Kukushkin and Billy Harris will square off in the quarter of the Surbiton Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.68
Billy Harris -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Billy Harris

This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Billy Harris face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they played, Kukushkin won 2-6 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Lugano Challenger back in March 2024.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

32 - 13win/loss

Hard
14-3
I Hard
7-4
Clay
9-6
Grass
2-0
Rank
113
High
39
LLLWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-32 24-10 10-9 12-9 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. 136, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Arthur Fery 6-3 6-2 and Paul Jubb 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2nd round against Jubb, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Kukushkin scored 89 points vs Jubb’s 83. Kukushkin was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kukushkin managed to score 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 73% of his first serves in, winning 60% (38/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Jubb 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mikhail has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Kukushkin has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (272-239). 2-0 on grass in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an overall 21-21 record in the last years on grass.

His best result of the current 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 beat Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..

Kukushkin has a compiled 32-13 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Surbiton Challenger

Surbiton Challenger
Kukushkin's Record

Billy Harris

Billy Harris

16 - 17win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
5-6
Clay
6-8
Grass
2-0
Rank
125
High
101
LLLWLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 39-36 12-13 6-8 7-9 14-6 0-0
2023 59-34 27-15 7-8 14-5 11-6 0-0
2022 46-34 23-13 10-9 9-8 2-3 2-1
2021 51-20 13-5 38-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 27-13 19-10 8-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 201, Billy got to the quarter after beating Juncheng Shang 6-3 7-68 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 7-64.

In the 2nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-4 7-64). During the match Harris scored 81 points vs Schoolkate’s 66. Harris was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

About the serving games, Harris bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Billy Harris was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (41/50) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Billy broke Schoolkate once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Billy hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Brit has a composed 16-17 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Surbiton Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

Surbiton Challenger
Harris's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Kukushkin
B.Harris
2h:57
2h:57
Time on court​
3h:35
3h:35
1h:54
1h:54
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
2
2
Match played
2
2
41
41
Games Played​
45
45
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
146
146
Total points​
161
161
73
73
Avg point​
80.5
80.5
67
67
Winners
84
84
33.5
33.5
Avg Winners​
42
42
46%
46%
Ratio winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
13
13
3
3
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
67/100
67/100
1st won total​
84/103
84/103
67%
67%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
22/37
22/37
2nd won total​
21/33
21/33
59%
59%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
7/14
7/14
BP won
2/10
2/10
3.5/7
3.5/7
Avg BP won
1/5
1/5
50%
50%
Won
!
20%
20%
12
12
Conceded
4
4
6
6
Avg Conceded
2
2
3
3
Broken
0
0
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
!
0
0
9
9
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kukushkin Harris
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 41 45
Pts 146-117 161-130
Total Points 263 291
Winners 67 84
%Winners 46% 52%

Both Kukushkin and Harris played 2 matches. At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin surrendered 1 set while Billy Harris hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kukushkin has played 1 set more than Harris (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kukushkin played 4 games less than Harris. Mikhail scored 67 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 84 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kukushkin Harris
Aces 6 13
Avg per match 3 6.5
1st in 100/137 103/136
%1st in 73% 76%
1st pts 67/100 84/103
%1st pts 67% 82%
2nd pts 22/37 21/33
%2nd pts 59% 64%

Kukushkin fired 6 aces (3 per match). Harris blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Kukushkin won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 82% 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 Kukushkin Harris
Won 7 2
Converted 7/14 2/10
% Converted 50% 20%
Conceded 12 4
Saved 9 4
% Saved 75% 100%
Times Broken 3 0

Mikhail broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kukushkin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Billy broke his opponents twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Brit was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.

Kukushkin
R1
Fery
R2
Jubb
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 24 41
pts 57-34 89-83 146-117
Total points 91 172 263
Winners 29 38 67
%Winners 51% 43% 46%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 6
Double Faults 0 0 0
1st in 37/51 63/86 100/137
% 1st in 73% 73% 73%
1st pts 29/37 38/63 67/100
% 1st pts 78% 60% 67%
2nd pts 10/14 12/23 22/37
% 2nd pts 71% 52% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/4 4/10 7/14
Converted % 75% 40% 50%
Conceded 5 7 12
Saved 5/5 4/7 9
Saved % 100% 57% 79%
Times Broken 0 3 3
Harris
R1
Shang
R2
Schoolkate
Total
Score 6-3 7-68 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 22 23 45
pts 80-64 81-66 161-130
Total points 144 147 291
Winners 43 41 84
%Winners 54% 51% 52%
SERVE
Aces 9 4 13
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 53/66 50/70 103/136
% 1st in 80% 71% 76%
1st pts 43/53 41/50 84/103
% 1st pts 81% 82% 82%
2nd pts 8/13 13/20 21/33
% 2nd pts 62% 65% 64%
Breaks
Won 1 1 2
Converted 1/6 1/4 2/10
Converted % 17% 25% 20%
Conceded 1 3 4
Saved 1/1 3/3 4
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger

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