Mikhail Kukushkin and Jie Cui will play each other in the 1st round of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on CENTRAL EUPAGO. In the following paragraphs, 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 2 sets.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.23
Jie Cui -> 3.88
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Jie Cui
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
37 - 20win/loss
134
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-20 | 14-3 | 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. 134, Mikhail will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in Kitzbuhel where he lost 3-6 6-2 6-1 to Collarini in the qualifications on the 20th of July.
Mikhail has an aggregate 37-20 win-loss record in 2024, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Manama Challenger where he defeated 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..
Talking about his overall career, Mikhail has an overall 615-467 record. He has a positive 238-160 record on hard.
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Kukushkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-13 | 24-12 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336 (career-high), the Chinese got to the 1st round after beating Tiago Silva 6-4 6-0.
Cui’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat and M25 Anning.
Jie has a composed 29-13 win-loss record in 2024, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS)
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