Mikhail Kukushkin and Joris De Loore will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL EUPAGO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.64
Joris De Loore -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Joris De Loore
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Joris De Loore play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kukushkin won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Nottingham Challenger back in February 2024.
Mikhail Kukushkin
38 - 20win/loss
108
39
| 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. 134, the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after defeating Jie Cui 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Cui, Kukushkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Kukushkin scored 82 points vs Cui’s 65. Mikhail was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 70% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Kukushkin broke Cui 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Kukushkin has winning record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (278-246). 15-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an overall 130-94 record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning 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 overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 38-20 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Mikhail has never competed in this tournament before.
Joris De Loore
16 - 19win/loss
329
142
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-21 | 3-4 | 7-10 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-25 | 5-3 | 10-8 | 27-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 14-4 | 22-10 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 10-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 224, Joris reached the 2nd round after defeating Valentin Royer 7-6(5) 6-7(3) 7-6(5).
In the 1st round, De Loore defeated Royer (7-65 6-73 7-65). During the match De Loore and Royer scored the same amount of points (138). However, the world no. 134 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. De Loore was pretty aggressive to blast 60 winners.
Talking about serving, De Loore bagged 17 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Joris De Loore lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, De Loore put 59% of his first serves in, winning 73% (60/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (28/56) on the 2nd serve. De Loore broke Royer 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
De Loore’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Lille Challenger.
The Belgian has an overall 16-19 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | De Loore |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 39 |
| Pts | 82-65 | 138-138 |
| Total Points | 147 | 276 |
| Winners | 37 | 60 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Kukushkin and De Loore played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin dropped 1 set, while Joris De Loore surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and De Loore have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kukushkin played 15 games less than De Loore. Mikhail scored 37 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, De Loore fired 60 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | De Loore |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 17 |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 82/138 |
| %1st in | 70% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 60/82 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 28/56 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 50% |
Kukushkin struck 1 ace . De Loore also managed to score 17 aces . Kukushkin won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, De Loore won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | De Loore |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Mikhail conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Cui | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 82-65 | 82-65 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 51/73 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| De Loore | |||
| R1 Royer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-73 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 138-138 | 138-138 | |
| Total points | 276 | 276 | |
| Winners | 60 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 82/138 | 82/138 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 60/82 | 60/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/56 | 28/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Jaime FariaFaria – Joao DominguesDomingues (0-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Gastao EliasElias (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Edas ButvilasButvilas – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Alexander BlockxBlockx (7-60 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction