Mikhail Kukushkin and Alex Martinez will fight against each other in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL EUPAGO. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.33
Alex Martinez -> 3.14

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alex Martinez

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Alex Martinez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 134, Mikhail reached the quarter after beating Jie Cui 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Joris De Loore 7-6(4) 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against De Loore (7-6⁴ 6-3). During the match, Kukushkin scored 68 points vs De Loore’s 57. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kukushkin scored 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mikhail broke De Loore twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kukushkin has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Kukushkin has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (279-246). 16-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has an overall 131-94 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering 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..

The Kazakhstani has an overall 39-20 win-loss record in 2024, 16-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

Mikhail has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Martinez

Ranked no. 678 (career-high), the Spaniard got to the quarter after defeating Henry Searle 7-6(11) 5-7 6-3 and Henrique Rocha 6-2 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Martinez had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-2 6-3). During the match Martinez scored 68 points vs Rocha’s 47. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Martinez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Martinez was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Martinez broke Rocha 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alex has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Alex’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Segovia Challenger.

Alex has a compiled 12-6 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kukushkin	Martinez
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	46	51
Pts	150-122	180-163
Total Points	272	343
Winners	66	70
%Winners	44%	39%

Both Kukushkin and Martinez played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin conceded 1 set, while Alex Martinez conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Martinez have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kukushkin played 5 games less than Martinez. The Kazakhstani scored 66 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alex managed to score 70 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kukushkin	Martinez
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	2.5	3.5
1st in	91/138	101/163
%1st in	66%	62%
1st pts	66/91	70/101
%1st pts	73%	69%
2nd pts	29/47	32/62
%2nd pts	62%	52%

Kukushkin bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Martinez recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kukushkin won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Martinez won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kukushkin	Martinez
Won	7	10
Converted	7/11	10/21
% Converted	64%	48%
Conceded	7	12
Saved	4	6
% Saved	57%	50%
Times Broken	3	6

Kukushkin broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Kukushkin dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Martinez conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Kukushkin
	R1 Cui	R2 De Loore	Total
Score	3-6 6-2 6-1	7-64 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	24	22	46
pts	82-65	68-57	150-122
Total points	147	125	272
Winners	37	29	66
%Winners	45%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	5
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	51/73	40/65	91/138
% 1st in	70%	62%	66%
1st pts	37/51	29/40	66/91
% 1st pts	73%	73%	73%
2nd pts	11/22	18/25	29/47
% 2nd pts	50%	72%	62%
Breaks
Won	5	2	7
Converted	5/8	2/3	7/11
Converted %	63%	67%	64%
Conceded	4	3	7
Saved	2/4	2/3	4
Saved %	50%	67%	59%
Times Broken	2	1	3

Martinez
	R1 Searle	R2 Rocha	Total
Score	7-611 5-7 6-3	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	34	17	51
pts	112-116	68-47	180-163
Total points	228	115	343
Winners	46	24	70
%Winners	41%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	1	7
Double Faults	8	2	10
1st in	67/106	34/57	101/163
% 1st in	63%	60%	62%
1st pts	46/67	24/34	70/101
% 1st pts	69%	71%	69%
2nd pts	20/39	12/23	32/62
% 2nd pts	51%	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/11	5/10	10/21
Converted %	45%	50%	48%
Conceded	8	4	12
Saved	4/8	2/4	6
Saved %	50%	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	2	6

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