Mikhail Kukushkin and Michael Geerts will play each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.21
Michael Geerts -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Michael Geerts face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Kukushkin won 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Andria Challenger back in 2022.
Mikhail Kukushkin
42 - 23win/loss
117
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-23 | 19-6 | 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. 117, Mikhail will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 1-6 6-4 7-6(6) to Trungelliti in the qualifications on the 19th of August.
Kukushkin has an aggregate 42-23 win-loss record in 2024, 19-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame Richard Gasquet in the final 7-6(5) 6-4 and the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he defeated Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 620-470 record. He has a positive 243-163 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2013. See his history.
Michael Geerts
31 - 28win/loss
322
212
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-28 | 14-8 | 10-12 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 322, the Belgian will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match in the Manacor Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Lokoli in the qualifications on the 26th of August.
Michael has a composed 31-28 win-loss record in 2024, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.Geerts’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Martos and M25 Castelo Branco.
In terms of his career, Michael has an overall 341-262 record. He has a positive 158-97 record on hard.
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- Benjamin LockLock – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Aleksandre BakshiBakshi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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