Mikhail Kukushkin and Dalibor Svrcina will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.57
Dalibor Svrcina -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Dalibor Svrcina
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Dalibor Svrcina play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kukushkin won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the Manama Challenger back in February 2024.
Mikhail Kukushkin
43 - 24win/loss
113
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. 118, Kukushkin reached the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kukushkin scored 67 points vs Donskoy’s 60. Kukushkin was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mikhail Kukushkin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Donskoy twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Kukushkin has good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (283-250). 20-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has a compiled 135-98 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the 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 beat Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Mikhail has a compiled 43-24 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Dalibor Svrcina
22 - 20win/loss
225
154
LWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 6-3 | 3-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288, the Czech got to the 2nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dalibor had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (7-5 6-4). During the match Svrcina scored 69 points vs Uchiyama’s 57. Svrcina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Svrcina bagged 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 54% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Dalibor broke Uchiyama 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Svrcina’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.
Dalibor has an aggregate 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 |
| Pts | 67-60 | 69-57 |
| Total Points | 127 | 126 |
| Winners | 30 | 26 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Both Kukushkin and Svrcina played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Svrcina have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kukushkin played 2 games less than Svrcina. Mikhail scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Dalibor bagged 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 36/66 | 35/65 |
| %1st in | 55% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 14/30 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 47% |
Kukushkin scored 6 aces . Svrcina blasted 3 aces . Kukushkin won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Svrcina won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Kukushkin broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Kukushkin had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| R1 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-60 | 67-60 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/66 | 36/66 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 30/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Svrcina | |||
| R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 35/65 | 35/65 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 14/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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