Mikhail Kukushkin and Dalibor Svrcina will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 1^st round in the Manama Challenger back in February 2024.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 118, Kukushkin reached the 2^nd round after beating Evgeny Donskoy 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 288, the Czech got to the 2^nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

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• Luca NardiNardi – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (6-2 7-6⁴) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong (6-1 5-7 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marc PolmansPolmans – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Terence AtmaneAtmane (1-0) – H2H and prediction