Alexander Shevchenko and Mikhail Kukushkin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Hangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTER. 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 Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.72
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

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

Alexander Shevchenko

Alexander Shevchenko

18 - 29win/loss

Hard

6-10

I Hard

5-4

Clay

6-12

Grass

1-3

Rank
78

High
45

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	22-35	8-13	6-12	7-7	1-3	0-0
2023	45-34	16-15	19-13	10-5	0-1	0-0
2022	50-33	2-4	41-23	7-6	0-0	0-0
2021	49-27	8-4	33-17	8-6	0-0	0-0
2020	24-8	13-4	11-4	0-0	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 58, the Kazakhstani reached the 2^nd round after beating Marco Trungelliti 6-1 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-1 6-1). During the match, Shevchenko scored 53 points vs Trungelliti’s 21. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shevchenko bagged 4 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Alexander Shevchenko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 94% (17/18) of his 1st serve and 100% (11/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Trungelliti 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Shevchenko has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (248-165). 6-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Shevchenko has an aggregate46-38 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Alexander has an aggregate 18-29 win-loss record in 2024, 6-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Alexander has never competed in this tournament before.

Hangzhou

Shevchenko's Record

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

46 - 25win/loss

Hard

23-8

I Hard

7-4

Clay

10-9

Grass

6-4

Rank
112

High
39

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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

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Ranked no. 112, Kukushkin got to the 2^nd round after defeating Luciano Darderi 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Darderi (6-3 6-4). During the match Kukushkin scored 68 points vs Darderi’s 51. Kukushkin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Kukushkin recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Darderi 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

His best result of the season was conquering 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..

Kukushkin has a compiled 46-25 win-loss record in 2024, 23-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Hangzhou

Kukushkin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Shevchenko and Kukushkin played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Shevchenko and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Shevchenko played 5 games less than Kukushkin. Shevchenko scored 17 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani struck 28 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Shevchenko scored 4 aces . Kukushkin managed to score 6 aces . Shevchenko won 94% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 100% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Shevchenko broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kukushkin broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Mikhail conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Alexander
Shevchenko

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Mikhail
Kukushkin

Rank

78

High

45

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Rank

112

High

39

Win Loss

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2024 2023 2022

22 - 34

52 - 32

8-13

Hard

24-10

7-6

I Hard

12-9

6-12

Clay

10-9

1-3

Grass

6-4

Tennis Scores in Hangzhou

• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Hugo GastonGaston (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Corentin MoutetMoutet (7-6⁶ 6-1) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Yibing WuWu (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-6 7-6⁶ 6-2) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca NardiNardi (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Luciano DarderiDarderi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (5-7 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Rinky Hijikata/Mackenzie McDonaldHijikata/Mackenzie McDonald – Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli/Arjun KadheChoudary Bollipalli/Arjun Kadhe (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Yibing WuWu (6-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-4 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marin CilicCilic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Zhizhen ZhangZhang – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – H2H and prediction

Shevchenko

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