Mikhail Kukushkin and Bu Yunchaokete will play each other in the quarter of the Hangzhou Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:30 pm on COURT CENTER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bu Yunchaokete who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Bu Yunchaokete is the pick to win this match.
Bu Yunchaokete -> 1.61
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.32

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Bu Yunchaokete

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Bu Yunchaokete since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 112, Kukushkin reached the quarter after beating Luciano Darderi 6-3 6-4 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-4 7-6³). During the match, Kukushkin scored 69 points vs Shevchenko’s 58. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kukushkin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was very efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Kazakhstani broke Shevchenko 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kukushkin hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Kukushkin has good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (287-251). 24-8 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kukushkin has a composed 139-99 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning 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 beat Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..

Mikhail has an overall 47-25 win-loss record in 2024, 24-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hangzhou

Mikhail has never competed in this tournament before.

Bu Yunchaokete

Ranked no. 124, Bu reached the quarter after beating Hugo Gaston 7-5 6-3 and Karen Khachanov 7-6(7) 4-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Bu defeated Khachanov (7-6⁷ 4-6 6-3). During the match Yunchaokete scored 94 points vs Khachanov’s 89. Yunchaokete was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Talking about serving, Yunchaokete blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Bu Yunchaokete was very effective on serve to win 81% (47/58) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Chinese broke Khachanov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Yunchaokete has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he overcame Egor Gerasimov in the final 6-4 6-1 and the Granby Challenger where he overcame Terence Atmane in the final 6-3 6-7(7) 6-4.

Yunchaokete has a compiled 42-19 win-loss record in 2024, 36-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kukushkin	Yunchaokete
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	42	53
Pts	137-109	166-143
Total Points	246	309
Winners	61	78
%Winners	45%	47%

Both Kukushkin and Yunchaokete played 2 matches. At the moment, Bu Yunchaokete conceded 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t lost a set so far. Kukushkin has played 1 set(s) less than Yunchaokete (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kukushkin played 11 games less than Yunchaokete. Mikhail scored 61 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese scored 78 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kukushkin	Yunchaokete
Aces	8	22
Avg per match	4	11
1st in	80/128	96/151
%1st in	63%	64%
1st pts	61/80	78/96
%1st pts	76%	81%
2nd pts	23/48	31/55
%2nd pts	48%	56%

Kukushkin managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Yunchaokete recorded 22 aces (11 per match). Kukushkin won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Yunchaokete won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kukushkin	Yunchaokete
Won	7	6
Converted	7/10	6/13
% Converted	70%	46%
Conceded	10	7
Saved	6	3
% Saved	60%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Yunchaokete conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Kukushkin
	R1 Darderi	R2 Shevchenko	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	6-4 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	23	42
pts	68-51	69-58	137-109
Total points	119	127	246
Winners	28	33	61
%Winners	41%	48%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	8
Double Faults	3	1	4
1st in	37/63	43/65	80/128
% 1st in	59%	66%	63%
1st pts	28/37	33/43	61/80
% 1st pts	76%	77%	76%
2nd pts	11/26	12/22	23/48
% 2nd pts	42%	55%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/5	3/5	7/10
Converted %	80%	60%	70%
Conceded	7	3	10
Saved	5/7	1/3	6
Saved %	71%	33%	52%
Times Broken	2	2	4

Yunchaokete
	R1 Gaston	R2 Khachanov	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	7-67 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	21	32	53
pts	72-54	94-89	166-143
Total points	126	183	309
Winners	31	47	78
%Winners	43%	50%	47%
SERVE
Aces	9	13	22
Double Faults	1	2	3
1st in	38/60	58/91	96/151
% 1st in	63%	64%	64%
1st pts	31/38	47/58	78/96
% 1st pts	82%	81%	81%
2nd pts	14/22	17/33	31/55
% 2nd pts	64%	52%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/8	3/5	6/13
Converted %	38%	60%	46%
Conceded	3	4	7
Saved	2/3	1/4	3
Saved %	67%	25%	46%
Times Broken	1	3	4

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