Mikhail Kukushkin and Alibek Kachmazov will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Almaty Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.727
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alibek Kachmazov
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Alibek Kachmazov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kachmazov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Kachmazov won 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4 in the qualifications in the Helsinki Challenger back in 2023.
Mikhail Kukushkin
48 - 27win/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. 103, Mikhail reached the qualifications after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kukushkin scored 59 points vs Sultanov’s 53. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin bagged 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (27/36) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kukushkin broke Sultanov 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kukushkin has good match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (288-253). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has an overall 74-65 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year 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 overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Mikhail has a compiled 48-27 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Alibek Kachmazov
31 - 24win/loss
189
179
LLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 195, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Maxime Cressy 4-6 6-3 2-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Cressy, the Russian had a free pass after Cressy retired on a 4-6 6-3 2-0 . scoreline.
Alibek’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
Alibek has a composed 31-24 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-53 | 63-51 |
| Total Points | 112 | 114 |
| Winners | 27 | 26 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Kukushkin and Kachmazov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alibek Kachmazov lost 1 set while Mikhail Kukushkin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kukushkin has played 2 set(s) less than Kachmazov (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kukushkin played 1 game less than Kachmazov. Kukushkin scored 27 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kachmazov recorded 26 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/59 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 26/36 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 17/23 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 74% |
Kukushkin bagged 3 aces . Kachmazov bagged 7 aces . Kukushkin won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 60% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Kukushkin broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mikhail conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Sultanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 59-53 | 59-53 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/60 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/36 | 27/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kachmazov | |||
| Q1 Cressy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 63-51 | 63-51 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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