Alexander Shevchenko and Mikhail Kukushkin will square off in the 1st round of the Almaty Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.61
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Mikhail Kukushkin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kukushkin won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Hangzhou back in September 2024.
Highlights Mikhail Kukushkin vs Alexander Shevchenko – Hangzhou 20-September-2024
Alexander Shevchenko
20 - 32win/loss
61
45
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-32 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 5-4 | 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 |
Ranked no. 61, the Kazakhstani will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-1 6-7(5) 6-2 to Mensik in the 3rd round on the 8th of October.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 20-32 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Shevchenko has an overall 250-168 record. He has a positive 31-22 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
Mikhail Kukushkin
49 - 27win/loss
111
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-27 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 9-4 | 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. 111, Kukushkin reached the 1st round after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-4 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-1 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 61 points vs Kachmazov’s 32. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin blasted 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was very effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kukushkin broke Kachmazov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 59% of the points he played.
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 aggregate 49-27 win-loss record in 2024, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander Shevchenko/Timofey SkatovShevchenko/Timofey Skatov – Evan King/Reese StalderKing/Reese Stalder (6-1 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Justin EngelEngel – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Yuki Bhambri/Albano OlivettiBhambri/Albano Olivetti (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Borna CoricCoric – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel EvansEvans (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Fabio FogniniFognini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction