Mikhail Kukushkin and Alibek Kachmazov will play each other in the quarter of the Brest Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.63
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Alibek Kachmazov
This will be the 3rd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Alibek Kachmazov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kukushkin and Kachmazov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Kukushkin won 6-1 6-2 in the qualifications in Almaty back in October 2024.
Mikhail Kukushkin
51 - 28win/loss
110
39
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-29 | 24-10 | 10-9 | 11-6 | 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, Mikhail reached the quarter after beating Edas Butvilas 6-4 4-6 7-6(3) and Gregoire Barrere 6-1 6-3
.In the 2nd round, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-1 6-3). During the match, Kukushkin scored 57 points vs Barrere’s 36. Kukushkin was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kukushkin scored 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin was quite efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kukushkin broke Barrere 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Kukushkin has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (291-254). 11-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kukushkin has a compiled 77-66 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering 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 overcame Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
The Kazakhstani has an overall 51-28 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
Alibek Kachmazov
33 - 25win/loss
186
179
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-26 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 12-7 | 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. 199, Alibek reached the quarter after defeating Harold Mayot 2-6 6-3 7-6(3) and Zsombor Piros 3-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round against Piros, Alibek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Kachmazov scored 92 points vs Piros’s 80. Kachmazov was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Kachmazov scored 5 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Alibek Kachmazov was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kachmazov broke Piros 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alibek has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
Alibek has an overall 33-25 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brest Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 56 |
| Pts | 174-149 | 189-174 |
| Total Points | 323 | 363 |
| Winners | 90 | 77 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Both Kukushkin and Kachmazov played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin lost 1 set, while Alibek Kachmazov lost 2 sets. Kukushkin has played 1 set(s) less than Kachmazov (5 vs 6). Therefore, Kukushkin played 7 games less than Kachmazov. The Kazakhstani scored 90 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Alibek recorded 77 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 124/164 | 112/178 |
| %1st in | 76% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 90/124 | 77/112 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 34/66 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Kukushkin fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kachmazov managed to score 11 aces (5.5 per match). Kukushkin won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kachmazov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kukushkin | Kachmazov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 40% | 35% |
| Conceded | 15 | 16 |
| Saved | 13 | 9 |
| % Saved | 87% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Mikhail lost his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded. Kachmazov broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Kachmazov conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kukushkin | ||||
| R1 Butvilas | R2 Barrere | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-63 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 | 49 | |
| pts | 117-113 | 57-36 | 174-149 | |
| Total points | 230 | 93 | 323 | |
| Winners | 63 | 27 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 47% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 92/122 | 32/42 | 124/164 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 63/92 | 27/32 | 90/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 84% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/30 | 6/10 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 4/5 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 80% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 0 | 15 | |
| Saved | 13/15 | 0/0 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 87% | – | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kachmazov | ||||
| R1 Mayot | R2 Piros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-63 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 56 | |
| pts | 97-94 | 92-80 | 189-174 | |
| Total points | 191 | 172 | 363 | |
| Winners | 40 | 37 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 60/101 | 52/77 | 112/178 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 40/60 | 37/52 | 77/112 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/41 | 13/25 | 34/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/16 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 25% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 60% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
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