Mikhail Kukushkin and Vitaliy Sachko will square off in the 1st round of the Lyon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.51
Vitaliy Sachko -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Vitaliy Sachko

This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Vitaliy Sachko square 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 competed against each other, Kukushkin won 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in June 2024.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

52 - 31win/loss

Hard
24-10
I Hard
12-8
Clay
10-9
Grass
6-4
Rank
113
High
39
LLWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 52-31 24-10 10-9 12-8 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. 113, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Lyon Challenger after he played his last match in the Helsinki Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-5 to Arnaboldi in the 1st round on the 4th of November.

Kukushkin has a composed 52-31 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Manama Challenger where he overcame 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..

Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 630-478 record. He has a positive 146-112 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Lyon Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Lyon Challenger
Kukushkin's Record

Vitaliy Sachko

Vitaliy Sachko

24 - 26win/loss

Hard
3-5
I Hard
7-3
Clay
14-17
Grass
0-1
Rank
413
High
156
WWLWWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-26 3-5 14-17 7-3 0-1 0-0
2023 47-32 4-3 28-16 15-12 0-0 0-1
2022 24-33 2-3 12-18 8-10 0-1 2-1
2021 42-28 0-2 24-17 18-7 0-0 0-2
2020 21-12 8-5 7-3 4-3 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 413, Vitaliy reached the 1st round after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-2 6-4 and Niels Visker 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Ukrainian defeated Visker (6-3 6-72 6-4). During the match Sachko scored 113 points vs Visker’s 104. Vitaliy was very aggressive to blast 57 winners.

About the serving games, Sachko fired 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 68% of his first serves in, winning 76% (57/75) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (13/36) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Visker 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sachko started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Ukrainian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Trnava.

Vitaliy has an overall 24-26 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Lyon Challenger
Sachko's Record

Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger

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