Mikhail Kukushkin and Tristan Schoolkate will face off in the qualifications of the Brisbane International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on Court 14. 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 Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.85
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Tristan Schoolkate
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Tristan Schoolkate face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Schoolkate (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Schoolkate won 2-6 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in the Canberra Challenger back in 2023.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 113, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after beating Andrea Collarini 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kukushkin scored 65 points vs Collarini’s 53. Kukushkin was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kukushkin recorded 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Mikhail Kukushkin was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Collarini 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kukushkin has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (292-258). 24-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kukushkin has an overall 139-101 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season 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 defeated Matteo Gigante in the final 6-2 2-0 ret..
Kukushkin has a composed 52-32 win-loss record in 2024, 24-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Brisbane
Tristan Schoolkate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 168, Tristan reached the qualifications after defeating James Duckworth 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Schoolkate had a good straight sets win against Duckworth (6-4 6-4). During the match Schoolkate scored 61 points vs Duckworth’s 53. Schoolkate was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Schoolkate recorded 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tristan Schoolkate was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Schoolkate broke Duckworth twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Guangzhou Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 6-3 3-6 6-3.
The Australian has an aggregate 44-33 win-loss record in 2024, 38-24 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kukushkin | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 65-53 | 61-53 |
| Total Points | 118 | 114 |
| Winners | 30 | 33 |
| %Winners | 46% | 54% |
Both Kukushkin and Schoolkate played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kukushkin and Schoolkate have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kukushkin played 2 games less than Schoolkate. Mikhail scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Schoolkate scored 33 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kukushkin | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 14 |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 42/58 |
| %1st in | 68% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 56% |
Kukushkin scored 3 aces . Schoolkate bagged 14 aces . Kukushkin won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 79% of the points on 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 | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 86% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Tristan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Collarini | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 65-53 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Schoolkate | |||
| Q1 Duckworth | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 61-53 | 61-53 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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