Jakub Mensik and Mikhail Kukushkin will square off in the 1st round of the Brisbane International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 10. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Mensik who should win in 2 sets.
Jakub Mensik -> 1.39
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Mensik vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 2nd time that Jakub Mensik and Mikhail Kukushkin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kukushkin won 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in the Manama Challenger back in February 2024.
Jakub Mensik
41 - 27win/loss
48
48
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-27 | 26-12 | 6-4 | 7-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 10-6 | 17-11 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-16 | 18-4 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 48 (career-high), Jakub will start his run in Brisbane after he played his last match in the Next Gen ATP Finals where he lost 3-4(4) 4-3(8) 4-3(5) 3-4(4) 4-3(5) to Fonseca in the round robin on the 20th of December.
Jakub has a compiled 41-27 win-loss record in 2024, 26-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Canberra Challenger and Doha.
Talking about his overall career, Jakub has an overall 116-70 record. He has a positive 54-22 record on hard.
Previously in Brisbane
Mensik has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 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 1st round after beating Andrea Collarini 6-2 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-4 6-4). During the match Kukushkin scored 62 points vs Schoolkate’s 50. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin recorded 6 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Schoolkate 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current 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..
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 52-32 win-loss record in 2024, 24-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-65 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-5 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Holger RuneRune (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Novak Djokovic/Nick KyrgiosDjokovic/Nick Kyrgios – Alexander Erler/Andreas MiesErler/Andreas Mies (6-4 6-74 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 4-6 7-610) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-78 7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christian Harrison/Marcus WillisHarrison/Marcus Willis – Romain Arneodo/Arthur CazauxArneodo/Arthur Cazaux (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rinky HijikataHijikata (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Nicolas JarryJarry (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (0-0) – H2H and prediction