Mikhail Kukushkin and Mark Lajal will play each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on Court 8. 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 Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.66
Mark Lajal -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Mark Lajal
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Mark Lajal since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 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. 109, Mikhail will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in Brisbane where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4 to Mensik in the 1st round on the 31st of December.
Mikhail has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 632-480 record. He has a positive 250-168 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2012. See his history.
Mark Lajal
38 - 30win/loss
229
191
LLWWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 15-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 25-16 | 5-2 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 35-12 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 234, the Estonian will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in the Champaign Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 to Pinnington in the 1st round on the 11th of November.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of his career, Lajal has an overall 135-90 record. He has a positive 83-46 record on hard.
Previously at the Australian Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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