Mikhail Kukushkin and Jozef Kovalik will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Quimper Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. 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.
As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.54
Jozef Kovalik -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Jozef Kovalik
This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Jozef Kovalik fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Kukushkin won 6-1 6-3 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2017.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-11 | 8-8 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 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. 110, Mikhail will start his run in the Quimper Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-0 6-2 to Lajal in the qualifications on the 7th of January.
Mikhail has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 632-481 record. He has a positive 146-113 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Quimper Challenger
Kukushkin has never competed in this tournament before.
Jozef Kovalik
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-10 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-25 | 3-5 | 30-15 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-34 | 1-3 | 21-28 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-23 | 3-6 | 29-13 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-27 | 0-1 | 26-20 | 5-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 129, the Slovakian will start his run in the Quimper Challenger after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Tien in the qualifications on the 9th of January.
Kovalik has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, The Slovakian has an overall 503-371 record. He has a negative 24-42 record on indoor hard courts.
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