Mikhail Kukushkin and Nikoloz Basilashvili will play each other in the 1^st round of the Open Occitanie for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nikoloz Basilashvili who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nikoloz Basilashvili is the pick to win this match.
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 1.64
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili

This will be the 3^rd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Nikoloz Basilashvili fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kukushkin won 6-2 6-2 in the qualifications in the Tenerife 3 Challenger back in 2024.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 112, Kukushkin will start his run in Montpellier after he played his last match in the Quimper Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-3 to Droguet in the 2^nd round on the 23^rd of January.

Mikhail has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 633-482 record. He has a positive 147-114 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Montpellier

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2013. See his history.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 178, the Georgean reached the 1^st round after beating Matteo Gigante 6-3 7-5 and Titouan Droguet 3-6 6-3 5-4 ret..

In the qualifications against Droguet, Basilashvili had a free pass after Droguet retired on a 3-6 6-3 5-4 . scoreline.

Basilashvili has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Montpellier

• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-6¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yuki Bhambri/Ivan DodigBhambri/Ivan Dodig – Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner (7-5 3-6 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander BublikBublik – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – David GoffinGoffin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Harold MayotMayot – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction