Mikhail Kukushkin and Bor Artnak will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Mikhail Kukushkin is the pick to win this match.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.1
Bor Artnak -> 6

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Bor Artnak

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Bor Artnak since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 166, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after defeating Mitchell Krueger 5-7 7-6(2) 6-0.

In the qualifications against Krueger, Kukushkin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-6² 6-0). During the match, Kukushkin scored 100 points vs Krueger’s 86. Kukushkin was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kukushkin scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 70% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Kukushkin broke Krueger 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Kukushkin has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (273-240). 6-6 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kukushkin has an overall 128-98 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Mikhail has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Bor Artnak

Ranked no. 458, Bor got to the qualifications after defeating Lloyd Harris 6-3 6-7(5) 2-0 ret..

In the qualifications against Lloyd, the Slovenian had a free pass after Lloyd retired on a 6-3 6-7⁵ 2-0 . scoreline.

The Slovenian has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Phoenix Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kukushkin	Artnak
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	4
Tot Games	31	24
Pts	100-86	84-71
Total Points	186	155
Winners	46	33
%Winners	46%	39%

Both Kukushkin and Artnak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Mikhail Kukushkin surrendered 1 set, while Bor Artnak surrendered 1 set. Kukushkin has played 1 set(s) less than Artnak (3 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kukushkin played 7 games more than Artnak. The Kazakhstani scored 46 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Artnak struck 33 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kukushkin	Artnak
Aces	4	1
Avg per match	4	1
1st in	65/93	53/84
%1st in	70%	63%
1st pts	46/65	33/53
%1st pts	71%	62%
2nd pts	13/28	18/31
%2nd pts	46%	58%

Kukushkin bagged 4 aces . Artnak bagged 1 ace . Kukushkin won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Artnak won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kukushkin	Artnak
Won	6	5
Converted	6/12	5/8
% Converted	50%	63%
Conceded	8	11
Saved	4	8
% Saved	50%	73%
Times Broken	4	3

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Bor conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Kukushkin
	Q1 Krueger	Total
Score	5-7 7-62 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	100-86	100-86
Total points	186	186
Winners	46	46
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	65/93	65/93
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	46/65	46/65
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	13/28	13/28
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	4/8	4
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	4	4

Artnak
	Q1 Lloyd	Total
Score	6-3 6-75 2-0 ret.
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	24	24
pts	84-71	84-71
Total points	155	155
Winners	33	33
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	53/84	53/84
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	33/53	33/53
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	18/31	18/31
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	8/11	8
Saved %	73%	73%
Times Broken	3	3

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