Mikhail Kukushkin and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Court 7. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.7
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux

This will be the 2nd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Geoffrey Blancaneaux fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kukushkin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Kukushkin won 7-6(4) 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in the Tenerife 1 Challenger back in 2024.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Kukushkin

13 - 12win/loss

Hard
8-8
I Hard
2-3
Clay
3-1
Rank
299
High
39
LWWWWLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-27 11-13 3-2 9-9 1-3 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. 163, Mikhail will start his run at the French Open after he played his last match in the Bordeaux Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Nakashima in the 2nd round on the 15th of May.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 13-12 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 643-491 record. He has a positive 200-157 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2020. See his history.

French Open
Kukushkin's Record

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

Geoffrey Blancaneaux

15 - 16win/loss

Hard
0-3
I Hard
2-3
Clay
13-10
Rank
256
High
134
LWLLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-36 0-5 24-23 7-7 0-1 0-0
2024 24-33 6-5 13-19 5-9 0-0 0-0
2023 29-37 7-10 14-18 8-8 0-1 0-0
2022 40-38 17-10 14-15 8-10 1-3 0-0
2021 26-31 8-6 17-19 0-3 0-1 1-2

Ranked no. 270, Blancaneaux will start his run at the Paris after he played his last match in the Bordeaux Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-4 to Hemery in the qualifications on the 13th of May.

Blancaneaux has an aggregate 15-16 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Brazzaville Challenger where he beat Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-4.

In terms of his career, Blancaneaux has an overall 318-269 record. He has a positive 162-134 record on clay.

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.

French Open
Blancaneaux's Record

Tennis Scores – French Open

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