Mikhail Kukushkin and Jack Pinnington Jones will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.64
Jack Pinnington Jones -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Jack Pinnington Jones
There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Jack Pinnington Jones since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mikhail Kukushkin
13 - 13win/loss
190
39
LLLLWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-15 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 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. 182, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match at the Roland Garros where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Blancaneaux in the qualifications on the 20th of May.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 13-13 win-loss record in 2025, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on grass.
Talking about his overall career, Kukushkin has an overall 643-492 record. He has a negative 29-37 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2024. See his history.
Jack Pinnington Jones
5 - 5win/loss
282
282
LLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-12 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-8 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-12 | 9-7 | 8-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-13 | 6-5 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, Pinnington will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Birmingham Challenger where he lost 1-6 6-4 7-6(2) to Uchiyama in the qualifications on the 2nd of June.
The Brit has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Jack’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Calabasas.
In terms of his career, The Brit has an overall 85-50 record. He has a positive 8-6 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Pinnington has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Ilkley Challenger
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Leandro RiediRiedi – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henry SearleSearle – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Chris RodeschRodesch (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marin CilicCilic – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Brandon HoltHolt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
