Mikhail Kukushkin and Ryan Peniston will play each other in the 1^st round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on PISTA 2. 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 -> 1.74
Ryan Peniston -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Ryan Peniston

There is no head to head record between Mikhail Kukushkin and Ryan Peniston since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 197, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Pozoblanco Challenger after he played his last match at Wimbledon where he lost 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 to Holmgren in the qualifications on the 25^th of June.

Kukushkin has an aggregate 14-16 win-loss record in 2025, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Mikhail has an overall 644-495 record. He has a positive 256-175 record on hard.

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Kukushkin has never competed in this tournament before.

Ryan Peniston

Ranked no. 249, Peniston got to the 1^st round after beating Robin Catry 3-6 6-1 7-5 and Vadym Ursu 6-3 6-2.

In the qualifications, Ryan had a good straight sets win against Ursu (6-3 6-2). During the match Peniston scored 68 points vs Ursu’s 49. Ryan was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Peniston struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ryan Peniston lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Peniston put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Ursu 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Brit’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Sunderland,M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Loule and M25 Tbilisi.

Ryan has a compiled 36-14 win-loss record in 2025, 28-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger

• Tiago PereiraPereira – Alejandro Lopez EscribanoLopez Escribano (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rafael JodarJodar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-7⁵ 6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dan AddedAdded – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Gastao EliasElias (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matias SotoSoto – Matteo MartineauMartineau (0-0) – H2H and prediction