Mikhail Kukushkin and Aslan Karatsev will play each other in the 1st round of the Porto Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on MC DONALDS. 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 Aslan Karatsev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.54
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Mikhail Kukushkin vs. Aslan Karatsev
This will be the 3rd time that Mikhail Kukushkin and Aslan Karatsev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kukushkin and Karatsev (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kukushkin won 7-6(2) 3-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Cary Challenger back in 2024.
Mikhail Kukushkin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22-18 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 18-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 195, Mikhail will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in the Pozoblanco Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Peniston in the 1st round on the 15th of July.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 14-17 win-loss record in 2025, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Mikhail has an overall 644-496 record. He has a positive 256-176 record on hard.
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2024. See his history.
Aslan Karatsev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 16-11 | 14-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 12-18 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-22 | 13-10 | 14-5 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-31 | 8-9 | 5-9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, the Russian will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in the Francavilla Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-0 to Ymer in the 2nd round on the 8th of May.
Aslan has a compiled 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Gregoire Barrere in the final 7-6(5) 7-5.
In terms of his career, The Russian has an overall 431-306 record. He has a positive 175-101 record on hard.
Previously in the Porto Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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WWW Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
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- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jie CuiCui (6-4 7-6(3)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elias YmerYmer – Jaime FariaFaria (2-6 7-63 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Moez EcharguiEchargui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Matias SotoSoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Tiago TorresTorres (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxwell MckennonMckennon – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
