Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mikhail Kukushkin will face off in the 1st round of the St. Tropez Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL TAG HEUER. 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 Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 3 sets.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.6
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 5th time that Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mikhail Kukushkin square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Herbert (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Herbert won 7-6(5) 7-5 in the 1st round in Marseille back in 2022.
Highlights Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs Mikhail Kukushkin – Marseille 15-February-2022
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
24 - 22win/loss
154
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-27 | 1-5 | 8-11 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Pierre-Hugues will start his run in the St. Tropez Challenger after he played his last match in the Genova Challenger where he lost 7-6(2) 7-5 to Alberto in the 1st round on the 2nd of September.
The French player has a composed 24-22 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Jelle Sels in the final 6-3 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The French player has an overall 499-387 record. He has a positive 114-100 record on hard.
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history
.Mikhail Kukushkin
16 - 21win/loss
294
39
| 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. 259, Kukushkin will start his run in the St. Tropez Challenger after he played his last match in the Rennes Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Couacaud in the 1st round on the 9th of September.
Mikhail has an overall 16-21 win-loss record in 2025, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kukushkin has an overall 646-500 record. He has a positive 258-179 record on hard.
Previously in the St. Tropez Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Tennis Scores in St. Tropez Challenger
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- Mae MaligeMalige – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Harold MayotMayot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Titouan DroguetDroguet – Luca PotenzaPotenza (1-0) – H2H and prediction