James Duckworth and Mikhail Kukushkin will square off in the qualifications of the Almaty Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is James Duckworth who should win in 3 sets.
James Duckworth -> 1.61
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
This will be the 3rd time that James Duckworth and Mikhail Kukushkin square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kukushkin won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in 2023.
James Duckworth
28 - 29win/loss
106
46
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-33 | 22-19 | 6-4 | 10-4 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-29 | 23-14 | 2-3 | 7-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-28 | 43-21 | 1-3 | 5-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-27 | 20-18 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-24 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 12-9 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 103, the Australian got to the qualifications after beating Saba Purtseladze 6-3 1-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Purtseladze, Duckworth had a free pass after Purtseladze retired on a 6-3 1-0 . scoreline.
Duckworth has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (306-207). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Duckworth has a compiled 32-29 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he defeated Max Wiskandt in the final 6-1 6-1.
Duckworth has an overall 28-29 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Mikhail Kukushkin
20 - 23win/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. 295, Kukushkin got to the qualifications after beating Taro Daniel 7-6(3) 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kukushkin had a good straight sets win against Daniel (7-63 6-1). During the match Kukushkin scored 72 points vs Daniel’s 45. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Kukushkin recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was quite effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Daniel twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Kukushkin has a composed 20-23 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in Almaty
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 10 | 20 |
| Pts | 42-23 | 72-45 |
| Total Points | 65 | 117 |
| Winners | 15 | 37 |
| %Winners | 36% | 51% |
Both Duckworth and Kukushkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Duckworth has played 1 set more than Kukushkin (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Duckworth played 10 games less than Kukushkin. The Australian scored 15 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Mikhail fired 37 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 15/20 | 43/61 |
| %1st in | 75% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 15/15 | 37/43 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 5/5 | 14/18 |
| %2nd pts | 100% | 78% |
Duckworth scored 5 aces . Kukushkin managed to score 9 aces . Duckworth won 100% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 100% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 33% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Duckworth broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. James quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Kukushkin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Duckworth | |||
| Q1 Purtseladze | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 10 | 10 | |
| pts | 42-23 | 42-23 | |
| Total points | 65 | 65 | |
| Winners | 15 | 15 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 15/15 | 15/15 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 100% | 100% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Daniel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-45 | 72-45 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/18 | 14/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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