Marat Sharipov and Mikhail Kukushkin will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Lyon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikhail Kukushkin who should win in 3 sets.
Mikhail Kukushkin -> 1.79
Marat Sharipov -> 1.89
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Prediction and head to head Marat Sharipov vs. Mikhail Kukushkin
There is no head to head record between Marat Sharipov and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marat Sharipov
48 - 25win/loss
276
243
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48-26 | 24-11 | 14-9 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 46-17 | 16-7 | 27-7 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-18 | 43-4 | 22-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-19 | 8-6 | 7-10 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-17 | 2-5 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 279, Marat got to the qualifications after beating Tom Gentzsch 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Marat had a good straight sets win against Gentzsch (6-4 6-2). During the match, Sharipov scored 64 points vs Gentzsch’s 52. Sharipov was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sharipov struck 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marat Sharipov was very effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sharipov broke Gentzsch 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Sharipov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (190-96). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sharipov has an aggregate24-16 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Marat’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Uriage.
Marat has a composed 48-25 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Marat has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikhail Kukushkin
21 - 26win/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. 314, Mikhail got to the qualifications after beating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Mikhail had a good straight sets win against Arnaud Bailly (6-1 6-3). During the match Kukushkin scored 61 points vs Arnaud Bailly’s 39. Mikhail was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kukushkin scored 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Arnaud Bailly 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Kukushkin has an overall 21-26 win-loss record in 2025, 6-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sharipov | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 64-52 | 61-39 |
| Total Points | 116 | 100 |
| Winners | 30 | 23 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Both Sharipov and Kukushkin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sharipov and Kukushkin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sharipov played 2 games more than Kukushkin. Sharipov scored 30 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani bagged 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sharipov | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5 |
| 1st in | 38/69 | 26/42 |
| %1st in | 55% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 23/26 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 63% |
Sharipov bagged 10 aces . Kukushkin made 5 aces . Sharipov won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sharipov | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sharipov extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 8 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Sharipov | |||
| Q1 Gentzsch | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 64-52 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/69 | 38/69 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/31 | 17/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kukushkin | |||
| Q1 Arnaud | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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