Yuta Shimizu and Mikhail Kukushkin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tyler Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.72
Yuta Shimizu -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Yuta Shimizu vs. Mikhail Kukushkin

There is no head to head record between Yuta Shimizu and Mikhail Kukushkin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Yuta Shimizu

Ranked no. 256, Yuta reached the quarter after defeating Marius Copil 6-2 6-1 and Alex Bolt 7-6⁵ 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Yuta had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match, Shimizu scored 77 points vs Bolt’s 68. The Japanese was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Shimizu scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Yuta Shimizu lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shimizu put 71% of his first serves in, winning 74% (42/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Bolt twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Shimizu hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Shimizu has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (205-102). 23-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Shimizu has an overall156-77 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Shimizu’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Burnie and the Puerto Vallarta Challenger.

The Japanese has an aggregate 23-11 win-loss record in 2023, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tyler Challenger

Shimizu has never competed in this tournament before.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Ranked no. 296, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after defeating Denis Yevseyev 7-6² 6-2 and Marc Polmans 2-6 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Polmans, The Kazakhstani recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Kukushkin scored 79 points vs Polmans’s 74. Mikhail was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Kukushkin made 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikhail Kukushkin lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kukushkin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Polmans 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mikhail has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Kukushkin has an overall 8-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Shimizu and Kukushkin played 2 matches. At the moment, Mikhail Kukushkin lost 1 set while Yuta Shimizu hasn’t lost a set so far. Shimizu has played 1 set(s) less than Kukushkin (4 vs 5). Therefore, Shimizu played 10 games less than Kukushkin. Shimizu scored 62 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Kukushkin blasted 61 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Shimizu bagged 8 aces (4 per match). Kukushkin struck 13 aces (6.5 per match). Shimizu won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kukushkin won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Shimizu broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Shimizu surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Mikhail broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Mikhail conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.