Kevin Anderson vs Mikhail KukushkinPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Kevin Anderson and Mikhail Kukushkin have met 4 times since 2015; Kevin Anderson leads 4–0. Their first meeting came at Winston-Salem in 2015 on hard. On hard courts Anderson leads 3–0. Anderson has won the last 4 meetings. Across all meetings Anderson has taken 8 sets to Kukushkin's 3. Their most recent meeting: Kevin Anderson won at ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai (2018).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Anderson | Kukushkin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Kevin Anderson | Mikhail Kukushkin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 76% | 22/29 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 32% | 7/22 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 27% | 14/51 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 52% | 15/29 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 70% | 14/20 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 54% | 14/26 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 89% | 24/27 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 81% | 22/27 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 1 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Anderson 1, Kukushkin 0).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Anderson
🤖 Servebot
Kukushkin
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
🤖 Servebot vs 🏹 Frontrunner is historically tight (52% vs 48%, 767 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and the head-to-head matter most.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Oct 9, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai
H Hard · Round of 32
May 8, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Madrid
C Clay · Round of 32
Jan 4, 2018
Pune
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Aug 13, 2015
Winston-Salem
H Hard · Round of 32
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Anderson | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 0–1 |
| Avg odds | - | 3.72 |
| ROI % | - | -100.0% |
| Units P/L | - | -1.00u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Tomas Machac
US Open · 2nd Round Qualifying
Aug 25
Oleksii Krutykh
US Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 22
Jordan Thompson
Washington · Round of 64
Aug 1
Ugo Humbert
Newport · Quarterfinals
Jul 20
Gijs Brouwer
Newport · Round of 16
Jul 19
Gabriel Diallo
Newport · Round of 32
Jul 18
Juan Manuel Cerundolo
ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64
Mar 25
Mitchell Krueger
ATP Masters 1000 Miami · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 22
Mattia Bellucci
Terra Wortmann Open · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 13
Mark Lajal
Wuxi Challenger · 2nd Round
May 6
Tianhui Zhang
Wuxi Challenger · 1st Round
May 4
Coleman Wong
Jiujiang Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 29
Leandro Riedi
Gwangju Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Pavel Kotov
Gwangju Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 21
Blake Ellis
Wuning 2 Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 16
Jie Cui
Wuning 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 15
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 51–51 matches
| Metric | Anderson | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 57% |
| Sets won | - | 56% |
| Games won | - | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Anderson | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 250 | 2 | 0 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 2 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Anderson | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 3 | 0 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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