Matteo Berrettini vs Mikhail KukushkinPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Matteo Berrettini and Mikhail Kukushkin have met 4 times since 2018; they are level 2–2. Their first meeting came at Irving in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Kukushkin leads 2–1. Berrettini has won the last 2 meetings. 2 of their meetings have been finals, split 1–1. Across all meetings Berrettini has taken 5 sets to Kukushkin's 5. Their most recent meeting: Matteo Berrettini won at Budapest (2019).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Berrettini | Kukushkin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Matteo Berrettini | Mikhail Kukushkin | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 67% | 14/21 | 80% | 20/25 |
| Wins a set when losing | 32% | 6/19 | 25% | 5/20 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 33% | 13/40 | 22% | 10/45 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 38% | 11/29 | 54% | 14/26 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 60% | 6/10 | 63% | 10/16 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 50% | 10/20 | 52% | 11/21 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 89% | 16/18 | 91% | 21/23 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 78% | 14/18 | 87% | 20/23 |
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. Head-to-head: 2 of 4 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Berrettini 1, Kukushkin 1).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Berrettini
🤖 Servebot
Kukushkin
🏹 Frontrunner
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 54% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 1,115 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Matteo Berrettini.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
Previous meetings
4 career meetings, newest first
Apr 12, 2019
Budapest
C Clay · Round of 32
Mar 17, 2019
Phoenix
H Hard · Final
Oct 7, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai
H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying
Mar 18, 2018
Irving
H Hard · Final
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Berrettini | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 4–5 | - |
| Avg odds | 1.82 | - |
| ROI % | -25.1% | - |
| Units P/L | -2.26u | - |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Berrettini | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | 2 | — |
| Events | 2 | — |
| Matches | 4 | — |
| Distance | 1,092 mi · 1,758 km | — |
| Route | JPN → CHN | — |
Host country from each tournament in the last 30 days, including the current event even when a player arrived on a bye. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Common opponents
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Across 1 shared opponent, both Berrettini and Kukushkin posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Berrettini | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Giulio Zeppieri | W 64 62 | W 63 61 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Brandon Nakashima
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round
Oct 9
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 7
Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 2nd Round
Oct 3
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round
Oct 1
Mariano Navone
U.S. Open - New York · 2nd Round
Sep 3
Stan Wawrinka
U.S. Open - New York · 1st Round
Aug 31
Jiri Lehecka
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 2nd Round
Aug 16
Titouan Droguet
Cincinnati Open - Cincinnati · 1st Round
Aug 14
Damir Dzumhur
Mallorca Championships - Mallorca · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 20
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
Chak Pong Marco Lam
Jiujiang Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 29
Leandro Riedi
Gwangju Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Pavel Kotov
Gwangju Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 21
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 45–50 matches
| Metric | Berrettini | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 58% | 56% |
| Sets won | 57% | 55% |
| Games won | 52% | 52% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Berrettini | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 1 | 1 |
| ATP 250 | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 1 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Berrettini | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 1 | 2 |
| Clay | 1 | 0 |
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