Mikhail Kukushkin vs Pierre-Hugues HerbertPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Mikhail Kukushkin
#358 · 38 yrs · R
16w5 meetings · sets 4–8
🇫🇷Pierre-Hugues Herbert
#296 · 35 yrs · R
3Mikhail Kukushkin and Pierre-Hugues Herbert have met 5 times since 2018; Pierre-Hugues Herbert leads 3–2. Their first meeting came at ATP Masters 1000 Paris in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Herbert leads 3–2. Across all meetings Kukushkin has taken 4 sets to Herbert's 8. Their most recent meeting: Mikhail Kukushkin won at St. Tropez Challenger (2025).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kukushkin | Herbert | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mikhail Kukushkin | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 20/25 | 59% | 10/17 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 5/20 | 38% | 8/21 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 22% | 10/45 | 39% | 15/38 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 14/26 | 46% | 6/13 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 10/16 | 52% | 12/23 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 52% | 11/21 | 39% | 7/18 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 21/23 | 83% | 15/18 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 87% | 20/23 | 56% | 10/18 |
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: 3 of 5 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Kukushkin 0, Herbert 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kukushkin
🏹 Frontrunner
Herbert
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 54% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 1,115 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Sep 16, 2025
St. Tropez Challenger
H Hard · 1st Round
Feb 15, 2022
Open 13 Provence - Marseille
H Hard · 1st Round
Jan 31, 2022
Montpellier
H Hard · 2nd Round Qualifying
Feb 19, 2020
Open 13 Provence - Marseille
H Hard · 1st Round
Oct 30, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Paris
H Hard · Round of 64
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kukushkin | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 1–4 |
| Avg odds | - | 2.26 |
| ROI % | - | -57.2% |
| Units P/L | - | -2.86u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kukushkin | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 1 |
| Matches | — | 1 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | FRA |
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
Herbert has a higher win rate against shared opponents (57% vs Kukushkin's 43%).
| Opponent | Kukushkin | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Edas Butvilas | W 76 64 | L 16 76 1012 |
| Martin Landaluce | W 62 61 | L 75 36 46 |
| Daniil Glinka | L 36 36 | W 76 64 |
| Leandro Riedi | L 36 26 | W 64 67 63 |
| Mark Lajal | L 67 76 67 | W 64 76 |
| Blake Ellis | L 36 67 | L 57 64 46 |
| Gilles Arnaud Bailly | W 61 63 | W 63 67 63 |
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
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
Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg
Mouilleron-Le-Captif Challenger · 1st Round
Sep 28
Lorenzo Sonego
Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 1st Round
Aug 24
Quinn Vandecasteele
Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 3rd Round Qualifying
Aug 23
Kenta Miyoshi
Winston-Salem Open - Winston-Salem · 1st Round Qualifying
Aug 22
Sandro Kopp
Generali Open - Kitzbuhel · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 18
Thiago Monteiro
EFG Swiss Open - Gstaad · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 11
Edas Butvilas
Bundesliga - men
Jul 5
Paul Jubb
Wimbledon - London · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 39–45 matches
| Metric | Kukushkin | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 44% |
| Sets won | 55% | 46% |
| Games won | 52% | 50% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kukushkin | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| ATP 250 | 0 | 3 |
| ATP Challenger Tour | 1 | 0 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 1 | 0 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kukushkin | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 2 | 3 |
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