Mikhail Kukushkin vs Stefanos TsitsipasPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
🇰🇿Mikhail Kukushkin
#358 · 38 yrs · R
17w5 meetings · sets 2–10
🇬🇷Stefanos Tsitsipas
#43 · 28 yrs · R
Mikhail Kukushkin and Stefanos Tsitsipas have met 5 times since 2018; Stefanos Tsitsipas leads 5–0. Their first meeting came at Dubai in 2018 on hard. On hard courts Tsitsipas leads 3–0. On clay courts Tsitsipas leads 2–0. Tsitsipas has won the last 5 meetings. 1 of their meetings has been a final, with Tsitsipas leading those 1–0. Across all meetings Kukushkin has taken 2 sets to Tsitsipas's 10. Their most recent meeting: Stefanos Tsitsipas won at Astana Open - Astana (2022).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Mikhail Kukushkin | Stefanos Tsitsipas | ||
| Wins in straight sets | 80% | 20/25 | 75% | 24/32 |
| Wins a set when losing | 25% | 5/20 | 29% | 5/17 |
| Goes to a deciding set | 22% | 10/45 | 27% | 13/49 |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | 54% | 14/26 | 50% | 17/34 |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | 63% | 10/16 | 54% | 7/13 |
| Tiebreak sets won | 52% | 11/21 | 43% | 12/28 |
| Wins after taking set 1 | 91% | 21/23 | 90% | 28/31 |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | 87% | 20/23 | 77% | 24/31 |
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, Tsitsipas 3).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kukushkin
🏹 Frontrunner
Tsitsipas
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 54% vs 🏹 Frontrunner across 1,115 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the frontrunner's fast starts.
Previous meetings
5 career meetings, newest first
Oct 4, 2022
Astana Open - Astana
H Hard · 1st Round
Apr 9, 2019
ATP Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo
C Clay · Round of 32
Feb 24, 2019
Marseille
H Hard · Final
May 1, 2018
ATP Masters 1000 Rome
C Clay · 1st Round Qualifying
Feb 28, 2018
Dubai
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 | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 17–6 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.76 |
| ROI % | - | +19.9% |
| Units P/L | - | +4.58u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 2 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 6 |
| 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 Kukushkin and Tsitsipas posted a 100% win rate.
| Opponent | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Harris | W 76 75 | W 46 61 76 |
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
Chak Pong Marco Lam
Jiujiang Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 29
Coleman Wong
Jiujiang Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 29
Leandro Riedi
Gwangju Challenger · 2nd Round
Apr 23
Pavel Kotov
Gwangju Challenger · 1st Round
Apr 21
Luciano Darderi
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 2nd Round
Oct 10
Kimmer Coppejans
Shanghai Rolex Masters - Shanghai · 1st Round
Oct 8
Valentin Vacherot
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 2nd Round
Oct 2
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round
Oct 1
Rinky Hijikata
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 3rd Round Qualifying
Sep 29
Yoshihito Nishioka
Japan Open Tennis Championships - Tokyo · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 28
Alex Molcan
Davis Cup, Group I, 1R, SVK-GRE 3-2 · Rubber 4
Sep 20
Norbert Gombos
Davis Cup, Group I, 1R, SVK-GRE 3-2 · Rubber 2
Sep 19
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 45–58 matches
| Metric | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | 56% | 62% |
| Sets won | 55% | 60% |
| Games won | 52% | 53% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Finals | 0 | 1 |
| ATP 500 | 0 | 2 |
| ATP 250 | 0 | 1 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | 0 | 2 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Kukushkin | Tsitsipas |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 0 | 3 |
| Clay | 0 | 2 |
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