ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Istanbul
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Geerts
🏹 Frontrunner
Kukushkin
💥 Big Hitter
Matchup analysis
🏹 Frontrunner vs 💥 Big Hitter is historically tight (49% vs 51%, 589 matches). Neither style has a clear edge, so form, surface, and H2H matter most when Michael Geerts plays Mikhail Kukushkin.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Geerts | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 2–1 | 3–6 |
| Avg odds | 1.33 | 2.12 |
| ROI % | -12.3% | -47.4% |
| Units P/L | -0.37u | -4.27u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
1
Geerts
1
Kukushkin
Sep 2, 2024
Istanbul
H Hard · Round of 32
Nov 24, 2022
Andria
H Hard · Round of 16
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kukushkin has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Geerts's 50%).
| Opponent | Geerts | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Roberto Carballes Baena | L 26 67 | L 16 63 26 |
| Edas Butvilas | W 63 75 | W 76 64 |
| Robin Catry | W 64 36 64 | W 76 63 |
| Christoph Negritu | L 62 36 67 | W 62 61 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Geerts | Kukushkin |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 58.7% | 57% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 75% | 72.3% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 57.7% | 51.5% |
| Aces / Match | 5.5 | 4.2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 4.6 | 1.6 |
| Break Points Saved % | 71% | 48% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 35.9% | 30.5% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.9% | 50.8% |
| BP Converted % | 43.7% | 39.7% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 0 | 12.5 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 0 | 18.5 |
| Net Pts Won % | 0% | 64.3% |
| Total Pts Won % | 54.4% | 50.3% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 86% | 50% |
Last five matches per player
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Matchup overview
Michael Geerts and Mikhail Kukushkin face off in the Round of 32 at Istanbul on Hard.
Michael Geerts leads 1-1 over 2 previous meetings.
Michael Geerts is 4-1 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs Dinko Dinev (May 6).
Mikhail Kukushkin is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Damir Dzumhur (Jun 20).
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