ATP 500 · 1st Round Qualifying · Doha
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kukushkin
💥 Big Hitter
Merida
🛡️ The Spoiler
Matchup analysis
The 💥 Big Hitter archetype wins about 58% vs 🛡️ The Spoiler across 1,675 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Mikhail Kukushkin here.
Big Hitter players often use power groundstrokes and high winner count to pressure the the spoiler's strong court coverage. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kukushkin | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–6 | 11–7 |
| Avg odds | 2.00 | 1.91 |
| ROI % | -47.4% | +1.9% |
| Units P/L | -4.27u | +0.34u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Kukushkin
0
Merida
Feb 15, 2025
Doha
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Mar 1, 2024
Tenerife 3
H Hard · Quarterfinals
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Merida has a higher win rate against shared opponents (71% vs Kukushkin's 43%).
| Opponent | Kukushkin | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Pellegrino | W 76 63 | W 63 57 63 |
| Mark Lajal | L 67 76 67 | L 26 26 |
| Tom Gentzsch | W 62 64 | W 61 64 |
| Vilius Gaubas | L 46 36 | L 16 46 |
| Johannus Monday | L 46 26 | W 63 57 64 |
| Christoph Negritu | W 62 61 | W 36 63 62 |
| Ryan Peniston | L 36 46 | W 64 62 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kukushkin | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 57% | 65.7% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 72.3% | 66.7% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.5% | 45.9% |
| Aces / Match | 4.2 | 2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| Break Points Saved % | 48% | 53.9% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.5% | 30.6% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 50.8% | 53.5% |
| BP Converted % | 39.7% | 39.4% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 18.8 | 23.6 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 29.3 | 29.3 |
| Net Pts Won % | 57.9% | 74.2% |
| Total Pts Won % | 50.3% | 48.8% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 50% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Martin Damm
HSBC Championships · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 13
Henrique Rocha
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Final
Jun 7
Andrea Pellegrino
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Semifinals
Jun 6
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Quarterfinals
Jun 5
Liam Broady
Internazionali di Tennis Città di Perugia | G.I.MA. Tennis Cup · Round of 16
Jun 3
Matchup overview
Mikhail Kukushkin and Daniel Merida face off in the 1st Round Qualifying at Doha on Hard.
Mikhail Kukushkin leads 2-0 over 2 previous meetings.
Mikhail Kukushkin is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Mattia Bellucci (Jun 13).
Daniel Merida is 3-2 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Martin Damm (Jun 13).
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