ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Bordeaux
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kukushkin
🎯 Baseliner
Kotov
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
Both Mikhail Kukushkin and Pavel Kotov are 🎯 Baseliner types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit. Across 1,152 matches in our dataset, the historical split is about even.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Kukushkin | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 3–7 | 11–3 |
| Avg odds | 2.09 | 1.65 |
| ROI % | -45.4% | +29.4% |
| Units P/L | -4.54u | +4.12u |
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
2
Kukushkin
0
Kotov
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Kotov has a higher win rate against shared opponents (75% vs Kukushkin's 63%).
| Opponent | Kukushkin | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Mark Lajal | L 67 76 67 | W 36 64 64 |
| Tianhui Zhang | W 76 63 | W 64 64 |
| Jie Cui | W 46 64 61 | L 26 63 46 |
| August Holmgren | L 64 67 26 | W 64 76 |
| Clement Chidekh | L 76 36 26 | W 16 61 76 |
| Tom Gentzsch | W 62 64 | W 64 16 76 |
| Remy Bertola | W 61 62 | L 67 57 |
| Christoph Negritu | W 62 61 | W 76 76 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kukushkin | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 60.1% | 62.2% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 72.3% | 70% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 53.1% | 49.7% |
| Aces / Match | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| Double Faults / Match | 1.4 | 2.7 |
| Break Points Saved % | 47.1% | 62.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 30.7% | 27% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 51.7% | 48.1% |
| BP Converted % | 35.3% | 44.9% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 19 | 18.3 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 30.6 | 28.5 |
| Net Pts Won % | 59.4% | 54.3% |
| Total Pts Won % | 51% | 49.1% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 25% | 33% |
Last five matches per player
Match summary
Pavel Kotov and Mikhail Kukushkin will meet in the Round of 32 at the Gwangju Open on April 20, 2026. The match takes place on outdoor hard courts, where Kotov holds the 254th ranking and Kukushkin sits at 282nd. This is their second career encounter.
Kukushkin leads their head-to-head record after claiming victory in their only prior meeting. The rivalry is still developing given their limited history, so there's little established pattern between them.
Kotov arrives in excellent form, winning his last 10 matches and posting a 5-0 record over his last five outings. His recent activity includes five matches in the past two weeks, with his last match eight days ago. Kukushkin comes in much quieter, winning just one of his last five matches and sitting at 5-10 over his last ten. He's on a one-match losing streak and has played only twice in the past two weeks.
On hard courts specifically, Kotov has built a strong record of 14-6 this season, excelling as a baseliner who relies on consistent groundstroke exchanges. Kukushkin plays as a grinder, a retriever-style competitor who wears opponents down through persistence, but his 10-10 hard court record suggests he's found this surface less comfortable than others.
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