Mikhail Kukushkin

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (Russian: Михаил Александрович Кукушкин; born 26 December 1987) is a Kazakh professional tennis player of Russian descent.

Mikhail Kukushkin

Kukushkin at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Russia (2006–2008)  Kazakhstan (2008 – )
Residence	Astana, Kazakhstan
Born	26 December 1987 Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Anastasia Kukushkina
Prize money	US$ 5,807,626
Singles
Career record	167–211 (44.2%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 39 (25 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 89 (9 November 2020)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (2012)
French Open	2R (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2020)
Wimbledon	4R (2019)
US Open	3R (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	35–68 (34.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 67 (2 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 67 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2020)
French Open	QF (2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019)
US Open	3R (2014)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2011, 2013, 2014)
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team Event
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

History

Born in Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, he turned pro in 2006.

In 2009, he came through qualifying to reach the main draw of a Masters Series 1000 tournament for the first time at the Miami Masters. He beat Tommy Haas in the first round, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the second round.

In September 2010, during the Davis Cup play-offs, he notably beat Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka. His good form continued, later winning his only ATP World Tour title, as he beat world number 10 player Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the St. Petersburg Open 6–3, 7–6.

In January 2012, Kukushkin became the first player with a Kazakh passport to reach the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open, after defeating Guillermo García-López, Viktor Troicki and Gaël Monfils. Later that season, he reached a then career-high singles ranking of World No. 49, just after the quarterfinals at Nice and the second round at the 2012 French Open. At the 2012 Olympics, he lost in the first round of the men's singles to Gilles Simon.[2]

By the end of 2012 he suffered from a bad hip injury and had to go for surgery twice. By August 2013 his ranking had tumbled to number 430. After making his recovery he reached the third round of the 2013 US Open, his best performance in the American Grand Slam, starting from the qualifying draw. In September he found good form again, winning two Challenger Tournaments in Turkey: Izmir and Istanbul. He then reached his second ATP World Tour final in Moscow, at the Kremlin Cup, beating in the semifinals World No. 22 and defending champion Andreas Seppi.

In the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the 3rd round where he lost in four sets to world number 1 player Rafael Nadal 7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 1–6, 1–6. As a result of his run he reached a new career high of world number 48 in July 2014. At the 2014 Kremlin Cup he defeated Fabio Fognini[3] and Mikhail Youzhny[4] to reach semifinals, where he lost to Marin Čilić. At the 2014 Swiss Indoors, he won over world number 4 player Stanislas Wawrinka in first round. At the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters he defeated Kevin Anderson to reach third round, where he fell to world number 1 player Novak Djokovic in three sets.

In the 2015 US Open, Kukushkin defeated 17th seed Grigor Dimitrov 6–3, 7–6^(7–2), 2–6, 4–6, 6–4 to reach the third round.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2010	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mikhail Youzhny	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	1–1	Oct 2013	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2015	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Viktor Troicki	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2019	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5–7, 6–7^(5–7)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 25 (15–10)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (14–8) ITF Futures Tour (1–2)

Titles by Surface Hard (7–8) Clay (7–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2006	Russia F2, Moscow	Futures	Hard (i)	Evgeny Kirillov	6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2007	Saransk, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Ivan Sergeyev	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Aug 2007	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Manuel Jorquera	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Aug 2007	Russia F3, Moscow	Futures	Clay	Mikhail Elgin	6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(5–7)
Win	3–2	Mar 2008	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Boris Pashanski	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–2	Apr 2008	Russia F1, Moscow	Futures	Carpet (i)	Jan Mertl	6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	5–2	Jul 2009	Penza, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Illya Marchenko	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jul 2010	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Marcos Daniel	6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win	7–2	Jul 2010	Penza, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Konstantin Kravchuk	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
Loss	7–3	Aug 2010	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	7–4	Jul 2011	Penza, Russia	Challenger	Hard	Arnau Brugués Davi	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	8–4	Jul 2011	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Sergei Bubka	6–3, 6–4
Win	9–4	Jun 2013	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Damir Džumhur	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	9–5	Jun 2013	Tanger, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Carreño Busta	2–6, 1–4 ret.
Loss	9–6	Jul 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Dudi Sela	7–5, 2–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	10–6	Sep 2013	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Illya Marchenko	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–6	Sep 2013	İzmir, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Louk Sorensen	6–1, 6–4
Loss	11–7	Aug 2014	Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	6–7^(7–9), 4–6
Win	12–7	Aug 2015	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Donskoy	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–7	Jun 2016	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Márton Fucsovics	6–1, 6–2
Win	14–7	Jun 2016	Moscow, Russia	Challenger	Clay	Steven Diez	6–3, 6–3
Loss	14–8	Mar 2017	Irving, USA	Challenger	Hard	Aljaž Bedene	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	14–9	Jul 2017	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Egor Gerasimov	6–7^(9–11), 6–4, 4–6
Win	15–9	Mar 2018	Irving, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Berrettini	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	15–10	Mar 2019	Phoenix, USA	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Berrettini	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (Doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–2) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2006	Uzbekistan F3, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Oleksandr Nedovyesov	Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Tourte	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2007	Italy F13, Vicenza	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Ghedin	Guillermo Carry Andrej Kračman	7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	1–2	Jul 2013	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrey Golubev	Claudio Grassi Riccardo Ghedin	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 11	3–11
French Open	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q2	2R	2R	Q2	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R		0 / 9	5–9
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	1R	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	2R	4R	NH		0 / 8	8–8
US Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	3R	1R	3R	3R	2R	3R		0 / 11	12–11
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–4	4–4	2–2	3–4	2–4	1–3	4–4	1–3	4–4	3–3	0–1	0 / 39	28–39
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	NH		0 / 7	4–7
Miami Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	NH		0 / 9	6–9
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	3R	A	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	Q1	2R	NH		0 / 3	3–3
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	1R	NH		0 / 3	1–3
Rome Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	2R	Q1	2R	Q1	Q1	1R	Q3		0 / 3	2–3
Canada Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 2	1–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	2R	Q1		0 / 1	0–1
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	A	Q1	A	2R	2R	NH		0 / 4	4–4
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	2R	A	A		0 / 1	1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	3–3	0–0	5–4	1–3	4–3	2–3	3–5	2–8	0–0	0–0	0 / 33	22–33
Career Statistics
Tournaments	0	1	4	6	9	20	14	5	24	23	20	14	21	25	9	2	Career total: 197
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	Career total: 4
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	4–4	7–7	17–8	10–24	12–15	6–6	16–27	19–24	13–21	13–14	21–22	22–26	6–10	1–2	1 / 197	167–211
Year-End Ranking	605	218	148	132	59	91	107	67	70	65	89	74	53	67	89

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	SF		4–8
French Open	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	QF	1R		6–6
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	2R	2R	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	NH		4–5
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A		3–4
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	1–3	0–0	4–4	0–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	4–3	4–2	0–0	17–22

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Mannarino's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup main draw matches).

• Fabio Fognini 3–2
• Andrey Rublev 3–2
• Mikhail Youzhny 3–2
• Grigor Dimitrov 2–1
• Stan Wawrinka 2–3
• David Ferrer 2–7
• Ernests Gulbis 1–0
• Denis Shapovalov 1–0
• James Blake 1–1
• Juan Martin del Potro 1–1
• Tommy Haas 1–1
• Karen Khachanov 1–1
• Tommy Robredo 1–1
• Janko Tipsarević 1–1
• Gaël Monfils 1–2
• Diego Schwartzman 1–2
• Roberto Bautista Agut 1–3
• Marin Čilić 1–3
• Kevin Anderson 1–4
• John Isner 1–4
• Matteo Berrettini 0–1
• Arnaud Clément 0–1
• Nikolay Davydenko 0–1
• Ivan Ljubičić 0–1
• Juan Mónaco 0–1
• Milos Raonic 0–1
• Dominic Thiem 0–1
• Alexander Zverev 0–1
• Tomáš Berdych 0–2
• Pablo Carreño Busta 0–2
• Novak Djokovic 0–2
• Juan Carlos Ferrero 0–2
• David Goffin 0–2
• Daniil Medvedev 0–2
• Radek Štěpánek 0–2
• Roger Federer 0–3
• Richard Gasquet 0–3
• Lucas Pouille 0–3
• Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–3
• Andy Murray 0–4
• Rafa Nadal 0–4
• Gilles Simon 0–4
• Kei Nishikori 0–9

* As of 8 February 2021

Top 10 wins

• He has a 4–36 (10.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total
Wins	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	4

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2010
1.	Mikhail Youzhny	No. 9	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	Hard	F	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
2014
2.	Stanislas Wawrinka	No. 4	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–7^(1–7), 6–3
2018
3.	Grigor Dimitrov	No. 10	Vienna Open, Austria	Hard (i)	1R	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
2019
4.	Roberto Bautista Agut	No. 10	US Open, United States	Hard	1R	3–6, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

* As of 8 February 2021

References

1. ATP Rankings
2. "Mikhail Kukushkin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
3. https://www.sofascore.com/kukushkin-fognini/JigsIIg
4. https://www.sofascore.com/kukushkin-youzhny/wMfsIIg

External links

• Mikhail Kukushkin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mikhail Kukushkin at the International Tennis Federation
• Mikhail Kukushkin at the Davis Cup