Match analytics

James Duckworth vs Mikhail Kukushkin · Match odds & ELO prediction

Almaty • Hard • Oct 12, 2025 • 11:10 AM

Hard

Final score

2 - 1

Winner James Duckworth

Key insights

Player performance profile

James Duckworth

HARDSmall sample

67% · 21 on hard

Games won (last 10)

59%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~6,654 points across 44 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Solid
1.768% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Vulnerable
-3.123% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Shaky
-2.430% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Shaky
48%41% Pctl

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Mikhail Kukushkin

HARDSmall sample

75% · 31 on hard

Games won (last 10)

55%

10 matches tracked

Player Skillset

Based on ~2,569 points across 19 matches

Serve strengthServe strength (Player serve win % - tour average serve win %) scaled by sample size
Vulnerable
-2.211% Pctl
Return strengthReturn strength (Player return win % - tour average return win %) scaled by sample size
Solid
-1.166% Pctl
Pressure IndexPressure Index (Break point performance - baseline point performance) with a small adjustment for tiebreak results
Vulnerable
-4.317% Pctl
Tiebreak win %
Insufficient data

Percentiles compare against tour-level players in TennisTrove.

Match Overview

James Duckworth and Mikhail Kukushkin are set to meet at the Almaty on October 12, 2025 in a hard-court singles match. Duckworth enters with a 35–24 record on hard courts in 2025, while Kukushkin has posted a 20–22 mark on hard courts this season. Elo ratings suggest a modest statistical edge for Kukushkin, but the gap is not overwhelming. In their head-to-head history, Duckworth leads 2–1 over Kukushkin, including a win in their most recent meeting.

Both players enter with respectable recent form, as Duckworth and Kukushkin have each won three or more of their last five singles matches.