Mikhail Kukushkin


Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin is a Kazakh professional tennis player of Russian descent.

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.
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, 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 and Mikhail Youzhny 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, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4 to reach the third round.

ATP career finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02010 St. Petersburg Open – Singles|St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard Mikhail Youzhny6–3, 7–6
Loss1–12013 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles|Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard Richard Gasquet6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Loss1–22015 Apia International Sydney – Men's Singles|Sydney International, Australia250 SeriesHard Viktor Troicki2–6, 3–6
Loss1–32019 Open 13 – Singles|Open 13, France250 SeriesHard Stefanos Tsitsipas5–7, 6–7

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 25 (15–10)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Russia F2, MoscowFuturesHard Evgeny Kirillov6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Win1–1Saransk, RussiaChallengerClay Ivan Sergeyev6–3, 6–1
Win2–1Samarkand, UzbekistanChallengerClay Manuel Jorquera6–4, 6–3
Loss2–2Russia F3, MoscowFuturesClay Mikhail Elgin6–7, 6–7
Win3–2Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Boris Pashanski6–3, 6–4
Win4–2Russia F1, MoscowFuturesCarpet Jan Mertl6–7, 7–6, 6–3
Win5–22009 Penza Cup – Singles|Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Illya Marchenko6–4, 6–2
Win6–22010 Nord LB Open – Singles|Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Marcos Daniel6–2, 3–0 ret.
Win7–22010 Penza Cup – Singles|Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Konstantin Kravchuk6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss7–32010 American Express – TED Open – Singles|Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Adrian Mannarino4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss7–42011 Penza Cup – Singles|Penza, RussiaChallengerHard Arnau Brugués Davi6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win8–42011 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Sergei Bubka6–3, 6–4
Win9–42013 Košice Open – Singles|Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Damir Džumhur6–4, 1–6, 6–2
Loss9–52013 Morocco Tennis Tour – Tanger – Singles|Tanger, MoroccoChallengerClay Pablo Carreño Busta2–6, 1–4 ret.
Loss9–62013 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Dudi Sela7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Win10–62013 American Express – TED Open – Singles|Istanbul, TurkeyChallengerHard Illya Marchenko6–3, 6–3
Win11–62013 Türk Telecom İzmir Cup – Singles|İzmir, TurkeyChallengerHard Louk Sorensen6–1, 6–4
Loss11–72014 Comerica Bank Challenger – Singles|Aptos, USAChallengerHard Marcos Baghdatis6–7, 4–6
Win12–72015 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Evgeny Donskoy6–2, 6–2
Win13–72016 UniCredit Czech Open – Singles|Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Márton Fucsovics6–1, 6–2
Win14–72016 Hoff Open – Singles|Moscow, RussiaChallengerClay Steven Diez6–3, 6–3
Loss14–82017 Irving Tennis Classic – Singles|Irving, USAChallengerHard Aljaž Bedene4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss14–92017 President's Cup – Men's Singles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Egor Gerasimov6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win15–92018 Irving Tennis Classic – Singles|Irving, USAChallengerHard Matteo Berrettini6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss15–102019 Arizona Tennis Classic – Singles|Phoenix, USAChallengerHard Matteo Berrettini6–3, 6–7, 6–7

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Uzbekistan F3, NamanganFuturesHard Oleksandr Nedovyesov Jean-François Bachelot
Nicolas Tourte		5–7, 3–6
Win1–1Italy F13, VicenzaFuturesClay Riccardo Ghedin Guillermo Carry
Andrej Kračman		7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss1–22013 President's Cup – Men's Doubles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Andrey Golubev Claudio Grassi
Riccardo Ghedin		6–3, 3–6,

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2019 Marseille Open.

Doubles performance timeline

Top 10 wins

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