Mikhail Youzhny vs Mikhail Kukushkin — Moscow Semi-final

Moscow · ATP · Semi-final
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 October 2009
hard
Mikhail Kukushkin
KAZ
Mikhail Kukushkin
#316ATP
1552ELO
1526Hard ELO
38 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLWL
Youzhny M.
6-2 6-1
Kukushkin M.
Youzhny M.
662
Kukushkin M.
21–

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2 6-1 in the Moscow semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mikhail Kukushkin came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's round of 32. Mikhail Youzhny narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-03-20Miami MastersR128hardMikhail Kukushkin6-4 6-1
2015-08-16Cincinnati MastersQ1hardMikhail Youzhny0-6 6-4 7-5
2014-10-13MoscowQFhardMikhail Kukushkin1-6 7-6(5) 6-0
2011-05-22Roland GarrosR64clayMikhail Youzhny6-3 7-5 6-4
2010-10-25St. PetersburgFcarpetMikhail Kukushkin6-3 7-6(2)

Serve vs return

This season
Youzhny M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Kukushkin M.

Kukushkin M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Youzhny M.Kukushkin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
53%
Service points won·Even
62%
63%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.6
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
1.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Youzhny M.Kukushkin M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
63
46
Break points saved·Even
93
93
Break points won·Even
41
41
Deciding sets·Dominant
68
41
Tiebreaks·Dominant
83
44

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Youzhny M.
Tipsarevic J.
6-756-06-4
Semi-finals
Youzhny M.
Kukushkin M.
6-26-1
Tipsarevic J.
Marchenko I.
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Youzhny M.
Stakhovsky S.
6-36-3
Marchenko I.
Korolev E.
0-66-26-3
Tipsarevic J.
Ginepri R.
6-36-3
Kukushkin M.
Cuevas P.
4-66-16-4
R16
Tipsarevic J.
Rochus C.
6-42-1
Marchenko I.
Golubev A.
6-11-66-4
Ginepri R.
Granollers M.
7-656-0
Kukushkin M.
Odesnik W.
6-36-4
Korolev E.
Safin M.
6-47-64
Stakhovsky S.
Santoro F.
7-56-1
Youzhny M.
Starace P.
6-16-1
Cuevas P.
Gabashvili T.
3-66-16-4
R32
Rochus C.
Gicquel M.
7-5
Stakhovsky S.
Biryukov M.
6-06-2
Granollers M.
Kiefer N.
6-41-0
Marchenko I.
Istomin D.
1-66-44-1
Korolev E.
Kunitsyn I.
7-666-3
Youzhny M.
Zeballos H.
6-17-65
Gabashvili T.
Beck K.
3-66-46-4
Odesnik W.
Hanescu V.
5-77-56-4
Kukushkin M.
Fognini F.
6-45-76-4
Starace P.
Donskoy E.
6-36-3
Tipsarevic J.
Koellerer D.
6-46-3
Santoro F.
Kuznetsov A.
4-66-26-2
Cuevas P.
Lu Y.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Davydenko N.
4-66-46-2
Ginepri R.
Andreev I.
6-36-797-61
Golubev A.
Vassallo Arguello M.
7-56-3