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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional
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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39, achieved on 25 February 2019.


Career


2006–10: Turned pro, Masters debut, maiden ATP Tour title

He turned pro in 2006. Before 2008, he played for his country of birth, Russia. 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
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in the first round, but lost to
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in the second round. In September 2010, during the Davis Cup play-offs, he notably beat Swiss player
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. His good form continued, later winning his only ATP World Tour title, as he beat world number 10 player
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in the final of the St. Petersburg Open 6–3, 7–6.


2012–13: Historic fourth round at the Australian Open, Olympics & top 50 debuts

In January 2012, Kukushkin became the first player from Kazakhstan to reach the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open, after defeating
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, Viktor Troicki and
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. Later that season, he reached a then career-high singles ranking of World No. 49, just after the quarterfinals at
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. 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 No. 430. After making his recovery he reached the third round of the 2013 US Open, his best performance at the Grand Slam starting from the qualifying draw. In September 2013, 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
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.


2014–15

In the
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, he reached the third round where he lost in four sets to world No. 1
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7–6(7–4), 1–6, 1–6, 1–6. As a result of his run he reached a new career high of No. 48 in July 2014. At the 2014 Kremlin Cup he defeated
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and
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to reach the semifinals, where he lost to
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. At the 2014 Swiss Indoors, he won over world No. 4
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in the first round. At the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters he defeated Kevin Anderson to reach the third round, where he fell to world No. 1
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in three sets. At the 2015 US Open, Kukushkin defeated 17th seed
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in five sets to reach the third round.


2019–20: Top 40, Wimbledon fourth round, ATP Tour quarterfinal

Kukushkin started his 2019 season at the
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. He lost in the first round to 28th seed, world No. 31, and eventual semifinalist,
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. After the Australian Open, Kukushkin represented Kazakhstan during the
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tie against Portugal. He won both of his matches beating Pedro Sousa and
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. In the end, Kazakhstan won the tie over Portugal 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals. At the Sofia Open, he lost in the second round to seventh seed
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. In
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, he was defeated in the second round by
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. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 39 on 25 February 2019. At the
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Kukushin reached the fourth round for the first time at this Grand Slam and for the second time in his career at this level. Kukushkin started his 2020 season at the
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. He lost in the second round to second seed, world No. 23, and eventual champion, Andrey Rublev. At the 2020 Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard, Marc Polmans, in five sets. Getting past qualifying at the 2020 Rotterdam Open, Kukushkin lost in the first round to
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. Last year finalist at the 2020 Open 13 Provence, he was defeated in the first round by
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. Due to not defending his finalist points from last year, his ranking fell from 69 to 89. In
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, he lost in the first round to seventh seed and world No. 17,
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. Representing Kazakhstan during the 2020 Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands, he lost his match to
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. In the end, Kazakhstan won the tie over the Netherlands 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid. The ATP tour canceled tournaments from March through July due to the
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. When the ATP resumed tournament play in August, Kukushkin competed at the 2020 Western & Southern Open. He lost in the first round of qualifying to
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. At the US Open, he knocked out 13th seed and world No. 19,
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, in the second round in five sets. He was defeated in the third round by Jordan Thompson. After the US Open, Kukushkin played at the 2020 Italian Open. Here, he fell in the final round of qualifying to Dominik Koepfer. At the
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, he upset 14th seed, world No. 15, and 2011 quarterfinalist,
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, in the first round. He lost in the second round to Spanish qualifier Pedro Martínez. At the 2020 St. Petersburg Open, Kukushkin lost in the first round to Miomir Kecmanović. He played his final tournament of the 2020 season at the first edition of the Astana Open. He beat top seed and world No. 28,
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, in the second round. He was defeated in the quarterfinals by qualifier Emil Ruusuvuori. Kukushkin ended the 2020 season ranked No. 89.


2021–23: Three Challenger finals, out of top 250

Kukushkin started his 2021 season at the Murray River Open. He lost in the second round to top seed and world No. 18,
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. At the
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, he was defeated in the first round by third seed and last year finalist,
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. As the top seed at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kukushkin lost in the first round to eventual champion
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. Seeded third at the Nur-Sultan Challenger II, he was beaten in the first round by
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. Kukushkin started his 2022 season at the Traralgon International. Seeded eighth, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to fourth seed and eventual champion, Tomáš Macháč. Getting past qualifying at the
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, he was defeated in the first round by Tommy Paul. At the 2022 Open Sud de France, Kukushkin lost in the final round of qualifying to
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 20 ...
. In
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, he was defeated in the second round by eventual finalist
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. Making it past the qualifying rounds at the 2022 Open 13 Provence, he lost in the first round to Pierre-Hugues Herbert. At the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées, he was defeated in the second round by Manuel Guinard. Representing Kazakhstan in the
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tie against Norway, he lost to
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. In the end, Kazakhstan won the tie over Norway 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals. Getting past qualifying in Indian Wells, he lost in the first round to Tommy Paul. Playing as a qualifier at the 2022 Arizona Classic, a tournament where he reached the final when it was last held in 2019, he was defeated in the first round by
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. Getting past qualifying in
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, he got his first ATP win of the season by beating Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round. He lost in the second round to 11th seed, world No. 13, and Indian Wells Champion,
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. Starting his clay court season at the 2022 Serbia Open where he received a wildcard, Kukushkin lost in the first round to
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. In
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, he fell in the first round of qualifying to Thiago Monteiro. He started his grass court season at the 2022 Surbiton Trophy. He lost in the first round to British wildcard Paul Jubb. In
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, he reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by third seed and eventual finalist, Jordan Thompson. At the 2022 Ilkley Trophy, he retired from his first-round match against
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due to injury. Making it past qualifying for
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, he lost in the first round to 29th seed and world No. 34, Jenson Brooksby. In August 2022, Mikhail Kukushkin won his first match at the Challenger in
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as an alternate where he defeated the American Govind Nanda. In October, he received a wildcard for his home tournament, the 2022 Astana Open. In November, he reached the Challenger final in Andria where he lost to Leandro Riedi. He finished the 2022 season ranked No. 223 on 21 November 2022, his lowest ranking in 15 years. Kukushkin started his 2023 season at the Canberra International. He lost in the first round of qualifying to Australian Tristan Schoolkate. At the
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, he fell in the second round of qualifying to
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. At the Concepción Challenger, Kukushkin lost in the first round to sixth seed Hugo Dellien. In
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, he was defeated in the first round by Alessandro Giannessi. In March 2023, he played at the Challenger Città di Lugano. He lost in the first round to fifth seed
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. At the Challenger Biel/Bienne, he was eliminated in the second round by third seed Norbert Gombos. At the Play In Challenger, he lost in the first round to French qualifier
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. In September 2023, he received a wildcard for his home tournament, the 2023 Astana Open. Kukushkin ended the 2023 season ranked No. 264.


2024: First ATP Challenger title in 6 & Tour quarterfinal in 4 years, back to top 100

In May 2024, he qualified for the
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; this made his 11th appearance at this Major. Kukushkin broke a six-year title drought on the ATP Challenger Tour early in the first quarter of the season, capturing titles in
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and Tenerife. At the Hangzhou Open Kukushin reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in four years (since Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in 2020). As a result he returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings after more than three years (since 17 May 2021), on 23 September 2024.


Performance timelines


Singles

''Current through the 2025 French Open.''


Doubles


ATP career finals


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


ATP Challenger and ITF finals


Singles: 30 (17 titles, 13 runner–ups)


Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)


Record against other players


Record against top 10 players

Kukushkin'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). *
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3–2 * Andrey Rublev 3–2 *
Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
3–2 *
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2–1 *
Stan Wawrinka Stanislas "Stan" Wawrinka (; born 28 March 1985) is a Swiss professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved on 27 January 2014. Wawrinka has won 16 ATP T ...
2–3 *
David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern (; ; born 2 April 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 2013. Ferrer won 27 ATP Tour singles titles, including a ...
2–7 *
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1–0 *
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1–0 *
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1–0 * James Blake 1–1 *
Juan Martín del Potro Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level sing ...
1–1 *
Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German–American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017, and was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in May ...
1–1 *
Karen Khachanov Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (, ; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in July 2019. Khachanov has won seve ...
1–1 *
Tommy Robredo Tomás Robredo Garcés (, ; born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 5, which he reached in August 2006 as a result of winning the 2006 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Hamburg M ...
1–1 * Janko Tipsarević 1–1 *
Gaël Monfils Gaël Sébastien Monfils (; born 1 September 1986) is a French professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in November 2016. Mon ...
1–2 *
Diego Schwartzman Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ...
1–2 *
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1–3 *
Marin Čilić Marin Čilić (; born 28 September 1988) is a Croatian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 28 January 2018. Čilić has won 21 ATP Tour-level si ...
1–3 * Kevin Anderson 1–4 *
John Isner John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
1–4 *
Matteo Berrettini Matteo Berrettini (; born 12 April 1996) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 6 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in January 2022, and world N ...
0–1 *
Arnaud Clément Arnaud Clément (; born 17 December 1977) is a French former professional tennis player and Davis Cup captain. Clément reached the final of the 2001 Australian Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 10 in April 2001. He ...
0–1 *
Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( ; born 2 June 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 in November 2006. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tournam ...
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Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career high ...
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Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
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Roger Federer Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
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Richard Gasquet Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...
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Lucas Pouille Lucas Pouille (, born 23 February 1994) is a French professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 10, achieved on 19 March 2018 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 11 April 2016. ...
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Stefanos Tsitsipas Stefanos Tsitsipas (, ; born 12 August 1998) is a Greek professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked as high as world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), first achieved in August 2021 – mak ...
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Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
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Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
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Gilles Simon Gilles Simon (; born 27 December 1984) is a French former tennis player. He turned professional in 2002 and won fourteen singles titles on the ATP Tour, and attained a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 6, on 5 January 2009. Personal li ...
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Kei Nishikori is a Japanese professional tennis player. He is the only Japanese man in the Open Era to have been ranked in the top five in singles, reaching his career-high ranking of world No. 4 in March 2015, and the second man in history to do so after ...
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Top 10 wins

*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kukushkin, Mikhail 1987 births Living people Tennis players from Volgograd Russian male tennis players Kazakhstani male tennis players Naturalized citizens of Kazakhstan Naturalised tennis players Russian emigrants to Kazakhstan Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for Kazakhstan Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Russian sportsmen