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Brian Baker #216 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #55

4-6 6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	May 25, 2012*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Brian Baker
Score	4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Mikhail Kukushkin
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Brian Baker	Mikhail Kukushkin
Aces	2	6
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	61	63
First serve points won %	65	69
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	60	33
Break points converted %	67	40
Service points won %	62	62
Return points won %	38	38
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Baker	Mikhail Kukushkin
Country	USA	KAZ
Birth date	Apr 30, 1985	Dec 26, 1987
Age	27	24
Height	191	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	216	55
Ranking points (entering)	231	808
Elo (entering)	1,559	1,803
Career W-L	20–39	144–218
Career earnings	$1,184,653	$7,566,992

Pre-match H2H

Brian Baker 0 – 0 Mikhail Kukushkin

Path

Brian Baker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Gael Monfils	6-3 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2012	R32	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-7(2) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2012	Q3	Alejandro Gonzalez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	Q2	David Guez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	Q1	Ilija Bozoljac	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Baker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Bernard Tomic	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2012	R32	Sam Querrey	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data