R128 Australian Open 2017

Frances Tiafoe #108 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #98

6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2

Frances Tiafoe defeated Mikhail Kukushkin 6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2 in the 2017 Australian Open first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 18, 2017*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2017
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128
Duration: 2h 37m

Match Statistics

Stat	Frances Tiafoe	Mikhail Kukushkin
Aces	13	9
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	55.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	81.0%	68.0%
Second serve points won %	55.0%	48.0%
Break points saved %	80.0%	57.0%
Break points converted %	43.0%	20.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	59.0%
Return points won %	41.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	55.0%	45.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Frances Tiafoe	Mikhail Kukushkin
Country	USA	KAZ
Birth date	Jan 20, 1998	Dec 26, 1987
Age	18	29
Height	188 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	108	98
Ranking points (entering)	550	602
Elo (entering)	1,562	1,620
Current career W-L	264–215	145–220
Current career earnings	$18,705,046	$7,566,992

Pre-match H2H

Frances Tiafoe #108 0 – 0 Mikhail Kukushkin #98

Path

Frances Tiafoe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tim Smyczek #136	3-6 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2017	Q3
Yannik Reuter #209	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2017	Q2
Marco Cecchinato #188	6-3 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2017	Q1

Frances Tiafoe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alexander Zverev #24	2-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2017	R64

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.