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Frances Tiafoe #108 def. Mikhail Kukushkin #98

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

Match Information

Date Jan 18, 2017*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR128
Winner Frances Tiafoe
Score6-1 6-7(3) 6-3 6-2
Loser Mikhail Kukushkin
Duration2h 37m
StatFrances TiafoeMikhail Kukushkin
Aces139
Double faults43
First serve %5559
First serve points won %8168
Second serve points won %5548
Break points saved %8057
Break points converted %4320
Service points won %6959
Return points won %4131
Total points won %5545

Pre-match Comparison

FieldFrances TiafoeMikhail Kukushkin
Country USA KAZ
Birth dateJan 20, 1998Dec 26, 1987
Age1829
Height188183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)10898
Ranking points (entering)550602
Elo (entering)1,5621,614
Career W-L254–211144–218
Career earnings$17,770,097$7,566,992
Pre-match H2H
Frances Tiafoe 0 0 Mikhail Kukushkin

Path

Frances Tiafoe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2017Q3 Tim Smyczek 3-6 6-0 7-5WH2HMatch data
Jan 17, 2017Q2 Yannik Reuter 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2017Q1 Marco Cecchinato 6-3 5-7 7-5WH2HMatch data

Frances Tiafoe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 19, 2017R64 Alexander Zverev 2-6 3-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Mikhail Kukushkin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.