Mikhail Kukushkin

He lost in the first round to 28th seed, world No. 31, and eventual semifinalist, Lucas Pouille.

After the Australian Open, Kukushkin represented Kazakhstan during the Davis Cup tie against Portugal.

He won both of his matches beating Pedro Sousa and João Sousa.

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 Gaël Monfils.

In Rotterdam, he was defeated in the second round by Damir Džumhur.

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (Михаил Александрович Кукушкин; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player.

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 Tommy Haas in the first round, but lost to Dmitry Tursunov in the second round.

In September 2010, during the Davis Cup play-offs, he notably beat Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka.

His good form continued, later winning his only ATP World Tour title, as he beat world number 10 player Mikhail Youzhny in the final of the St. Petersburg Open 6–3, 7–6.

In January 2012, Kukushkin became the first player with a Kazakh passport to reach the fourth round of the 2012 Australian Open, after defeating Guillermo García-López, Viktor Troicki and Gaël Monfils.

Later that season, he reached a then career-high singles ranking of World No. 49, just after the quarterfinals at Nice and the second round at the 2012 French Open.

At the 2012 Olympics, he lost in the first round of the men's singles to Gilles Simon.

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 in the American Grand Slam, starting from the qualifying draw.

In September 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 Andreas Seppi.

In the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the third round where he lost in four sets to world No. 1 Rafael Nadal 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 Fabio Fognini and Mikhail Youzhny to reach the semifinals, where he lost to Marin Čilić.

At the 2014 Swiss Indoors, he won over world No. 4 Stanislas Wawrinka 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 Novak Djokovic in three sets.

At the 2015 US Open, Kukushkin defeated 17th seed Grigor Dimitrov in five sets to reach the third round.

Kukushkin started his 2019 season at the Australian Open.

As a result he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 39 on 25 February 2019.

Kukushkin started his 2020 season at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open.

He lost in the second round to second seed, world No. 23, and eventual champion, Andrey Rublev.

At the Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard, Marc Polmans, in five sets.

Getting past qualifying at the Rotterdam Open, Kukushkin lost in the first round to Gilles Simon.

Last year finalist at the Open 13 Provence, he was defeated in the first round by Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

Due to not defending his finalist points from last year, his ranking fell from 69 to 89.

In Dubai, he lost in the first round to seventh seed and world No. 17, Karen Khachanov.

Representing Kazakhstan during the Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands, he lost his match to Robin Haase.

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 COVID-19 pandemic.

When the ATP resumed tournament play in August, Kukushkin competed at the Western & Southern Open.