Maximus Jones vs Yusuke Kusuhara, Kobe 2026, Qualifying R2

ScheduledCourt G

Maximus Jones

ATP: 487W L L W L

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Yusuke Kusuhara

ATP: 921W L L L W

Bourbon Beans DomeMiki, JPN

Indoor hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

98.8Average

Early estimate

Altitude144 mLow

Player comparison

Maximus JonesYusuke Kusuhara

#353 → #487Ranking, last 12 months#744 → #921

#487
Ranking: #921; #301
Career high: #638; 19–23
2026 record: 9–15; 18–21
2026 on hard: 8–14; 3
Titles: 1; 22
Age: 29; 185 cm
Height: 173 cm; Right
Plays: Right

Head to head

First meetingMaximus Jones and Yusuke Kusuhara haven’t played each other on the recorded tours.

Form and path

Maximus Jones1–4

Kobe CHThis week

WQualifying R1
Maximus Jones
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Yuki Mochizuki
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 2

Matsuyama CHHard

LQualifying R1
Sho Katayama
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6⁵Set 3: 6
Maximus Jones
Sets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 7Set 3: 4

Florence CHClay

Catania CHClay

LQualifying R1
Sebastian Gima
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 6
Maximus Jones
Sets won: 1Set 1: 2Set 2: 6Set 3: 3

Phan Thiet 3 CHHard

LRound of 16
Hiroki Moriya
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7
Maximus Jones
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 6⁴

Yusuke Kusuhara2–3

Kobe CHThis week

WQualifying R1
Yusuke Kusuhara
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 6
Hikaru Shiraishi
Sets won: 1Set 1: 3Set 2: 6Set 3: 2

Matsuyama CHHard

LRound of 32
Jay Dylan Hara Friend
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 6
Yusuke Kusuhara
Sets won: 1Set 1: 2Set 2: 6Set 3: 3

Ningbo CHHard

LQualifying R1
Luca Castelnuovo
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6
Yusuke Kusuhara
Sets won: 0Set 1: 2Set 2: 4

TanaguraHard

Ranking points at stake

Jones#487 · 91 ptsKusuhara#862 · 30 pts6points defending here0

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Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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