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

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

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

After making his recovery he reached the third round of the 2013 US Open, his best performance at the Grand Slam starting from the qualifying draw.

In September 2013, he found good form again, winning two Challenger Tournaments in Turkey: Izmir and Istanbul.

At the 2014 Kremlin Cup he defeated Fabio Fognini[3] and Mikhail Youzhny[4] to reach the semifinals, where he lost to Marin Čilić.

At the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters he defeated Kevin Anderson to reach the third round, where he fell to world No.

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

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

[6] In the end, Kazakhstan won the tie over Portugal 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals.

[14] Representing Kazakhstan during the 2020 Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands, he lost his match to Robin Haase.

[15] In the end, Kazakhstan won the tie over the Netherlands 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals in Madrid.

[17][18][19] When the ATP resumed tournament play in August, Kukushkin competed at the 2020 Western & Southern Open.

[28] As the top seed at the 2021 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kukushkin lost in the first round to eventual champion Mackenzie McDonald.

[30] At the 2022 Open Sud de France, Kukushkin lost in the final round of qualifying to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

Representing Kazakhstan in the Davis Cup tie against Norway, he lost to Casper Ruud.

[32] In the end, Kazakhstan won the tie over Norway 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals.

Playing as a qualifier at the 2022 Arizona Classic, a tournament where he reached the final when it was last held in 2019, he was defeated in the first round by Richard Gasquet.

[34] Getting past qualifying in Miami, he got his first ATP win of the season by beating Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round.

[36] Starting his clay court season at the 2022 Serbia Open where he received a wildcard, Kukushkin lost in the first round to Aljaž Bedene.

[39] At the 2022 Ilkley Trophy, he retired from his first-round match against Fernando Verdasco due to injury.

[41] In August 2022, Mikhail Kukushkin won his first match at the Challenger in Chicago as an alternate where he defeated the American Govind Nanda.

[48][49] At the Hangzhou Open Kukushin reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal in four years (since Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan in 2020).

1 in bold (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup main draw matches).