Sergey Fomin and Maxim Zhukov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Astana Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sergey Fomin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sergey Fomin is the pick to win this match.
Sergey Fomin -> 1.32
Maxim Zhukov -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Sergey Fomin vs. Maxim Zhukov
This will be the 6th time that Sergey Fomin and Maxim Zhukov fight against each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Zhukov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zhukov won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Bhopal back in 2025.
Sergey Fomin
23 - 18win/loss
289
287
LLLLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26-23 | 14-13 | 8-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 61-30 | 30-16 | 31-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-23 | 15-12 | 13-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-32 | 13-15 | 22-14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 24-15 | 9-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 305, Fomin will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Bonn Challenger where he lost 1-6 6-1 6-3 to La in the qualifications on the 26th of July.
Fomin has an aggregate 23-18 win-loss record in 2026, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Shymkent 1 Challenger where he beat Timofey Skatov in the final 6-3 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, The Uzbek has an overall 245-206 record. He has a positive 108-95 record on hard.
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.
Maxim Zhukov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13-12 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 41-25 | 26-18 | 0-5 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-29 | 24-18 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 17-14 | 14-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-22 | 13-11 | 16-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 531, Maxim will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-7(3) 6-2 to Yilmaz in the qualifications on the 2nd of August.
Zhukov has a composed 13-9 win-loss record in 2026, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Maxim’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Maanshan.
In terms of his career, Zhukov has an overall 153-112 record. He has a positive 83-67 record on hard.
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024 and 2025. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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