Petr Bar Biryukov and Jie Cui will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Petr Bar Biryukov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Petr Bar Biryukov is the pick to win this match.
Petr Bar Biryukov -> 1.84
Jie Cui -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Petr Bar Biryukov vs. Jie Cui
There is no head to head record between Petr Bar Biryukov and Jie Cui since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Petr Bar Biryukov
28 - 19win/loss
278
267
LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-28 | 27-16 | 6-7 | 4-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 48-30 | 48-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-23 | 43-22 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-20 | 15-9 | 9-9 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-17 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, Bar Biryukov reached the 2nd round after beating Taisei Ichikawa 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Petr had a good straight sets win against Ichikawa (6-2 6-3). During the match, Bar Biryukov scored 53 points vs Ichikawa’s 38. Petr was exceptionally aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bar Biryukov managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Petr Bar Biryukov was quite effective on serve to win 73% (16/22) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Ichikawa 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Bar Biryukov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (192-127). 22-10 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bar Biryukov has a composed156-85 record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bengaluru 3 Challenger where he overcame Ilya Ivashka in the final 7-6(0) 4-6 6-4.
The Russian has a composed 28-19 win-loss record in 2026, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024 and 2025. See his history.
Jie Cui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-23 | 17-20 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-27 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-27 | 36-26 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-23 | 36-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-10 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 450, Jie reached the 2nd round after beating Aziz Ouakaa 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cui had a good straight sets win against Ouakaa (6-3 6-4). During the match Cui scored 62 points vs Ouakaa’s 51. The Chinese was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Cui struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jie Cui lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cui put 53% of his first serves in, winning 73% (19/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. Jie broke Ouakaa 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
The Chinese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Maanshan.
Jie has an aggregate 20-16 win-loss record in 2026, 14-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Jie has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bar Biryukov | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 |
| Pts | 53-38 | 62-51 |
| Total Points | 91 | 113 |
| Winners | 16 | 19 |
| %Winners | 30% | 31% |
Both Bar Biryukov and Cui played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bar Biryukov and Cui have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bar Biryukov played 2 games less than Cui. The Russian scored 16 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese made 19 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bar Biryukov | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3 |
| 1st in | 22/50 | 26/49 |
| %1st in | 44% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 8/23 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 35% |
Bar Biryukov fired 8 aces . Cui bagged 3 aces . Bar Biryukov won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Cui won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bar Biryukov | Cui |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 83% | 55% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Petr broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Bar Biryukov lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Cui broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Jie conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bar Biryukov | |||
| R1 Ichikawa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 53-38 | 53-38 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 22/50 | 22/50 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cui | |||
| R1 Ouakaa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-51 | 62-51 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/49 | 26/49 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/23 | 8/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 35% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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