Shintaro Imai and Beibit Zhukayev will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Imai who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Imai is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Imai -> 1.64
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Imai vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 2nd time that Shintaro Imai and Beibit Zhukayev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhukayev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zhukayev won 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) in the quarter in Sultan back in July 2022.
Shintaro Imai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 22-15 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-14 | 29-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-19 | 13-18 | 0-0 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 480, Imai will start his run in the the Nur-Sultan Challenger after he played his last match in Sultan where he lost 6-3 4-6 7-6(5) to Zhukayev in the quarter on the 15th of July.
Imai has a composed 15-5 win-loss record in 2022, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Imai’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Chiang Rai and M15 Chiang Rai.
Talking about his overall career, Shintaro has an overall 240-135 record. He has a positive 211-119 record on hard.
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Imai has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-29 | 14-16 | 6-4 | 4-5 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 19-16 | 1-3 | 11-8 | 2-2 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 43-30 | 33-21 | 1-2 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-21 | 13-10 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507, Zhukayev will start his run in the Nur-Sultan Challenger after he played his last match in Sultan where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-4 to Fomin in the final on the 17th of July.
Beibit has an aggregate 24-15 win-loss record in 2022, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Beibit’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Sultan.
In terms of his career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 82-78 record. He has a positive 54-37 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-3 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Illya MarchenkoIllya – Grigoriy LomakinGrigoriy (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
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