Denis Istomin and Beibit Zhukayev will play each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Beibit Zhukayev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.9
Denis Istomin -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Denis Istomin vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Denis Istomin and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Istomin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-26 | 8-10 | 4-7 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-29 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 24-32 | 17-14 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 449, Istomin reached the quarter after beating Yan Bondarevskiy 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Illya Marchenko 6-4 7-69.
In the 2nd round, Istomin had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (6-4 7-69). During the match, Istomin scored 76 points vs Marchenko’s 69. Istomin was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Istomin fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Istomin was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Istomin broke Marchenko once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Uzbek has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Istomin has a negative record in the last 10 years having won only 48% of his matches (249-265). 5-4 on hard in 2022. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Istomin has a compiled 115-98 record in the last years on hard.
Denis has an overall 8-15 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
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, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Shintaro Imai 7-63 6-1 and Daniel Cukierman 6-4 5-7 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Zhukayev defeated Cukierman (6-4 5-7 7-64).During the match Zhukayev scored less points (5) than Cukierman. In fact, the world no. 449 won 116 points vs Cukierman’s. That means that Zhukayev was more focused during the important points. Zhukayev was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev bagged 17 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 65% of his first serves in, winning 73% (53/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (14/39) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Cukierman 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Sultan.
Beibit has a composed 26-15 win-loss record in 2022, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Istomin | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 55 |
| Pts | 162-149 | 192-183 |
| Total Points | 311 | 375 |
| Winners | 67 | 83 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Istomin and Zhukayev played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Istomin conceded 1 set, while Beibit Zhukayev surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Istomin and Zhukayev have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Istomin played 6 games less than Zhukayev. Istomin scored 67 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit managed to score 83 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Istomin | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 14.5 |
| 1st in | 85/150 | 114/189 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 67/85 | 83/114 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 33/65 | 34/75 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
Istomin bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Zhukayev managed to score 29 aces (14.5 per match). Istomin won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Istomin | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 46% | 40% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 14 |
| % Saved | 67% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Istomin broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Denis surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Beibit broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Zhukayev conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Istomin | ||||
| R1 Bondarevskiy |
R2 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 6-4 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 49 | |
| pts | 86-80 | 76-69 | 162-149 | |
| Total points | 166 | 145 | 311 | |
| Winners | 30 | 37 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 49% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/77 | 45/73 | 85/150 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 37/45 | 67/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 82% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/37 | 16/28 | 33/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 1/2 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||
| R1 Imai |
R2 Cukierman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | 6-4 5-7 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 35 | 55 | |
| pts | 76-62 | 116-121 | 192-183 | |
| Total points | 138 | 237 | 375 | |
| Winners | 30 | 53 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 17 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 41/77 | 73/112 | 114/189 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 53/73 | 83/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 14/39 | 34/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 36% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/14 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 29% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 5/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 56% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLLLWWLWW Tennis Scores in Sultan Challenger
- Andrew Paulson/David PoljakPaulson/David Poljak – Erik Arutiunian/Aliaksandr LiaonenkaArutiunian/Aliaksandr Liaonenka (6-1 3-6 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ji Sung Nam/Min-Kyu SongSung Nam/Min-Kyu Song – Daniel Cukierman/Dmitry PopkoCukierman/Dmitry Popko (3-6 6-3 10-7) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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