Beibit Zhukayev and Dan Alexandru Tomescu will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Beibit Zhukayev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.20
Dan Alexandru Tomescu -> 4.33
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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Dan Alexandru Tomescu
There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Dan Alexandru Tomescu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 6-8 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 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. 395, the Kazakhstani got to the qualifications after beating Rishab Agarwal 6-2 5-7 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zhukayev defeated Agarwal (6-2 5-7 6-3). During the match, Zhukayev scored 98 points vs Agarwal’s 80. Zhukayev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhukayev fired 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (38/45) of his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Agarwal 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Zhukayev has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 53% of his matches (94-85). 29-17 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhukayev has a compiled66-44 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Sultan.
Zhukayev has an aggregate 36-22 win-loss record in 2022, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Dan Alexandru Tomescu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-15 | 1-2 | 30-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 1-2 | 32-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 1-2 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 0-1 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 882, Dan reached the qualifications after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Dan had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (6-3 6-2). During the match Alexandru scored 55 points vs Kadhe’s 33. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Alexandru bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dan Alexandru Tomescu was pretty effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kadhe 3 times.
Alexandru has an aggregate 10-14 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukayev | Alexandru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 17 |
| Pts | 98-80 | 55-33 |
| Total Points | 178 | 88 |
| Winners | 38 | 21 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Zhukayev and Alexandru played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Beibit Zhukayev lost 1 set while Dan Alexandru Tomescu hasn’t lost a set so far. Zhukayev has played 1 set more than Alexandru (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhukayev played 12 games more than Alexandru. The Kazakhstani scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Dan made 21 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukayev | Alexandru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 23/44 |
| %1st in | 56% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 21/23 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 15/21 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 71% |
Zhukayev fired 7 aces . Alexandru bagged 4 aces . Zhukayev won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Alexandru won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhukayev | Alexandru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/3 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Zhukayev broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alexandru broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Romanian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Zhukayev | |||
| Q1 Agarwal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 98-80 | 98-80 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 45/80 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 38/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Alexandru | |||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 55-33 | 55-33 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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