Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Beibit Zhukayev will play each other in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Nicolas Alvarez Varona who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Alvarez Varona is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona -> 1.615
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Alvarez Varona vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Alvarez Varona and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Alvarez Varona
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 7-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-9 | 3-2 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-34 | 3-7 | 13-19 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-26 | 11-8 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-9 | 21-6 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 234, Nicolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Aldin Setkic 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Setkic (6-1 6-4). During the match, Alvarez Varona scored 58 points vs Setkic’s 33. Nicolas was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Alvarez Varona made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Alvarez Varona was exceptionally effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Setkic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Alvarez Varona has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (140-103). 2-5 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Alvarez Varona has an aggregate72-43 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
Alvarez Varona’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Liberec Challenger.
Alvarez Varona has an overall 16-24 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 357 (career-high), Zhukayev got to the 2nd round after defeating Rishab Agarwal 6-2 5-7 6-3, Dan Alexandru Tomescu 6-2 7-63 and Cengiz Aksu 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Aksu (6-3 6-4). During the match Zhukayev scored 58 points vs Aksu’s 44. Zhukayev was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 69% (18/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Beibit broke Aksu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Beibit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Sultan.
Zhukayev has an overall 38-22 win-loss record in 2022, 31-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alvarez Varona | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 69 |
| Pts | 58-33 | 228-173 |
| Total Points | 91 | 401 |
| Winners | 23 | 84 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Alvarez Varona played 1 match while Zhukayev competed in 3 matches. Zhukayev started his run from the qualifications while Alvarez Varona had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Beibit Zhukayev surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Alvarez Varona hasn’t conceded a set so far. Alvarez Varona has played 5 set(s) less than Zhukayev (2 vs 7). Therefore, Alvarez Varona played 52 games less than Zhukayev. The Spaniard scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit scored 84 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alvarez Varona | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 102/189 |
| %1st in | 58% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 84/102 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 58/87 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 67% |
Alvarez Varona blasted 5 aces . Zhukayev bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Alvarez Varona won 92% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Alvarez Varona | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 75% | 47% |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Alvarez Varona broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Nicolas pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Beibit broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alvarez Varona | |||
| R1 Setkic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 58-33 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhukayev | |||||
| Q1 Agarwal |
Q3 Alexandru |
R1 Aksu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 | 19 | 69 | |
| pts | 98-80 | 72-49 | 58-44 | 228-173 | |
| Total points | 178 | 121 | 102 | 401 | |
| Winners | 38 | 26 | 20 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 31/57 | 26/52 | 102/189 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 50% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 26/31 | 20/26 | 84/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | 77% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 18/26 | 18/26 | 58/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 69% | 69% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 80% | 197% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWLLWW Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
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- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri SquireSquire – Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol (6-2 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dominik PalanPalan (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Marek GengelGengel (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Paul JubbJubb (6-3 5-7 6-0) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Cengiz AksuAksu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Ben PataelPatael (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Sarp AgabigunAgabigun (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Aldin SetkicSetkic (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Berk IlkelIlkel (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Koray KirciKirci – Aleksandre MetreveliMetreveli (6-79 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Koray KirciKirci (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas RosolRosol – Robin HaaseHaase (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri SquireSquire – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
