Radu Albot and Beibit Zhukayev will face off in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 9 LIMAK. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.29
Beibit Zhukayev -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, the Moldovan reached the quarter after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 7-66 6-4 and Henri Squire 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Radu had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 6-3). During the match, Albot scored 72 points vs Squire’s 58. Albot was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Albot struck 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 71% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (6/17) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Squire 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Moldovan hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Albot has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (362-286). 16-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has an overall 156-112 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Albot’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Chicago Challenger.
The Moldovan has a composed 31-25 win-loss record in 2022, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 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. 357 (career-high), Zhukayev reached the quarter after beating Rishab Agarwal 6-2 5-7 6-3, Dan Alexandru Tomescu 6-2 7-63, Cengiz Aksu 6-3 6-4 and Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Alvarez Varona (6-4 6-1). During the match Zhukayev scored 58 points vs Alvarez Varona’s 39. Zhukayev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Alvarez Varona 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhukayev started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Beibit’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Sultan.
Beibit has a composed 39-22 win-loss record in 2022, 32-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 86 |
| Pts | 148-124 | 286-212 |
| Total Points | 272 | 498 |
| Winners | 63 | 105 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Albot played 2 matches while Zhukayev competed in 4 matches. Zhukayev started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Beibit Zhukayev dropped 1 set while Radu Albot hasn’t lost a set so far. Albot has played 5 set(s) less than Zhukayev (4 vs 9). Therefore, Albot played 44 games less than Zhukayev. The Moldovan scored 63 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit recorded 105 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 86/125 | 126/240 |
| %1st in | 69% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 63/86 | 105/126 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 76/114 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 67% |
Albot scored 8 aces (4 per match). Zhukayev recorded 23 aces (5.8 per match). Albot won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 83% 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 | Albot | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 12 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 41% | 52% |
| Conceded | 13 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 69% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Radu broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Moldovan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Zhukayev broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Beibit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | ||||
| R1 Cristian |
R2 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 76-66 | 72-58 | 148-124 | |
| Total points | 142 | 130 | 272 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/67 | 41/58 | 86/125 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 32/41 | 63/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 6/17 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 35% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/13 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 31% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||||
| Q1 Agarwal |
Q3 Alexandru |
R1 Aksu |
R2 Alvarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 86 | |
| pts | 98-80 | 72-49 | 58-44 | 58-39 | 286-212 | |
| Total points | 178 | 121 | 102 | 97 | 498 | |
| Winners | 38 | 26 | 20 | 21 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 34% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 45/80 | 31/57 | 26/52 | 24/51 | 126/240 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 50% | 47% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 26/31 | 20/26 | 21/24 | 105/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | 77% | 88% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 18/26 | 18/26 | 18/27 | 76/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 69% | 69% | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 3/4 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 50% | 75% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 80% | – | 99% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
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