Beibit Zhukayev and Liam Draxl will fight against each other in the quarter of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. 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 Beibit Zhukayev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.727
Liam Draxl -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Liam Draxl
There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Liam Draxl since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 256 (career-high), Zhukayev got to the quarter after beating Yuta Shimizu 6-3 6-4 and Evan Zhu 4-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Zhu, Beibit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match, Zhukayev scored 109 points vs Zhu’s 101. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhukayev blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 59% of his first serves in, winning 73% (43/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. Zhukayev broke Zhu 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Zhukayev has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (118-110). 8-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhukayev has an overall78-55 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Zhukayev’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Trimbach and the Little Rock Challenger.
Beibit has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger
Zhukayev has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-24 | 21-10 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 617, Liam reached the quarter after beating Tung-Lin Wu 3-6 7-5 7-64 and Colin Sinclair 7-60 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Liam had a good straight sets win against Sinclair (7-60 6-3). During the match Draxl scored 77 points vs Sinclair’s 57. Draxl was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Draxl made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Draxl lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Draxl put 76% of his first serves in, winning 80% (41/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Draxl broke Sinclair twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Liam has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Canadian has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukayev | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 56 |
| Pts | 175-154 | 187-173 |
| Total Points | 329 | 360 |
| Winners | 71 | 88 |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% |
Both Zhukayev and Draxl played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Beibit Zhukayev conceded 1 set, while Liam Draxl conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Zhukayev and Draxl have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Zhukayev played 7 games less than Draxl. Beibit scored 71 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Draxl managed to score 88 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukayev | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 97/164 | 117/168 |
| %1st in | 59% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 71/97 | 88/117 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 34/67 | 23/51 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 45% |
Zhukayev managed to score 12 aces (6 per match). Draxl scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Zhukayev won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 75% 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 | Zhukayev | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 39% | 35% |
| Conceded | 9 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Beibit dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhukayev | ||||
| R1 Shimizu |
R2 Zhu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 109-101 | 175-154 | |
| Total points | 119 | 210 | 329 | |
| Winners | 28 | 43 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 59/100 | 97/164 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 43/59 | 71/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 20/41 | 34/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 49% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/10 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Draxl | ||||
| R1 Wu |
R2 Sinclair |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 7-64 | 7-60 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 22 | 56 | |
| pts | 110-116 | 77-57 | 187-173 | |
| Total points | 226 | 134 | 360 | |
| Winners | 47 | 41 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/101 | 51/67 | 117/168 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 76% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 41/51 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 8/16 | 23/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 2/4 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 50% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 5/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 83% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
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