Beibit Zhukayev and Michael Zheng will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.79
Michael Zheng -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Michael Zheng

There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Michael Zheng since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 256 (career-high), Zhukayev got to the semifinal after beating Yuta Shimizu 6-3 6-4, Evan Zhu 4-6 7-5 6-2 and Liam Draxl 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Draxl (6-4 6-3). During the match, Zhukayev scored 63 points vs Draxl’s 56. Beibit was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Zhukayev fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev was very efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Draxl twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Beibit has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Zhukayev has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (119-110). 9-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhukayev has an aggregate79-55 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Zhukayev’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Trimbach and the Little Rock Challenger.

Zhukayev has an overall 18-17 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger

Beibit has never competed in this tournament before.

Michael Zheng

Ranked no. 893, Michael reached the semifinal after beating Nathan Ponwith 6-4 7-6⁶, Daniel Rodrigues 6-3 6-1, Steven Diez 6-3 6-0, Marius Copil 6-1 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 6-3 0-6 6-3.

In the quarter, The American defeated Galarneau (6-3 0-6 6-3). During the match Zheng scored 90 points vs Galarneau’s 83. Michael was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Zheng recorded 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Zheng lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zheng put 52% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Galarneau 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zheng 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.

Michael has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zhukayev	Zheng
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	11
Tot Games	68	94
Pts	238-210	364-273
Total Points	448	637
Winners	100	131
%Winners	42%	36%

Zhukayev played 3 matches while Zheng competed in 5 matches. Zheng started his run from the qualifications while Zhukayev had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Beibit Zhukayev lost 1 set, while Michael Zheng surrendered 1 set. Zhukayev has played 4 set(s) less than Zheng (7 vs 11). Therefore, Zhukayev played 26 games less than Zheng. Zhukayev scored 100 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Michael managed to score 131 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zhukayev	Zheng
Aces	18	24
Avg per match	6	4.8
1st in	137/229	172/311
%1st in	60%	55%
1st pts	100/137	131/172
%1st pts	73%	76%
2nd pts	50/92	76/139
%2nd pts	54%	55%

Zhukayev struck 18 aces (6 per match). Zheng made 24 aces (4.8 per match). Zhukayev won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zheng won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zhukayev	Zheng
Won	9	20
Converted	9/25	20/44
% Converted	36%	45%
Conceded	13	29
Saved	10	22
% Saved	77%	76%
Times Broken	3	7

Beibit broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 20 times with a 45% conversion rate. Zheng conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Zhukayev
	R1 Shimizu	R2 Zhu	1/4 Draxl	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	4-6 7-5 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	30	19	68
pts	66-53	109-101	63-56	238-210
Total points	119	210	119	448
Winners	28	43	29	100
%Winners	42%	39%	46%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	7	6	18
Double Faults	3	4	4	11
1st in	38/64	59/100	40/65	137/229
% 1st in	59%	59%	62%	60%
1st pts	28/38	43/59	29/40	100/137
% 1st pts	74%	73%	73%	73%
2nd pts	14/26	20/41	16/25	50/92
% 2nd pts	54%	49%	64%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	4	2	9
Converted	3/8	4/10	2/7	9/25
Converted %	38%	40%	29%	36%
Conceded	3	6	4	13
Saved	2/3	4/6	4/4	10
Saved %	67%	67%	100%	78%
Times Broken	1	2	0	3

Zheng
	Q1 Ponwith	Q3 Rodrigues	R1 Diez	R2 Copil	1/4 Galarneau	Total
Score	6-4 7-66	6-3 6-1	6-3 6-0	6-1 6-3	6-3 0-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	3	11
Tot Games	23	16	15	16	24	94
pts	79-60	66-49	62-36	67-45	90-83	364-273
Total points	139	115	98	112	173	637
Winners	28	23	26	26	28	131
%Winners	35%	35%	42%	39%	31%	36%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	5	5	5	24
Double Faults	0	0	1	1	3	5
1st in	33/57	30/64	34/51	33/58	42/81	172/311
% 1st in	58%	47%	67%	57%	52%	55%
1st pts	28/33	23/30	26/34	26/33	28/42	131/172
% 1st pts	85%	77%	76%	79%	67%	76%
2nd pts	18/24	16/34	8/17	15/25	19/39	76/139
% 2nd pts	75%	47%	47%	60%	49%	55%
Breaks
Won	2	5	5	4	4	20
Converted	2/9	5/9	5/8	4/6	4/12	20/44
Converted %	22%	56%	63%	67%	33%	45%
Conceded	1	9	3	5	11	29
Saved	0/1	8/9	2/3	5/5	7/11	22
Saved %	0%	89%	67%	100%	64%	107%
Times Broken	1	1	1	0	4	7

Tennis Scores in Palmas Del Mar Challenger

• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Bernard TomicTomic (7-6² 6-7⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Michael ZhengZheng – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-3 0-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Liam DraxlDraxl (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Kei NishikoriNishikori – Adam WaltonWalton (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Kei NishikoriNishikori – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction