Stefano Napolitano and Beibit Zhukayev will face off in the 1st round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.9
Stefano Napolitano -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Stefano Napolitano vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Stefano Napolitano and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 9-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Stefano got to the 1st round after beating Omar Jasika 6-1 7-5 and Marc Polmans 6-73 6-6 def..
In the qualifications against Polmans, Stefano had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (6-73 6-6 def.). During the match, Napolitano and Polmans scored the same amount of points (93). However, the world no. 253 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Napolitano was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Napolitano blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Polmans twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Napolitano has good match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (283-234). 9-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Napolitano has a compiled 77-55 match record in the last years on hard.
Napolitano’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Frascati and M25 Biella.
The Italian has a composed 47-20 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
The Italian 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. 302, Zhukayev got to the 1st round after beating Jason Jung 4-6 6-3 6-3 and Dominik Palan 7-66 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Beibit defeated Palan (7-66 3-6 6-3). During the match Zhukayev scored 89 points vs Palan’s 87. Beibit was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev struck 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (45/56) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Palan once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Trimbach and the Little Rock Challenger.
Beibit has a compiled 26-25 win-loss record in 2023, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Napolitano | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 59 |
| Pts | 164-144 | 179-165 |
| Total Points | 308 | 344 |
| Winners | 62 | 91 |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% |
Both Napolitano and Zhukayev played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Stefano Napolitano conceded 1 set, while Beibit Zhukayev lost 2 sets. Napolitano has played 1 set(s) less than Zhukayev (5 vs 6). Therefore, Napolitano played 15 games less than Zhukayev. The Italian scored 62 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit made 91 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Napolitano | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 13 |
| 1st in | 81/132 | 115/173 |
| %1st in | 61% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 62/81 | 91/115 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 28/51 | 34/58 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 59% |
Napolitano managed to score 18 aces (9 per match). Zhukayev fired 26 aces (13 per match). Napolitano won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Napolitano | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 35% | 40% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 73% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Stefano broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Stefano conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Beibit broke his opponents 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Napolitano | ||||
| Q1 Jasika |
Q3 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-73 6-6 def. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 71-51 | 93-93 | 164-144 | |
| Total points | 122 | 186 | 308 | |
| Winners | 23 | 39 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 42% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 13 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 51/78 | 81/132 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 65% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 39/51 | 62/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/27 | 28/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 2/11 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 18% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 60% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||
| Q1 Jung |
Q3 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | 7-66 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 31 | 59 | |
| pts | 90-78 | 89-87 | 179-165 | |
| Total points | 168 | 176 | 344 | |
| Winners | 46 | 45 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/88 | 56/85 | 115/173 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 45/56 | 91/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 18/29 | 34/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 62% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 1/5 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 20% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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