Beibit Zhukayev and Nicolas Kicker will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on Court 11. 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.42
Nicolas Kicker -> 2.78

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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Nicolas Kicker

There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Nicolas Kicker since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Beibit Zhukayev

Beibit Zhukayev

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
279
High
171
LWLWWLWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-31 11-12 0-5 13-11 4-3 0-0
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

Ranked no. 188, Zhukayev will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the Champaign Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Serdarusic in the 2nd round on the 15th of November.

This will be the first match of the season on hard.

Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 138-123 record. He has a positive 89-64 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Australian Open
Zhukayev's Record

Nicolas Kicker

Nicolas Kicker

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
259
High
78
WLWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 52-29 2-2 50-27 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 12-13 2-4 10-8 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 11-10 1-1 10-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 27-28 6-6 20-21 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 64-21 17-2 47-19 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 511, Kicker will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in M15 Concepcion where he lost 7-6(4) 6-1 to Mena in the final on the 10th of December.

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of his career, Nicolas has an overall 322-213 record. He has a positive 31-25 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018. See his history.

Australian Open
Kicker's Record

Tennis Scores – Australian Open

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