Beibit Zhukayev and Marcello Serafini will face off in the qualifications of the Lille Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:00 pm on CENTER. 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.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.44
Marcello Serafini -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Marcello Serafini
This will be the 2nd time that Beibit Zhukayev and Marcello Serafini fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhukayev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Zhukayev won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 2nd round in M25 Trimbach back in 2023.
Beibit Zhukayev
| 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. 192, Zhukayev will start his run in the Lille Challenger after he played his last match in Doha where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Klein in the qualifications on the 17th of February.
Beibit has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Beibit has an overall 139-125 record. He has a positive 22-21 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Lille Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Marcello Serafini
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-18 | 7-5 | 7-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-31 | 0-0 | 19-22 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 0-2 | 30-21 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-3 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 14-6 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-21 | 12-6 | 15-13 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 445, Serafini will start his run in the Lille Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Trento where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(5) to Oradini in the 2nd round on the 22nd of February.
The Italian has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Serafini’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Sunderland and Foncenex.
In terms of his career, Serafini has an overall 103-83 record. He has a negative 8-14 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Lille Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Lille Challenger
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 6-75 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Hendrik JebensJebens (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hazem NaowHazem – Cyril VandermeerschCyril (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tibo ColsonTibo – Timo StodderTimo (7-6(0) 6-3) – See score progression
- Henri SquireHenri – Akira SantillanAkira (3-5 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Radu AlbotAlbot – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Zizou BergsBergs (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Billy HarrisHarris – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Tibo ColsonColson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas PoullainPoullain – Tristan LamasineLamasine (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Lucas PouillePouille (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur BouquierBouquier – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-0) – H2H and prediction