Radu Albot and Beibit Zhukayev will square off in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines 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 -> 1.56
Radu Albot -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 2nd time that Radu Albot and Beibit Zhukayev fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they played, Albot won 6-2 4-6 7-6(4) in the quarter in the Istanbul Challenger back in 2022.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-34 | 15-14 | 11-16 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Radu will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6(5) 7-5 to Dodig in the 1st round on the 11th of June.
Albot has a compiled 24-17 win-loss record in 2024, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
The Moldovan’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Girona Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Moldovan has an overall 605-463 record. He has a flat 26-26 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Radu has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 193, Zhukayev got to the 1st round after defeating Jaime Faria 6-3 6-75 6-1 and Joris De Loore 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against De Loore (6-3 6-1). During the match Zhukayev scored 61 points vs De Loore’s 39. Beibit was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev recorded 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 60% of his first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break De Loore 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Beibit 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.
Beibit has an aggregate 16-15 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Ilkley Challenger
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Matteo MartineauMartineau (6-3 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Joris De LooreDe Loore (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Leandro RiediRiedi (w/o) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (3-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Denis KudlaKudla (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Charles BroomBroom – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Emilio NavaNava (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction