S D Prajwal Dev and Maxim Zhukov will face off in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am 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 S D Prajwal Dev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, S D Prajwal Dev is the pick to win this match.
S D Prajwal Dev -> 1.65
Maxim Zhukov -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head S D Prajwal Dev vs. Maxim Zhukov
There is no head to head record between S D Prajwal Dev and Maxim Zhukov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
S D Prajwal Dev
13 - 13win/loss
783
595
LWWLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 11-9 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-29 | 29-23 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-19 | 21-17 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-11 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 700, S reached the qualifications after defeating Islam Orynbasar 6-1 6-0 and Maxim Zhukov .
In the qualifications, S had a good straight sets win against Orynbasar (6-1 6-0). During the match, D Prajwal Dev scored 51 points vs Orynbasar’s 25. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, D Prajwal Dev wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. S D Prajwal Dev was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. S broke Orynbasar 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
D Prajwal Dev has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 52% of his matches (133-125). 9-7 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, D Prajwal Dev has a compiled92-85 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
D Prajwal Dev’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Hong Kong.
The Indian has an overall 13-13 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Maxim Zhukov
24 - 16win/loss
733
711
LWWLWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-26 | 19-15 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 17-14 | 14-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-22 | 13-11 | 16-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 870, Zhukov got to the qualifications after beating Iliyas Maratuly 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Maxim had a good straight sets win against Maratuly (6-3 6-2). During the match Zhukov scored 77 points vs Maratuly’s 55. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukov recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Maxim Zhukov was very effective on serve to win 91% (21/23) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Maratuly 3 times after converting 18% of his break points (3/17).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Kamenogorsk.
Zhukov has a composed 24-16 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | D Prajwal Dev | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 |
| Pts | 51-25 | 77-55 |
| Total Points | 76 | 132 |
| Winners | 18 | 21 |
| %Winners | 35% | 27% |
Both D Prajwal Dev and Zhukov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, D Prajwal Dev and Zhukov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, D Prajwal Dev played 4 games less than Zhukov. D Prajwal Dev scored 18 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Zhukov recorded 21 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | D Prajwal Dev | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 23/50 |
| %1st in | 61% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 21/23 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 91% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 17/27 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 63% |
D Prajwal Dev didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zhukov bagged 2 aces . D Prajwal Dev won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Zhukov won 91% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | D Prajwal Dev | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/17 |
| % Converted | 71% | 18% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Indian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. D Prajwal Dev pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Zhukov broke his opponent 3 times with a 18% conversion rate. Zhukov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| D Prajwal Dev | |||
| Q1 Orynbasar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 51-25 | 51-25 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Maratuly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 77-55 | 77-55 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/50 | 23/50 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/17 | 3/17 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 18% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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