Beibit Zhukayev and Tung-Lin Wu will square off in the 2nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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.
As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.79
Tung-Lin Wu -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Tung-Lin Wu
This will be the 2nd time that Beibit Zhukayev and Tung-Lin Wu play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wu (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Wu won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in the Wuxi Challenger back in May 2024.
Beibit Zhukayev
21 - 20win/loss
238
171
LWLLLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, Zhukayev reached the 2nd round after defeating Lukas Pokorny 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Pokorny (7-5 7-5). During the match, Zhukayev scored 75 points vs Pokorny’s 65. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhukayev bagged 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (36/47) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Pokorny 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Zhukayev has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 53% of his matches (159-143). 9-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zhukayev has an aggregate98-75 record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Kazakhstani has a compiled 21-20 win-loss record in 2024, 9-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger
The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-27 | 32-24 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 21-21 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 26-14 | 6-3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 10-10 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 327, Tung-Lin reached the 2nd round after defeating Yi Zhou 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Tung-Lin had a good straight sets win against Zhou (6-2 6-1). During the match Wu scored 59 points vs Zhou’s 34. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Wu recorded 7 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tung-Lin Wu conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 63% of his first serves in, win 70% (19/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the 2nd serve. Wu broke Zhou 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Wu’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Bakersfield and the Gwangju Challenger.
The Chinese has an aggregate 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 20-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukayev | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 15 |
| Pts | 75-65 | 59-34 |
| Total Points | 140 | 93 |
| Winners | 36 | 19 |
| %Winners | 48% | 32% |
Both Zhukayev and Wu played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zhukayev and Wu have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zhukayev played 9 games more than Wu. Beibit scored 36 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Chinese recorded 19 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukayev | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 27/43 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 19/27 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 13/16 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 81% |
Zhukayev managed to score 6 aces . Wu scored 7 aces . Zhukayev won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 81% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhukayev | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Wu broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Chinese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Zhukayev | |||
| R1 Pokorny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 75-65 | 75-65 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 47/68 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 36/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Wu | |||
| R1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 59-34 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 13/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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