Tomas Barrios Vera and Beibit Zhukayev will square off in the 2^nd round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.87
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Beibit Zhukayev

There is no head to head record between Tomas Barrios Vera and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 160, Marcelo reached the 2^nd round after defeating Fajing Sun 6-4 7-5.

In the 1^st round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Sun (6-4 7-5). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 81 points vs Sun’s 72. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 57% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean broke Sun 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (343-199). 1-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate 75-47 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Amersfoort Challenger where he overcame Alexey Zakharov in the final 6-2 6-1.

Marcelo has a composed 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

The Chilean has never competed in this tournament before.

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 218, will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he overcame 2-6 6-3 7-6(3) to Rai in the 1^st round on the 3^rd of September.

Zhukayev has an overall 21-21 win-loss record in 2024, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 159-144 record. He has a positive 98-76 record on hard.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomas Barrios Vera	Zhukayev
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	22	30
Pts	81-72	96-90
Total Points	153	186
Winners	33	46
%Winners	41%	48%

Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Zhukayev played 1 match. At the moment, Beibit Zhukayev conceded 1 set while Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t conceded a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 1 set(s) less than Zhukayev (2 vs 3). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 8 games less than Zhukayev. Marcelo scored 33 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Zhukayev scored 46 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomas Barrios Vera	Zhukayev
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	46/81	53/88
%1st in	57%	60%
1st pts	33/46	46/53
%1st pts	72%	87%
2nd pts	16/35	18/35
%2nd pts	46%	51%

Tomas Barrios Vera bagged 6 aces . Zhukayev struck 5 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomas Barrios Vera	Zhukayev
Won	4	1
Converted	4/10	1/7
% Converted	40%	14%
Conceded	11	4
Saved	9	2
% Saved	82%	50%
Times Broken	2	2

Marcelo broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Marcelo conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Beibit conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Sun	Total
Score	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	81-72	81-72
Total points	153	153
Winners	33	33
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	46/81	46/81
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	33/46	33/46
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	16/35	16/35
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/10	4/10
Converted %	40%	40%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	9/11	9
Saved %	82%	82%
Times Broken	2	2

Zhukayev
	Total
Score
Tot Set	0
Tot Games	0
pts	0-0
Total points	0
Winners	0
%Winners	0%
SERVE
Aces	0
Double Faults	0
1st in	0/0
% 1st in	0%
1st pts	0/0
% 1st pts	0%
2nd pts	0/0
% 2nd pts	0%
Breaks
Won	0
Converted	0/0
Converted %	0%
Conceded	0
Saved	0
Saved %	0%
Times Broken	0

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yibing WuWu (6-7⁵ 3-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Kris Van WykVan Wyk – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Mark LajalLajal (7-6⁴ 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Paul JubbJubb (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Maxime CressyCressy – Blake MottMott (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-7² 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Ajeet RaiRai (2-6 6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Rigele TeTe (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yan BaiBai (7-5 ret.) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Kris Van WykVan Wyk – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-5 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Yibing WuWu (6-7(5) 3-3 ret.) – See score progression
• Marc PolmansPolmans – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Paul JubbJubb (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Nerman FaticFatic (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Maxime CressyCressy – Blake MottMott (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Fajing SunSun (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-7(2) 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marc PolmansPolmans – Norbert GombosGombos (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kris Van WykVan Wyk – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Terence AtmaneAtmane (0-0) – H2H and prediction