Tomas Machac and Beibit Zhukayev will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Almaty Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.26
Beibit Zhukayev -> 3.85

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Beibit Zhukayev

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

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 25 (career-high), Machac got to the 2^nd round after beating Timofey Skatov 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Skatov (6-3 6-4). During the match, Machac scored 59 points vs Skatov’s 46. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Machac made 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tomas Machac lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 54% of his first serves in, winning 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Machac broke Skatov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Machac has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 67% of his matches (255-128). 3-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has an overall84-38 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Tomas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Geneva.

Tomas has a composed 35-21 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Almaty

Machac has never competed in this tournament before.

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 213, Beibit reached the 2^nd round after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-4 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Beibit had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-4 6-1). During the match Zhukayev scored 58 points vs Hassan’s 42. Beibit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Zhukayev managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Beibit broke Hassan 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Zhukayev has an aggregate 28-25 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Machac	Zhukayev
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	17
Pts	59-46	58-42
Total Points	105	100
Winners	26	28
%Winners	44%	48%

Both Machac and Zhukayev played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Machac and Zhukayev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Machac played 2 games more than Zhukayev. Machac scored 26 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Zhukayev struck 28 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Machac	Zhukayev
Aces	8	8
Avg per match	8	8
1st in	29/54	33/50
%1st in	54%	66%
1st pts	26/29	28/33
%1st pts	90%	85%
2nd pts	12/25	10/17
%2nd pts	48%	59%

Machac made 8 aces . Zhukayev fired 8 aces . Machac won 90% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Machac	Zhukayev
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/8
% Converted	75%	38%
Conceded	3	0
Saved	2	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	1	0

The Czech broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Machac dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Beibit broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Zhukayev was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Machac
	R1 Skatov	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	59-46	59-46
Total points	105	105
Winners	26	26
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	29/54	29/54
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	26/29	26/29
% 1st pts	90%	90%
2nd pts	12/25	12/25
% 2nd pts	48%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Zhukayev
	R1 Hassan	Total
Score	6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	58-42	58-42
Total points	100	100
Winners	28	28
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	33/50	33/50
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	28/33	28/33
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	10/17	10/17
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

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