Karen Khachanov and Beibit Zhukayev will fight against each other in the quarter of the Almaty Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.26
Beibit Zhukayev -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Beibit Zhukayev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Khachanov won 7-6(1) 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Shanghai back in 2023.
Karen Khachanov
26 - 20win/loss
19
8
LWWWWLWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 26, the Russian reached the quarter after beating Unknown Player bye and Otto Virtanen 7-6(2) 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (7-62 7-63). During the match, Khachanov scored 77 points vs Virtanen’s 61. Khachanov was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Khachanov bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Karen Khachanov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Virtanen once.
Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (362-236). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Khachanov has a composed 91-61 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Doha where he overcame Jakub Mensik in the final 7-6(12) 6-4.
Khachanov has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
Beibit Zhukayev
29 - 25win/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. 213, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Benjamin Hassan 6-4 6-1 and Tomas Machac 3-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Machac, Beibit had a free pass after Machac retired on a 3-1 . scoreline.
Zhukayev has an overall 29-25 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 21 |
| Pts | 77-61 | 76-51 |
| Total Points | 138 | 127 |
| Winners | 37 | 36 |
| %Winners | 48% | 47% |
Khachanov played 1 match while Zhukayev competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Khachanov has played 2 set(s) less than Zhukayev (2 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Khachanov played 5 games more than Zhukayev. Khachanov scored 37 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani made 36 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 41/59 |
| %1st in | 63% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 37/42 | 36/41 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 11/18 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 61% |
Khachanov recorded 5 aces . Zhukayev fired 12 aces (6 per match). Khachanov won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 4 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 100% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Khachanov broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Karen dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Khachanov | |||
| R2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 77-61 | 77-61 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 42/67 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/42 | 37/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||
| R1 Hassan |
R2 Machac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 4 | 21 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 18-9 | 76-51 | |
| Total points | 100 | 27 | 127 | |
| Winners | 28 | 8 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 44% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 8/9 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 89% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 8/8 | 36/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 100% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 1/1 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 100% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 1/3 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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