Beibit Zhukayev and Micah Braswell will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on THE SCHWARTZ COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.74
Micah Braswell -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Micah Braswell
This will be the 2nd time that Beibit Zhukayev and Micah Braswell square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Braswell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Braswell won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in the Knoxville Challenger back in November 2024.
Beibit Zhukayev
30 - 28win/loss
238
171
WLLLWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-28 | 14-16 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 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. 238, Zhukayev reached the 2nd round after defeating Henry Searle 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, Beibit had a good straight sets win against Searle (6-3 7-64). During the match, Zhukayev scored 75 points vs Searle’s 59. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhukayev blasted 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Searle once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Zhukayev has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 53% of his matches (168-151). 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhukayev has an aggregate26-25 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Kazakhstani has an overall 30-28 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Micah Braswell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-13 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 503 (career-high), the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Evan King 7-5 6-3, Oscar Weightman 6-4 6-1 and Jeremy Zhang 5-7 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Zhang, Micah recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-2). During the match Braswell scored 102 points vs Zhang’s 83. Micah was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Braswell scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Micah Braswell was very efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Zhang 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Wichita.
Braswell has an overall 28-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Braswell has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukayev | Braswell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 67 |
| Pts | 75-59 | 232-175 |
| Total Points | 134 | 407 |
| Winners | 35 | 87 |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% |
Zhukayev played 1 match while Braswell competed in 3 matches. Braswell started his run from the qualifications while Zhukayev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Micah Braswell surrendered 1 set while Beibit Zhukayev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zhukayev has played 5 set(s) less than Braswell (2 vs 7). Therefore, Zhukayev played 45 games less than Braswell. Beibit scored 35 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Micah blasted 87 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukayev | Braswell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 111/205 |
| %1st in | 63% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 87/111 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 57/94 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 61% |
Zhukayev recorded 5 aces . Braswell fired 18 aces (6 per match). Zhukayev won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Braswell won 78% 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 | Zhukayev | Braswell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 10 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 10/25 |
| % Converted | 25% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Zhukayev broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Braswell broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Micah conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhukayev | |||
| R1 Searle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 75-59 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/62 | 39/62 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 35/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Braswell | |||||
| Q1 King |
Q3 Weightman |
R1 Zhang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 29 | 67 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 61-37 | 102-83 | 232-175 | |
| Total points | 124 | 98 | 185 | 407 | |
| Winners | 28 | 27 | 32 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 31% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/70 | 31/49 | 45/86 | 111/205 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 63% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 27/31 | 32/45 | 87/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 87% | 71% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 11/18 | 25/41 | 57/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 61% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/9 | 5/11 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 45% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 250% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWWLLL Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Ezekiel ClarkClark (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Francis Casey Alcantara/Sai Karteek Reddy GantaCasey Alcantara/Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta – Toby Alex Kodat/Kelsey StevensonAlex Kodat/Kelsey Stevenson (6-4 3-6 10-3) – See score progression
- Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Tyler ZinkZink (5-7 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-0 7-64) – See score progression
- Micah BraswellBraswell – Jeremy ZhangZhang (5-7 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Martin BorisioukBorisiouk (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Learner TienTien (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Henry SearleSearle (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Mark LajalLajal (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Hady HabibHabib – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (4-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Govind NandaNanda – William Mroz MrozMroz Mroz (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jay ClarkeClarke – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Govind NandaNanda – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Micah BraswellBraswell – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
