
Aleksandar Kovacevic and Beibit Zhukayev will face off in the quarter of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:55 pm on COURT 1. 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 Aleksandar Kovacevic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Kovacevic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Kovacevic -> 1.4
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Kovacevic vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 3rd time that Aleksandar Kovacevic and Beibit Zhukayev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kovacevic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kovacevic won 6-4 6-7(1) 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Shenzhen 2 Challenger back in 2023.
Aleksandar Kovacevic
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 21-11 | 7-5 | 2-3 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2024 | 29-35 | 20-17 | 5-8 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
2023 | 43-27 | 34-15 | 0-5 | 7-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
2022 | 41-31 | 22-18 | 4-4 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 20-17 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Kovacevic got to the quarter after defeating Liam Draxl 6-1 6-3 and Mark Lajal 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kovacevic scored 60 points vs Lajal’s 40. Kovacevic was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kovacevic struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Kovacevic was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 73% (19/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Lajal 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.
Kovacevic has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (184-151). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kovacevic has an aggregate43-31 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a composed 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2025 | 12-13 | 3-3 | 0-3 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
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 |
Ranked no. 244, Beibit reached the quarter after defeating Matias Soto 6-1 6-4 and Edas Butvilas 7-5 4-6 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Zhukayev defeated Butvilas (7-5 4-6 6-1). During the match Zhukayev scored 94 points vs Butvilas’s 75. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev submerged his opponent with 21 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was very effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Beibit broke Butvilas 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhukayev has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kovacevic | Zhukayev |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
Tot Games | 34 | 46 |
Pts | 125-80 | 162-126 |
Total Points | 205 | 288 |
Winners | 49 | 70 |
%Winners | 39% | 43% |
Both Kovacevic and Zhukayev played 2 matches. At the moment, Beibit Zhukayev conceded 1 set while Aleksandar Kovacevic hasn’t lost a set so far. Kovacevic has played 1 set(s) less than Zhukayev (4 vs 5). Therefore, Kovacevic played 12 games less than Zhukayev. Aleksandar scored 49 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit scored 70 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kovacevic | Zhukayev |
---|---|---|
Aces | 13 | 30 |
Avg per match | 6.5 | 15 |
1st in | 57/103 | 85/144 |
%1st in | 55% | 59% |
1st pts | 49/57 | 70/85 |
%1st pts | 86% | 82% |
2nd pts | 27/46 | 33/59 |
%2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Kovacevic scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Zhukayev blasted 30 aces (15 per match). Kovacevic won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kovacevic | Zhukayev |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 7 |
Converted | 7/13 | 7/19 |
% Converted | 54% | 37% |
Conceded | 2 | 7 |
Saved | 2 | 5 |
% Saved | 100% | 71% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Aleksandar broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Kovacevic pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Beibit broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Zhukayev conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
Kovacevic | ||||
R1 Draxl |
R2 Lajal |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 34 | |
pts | 65-40 | 60-40 | 125-80 | |
Total points | 105 | 100 | 205 | |
Winners | 30 | 19 | 49 | |
%Winners | 46% | 32% | 39% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 11 | 2 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
1st in | 34/54 | 23/49 | 57/103 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 47% | 55% | |
1st pts | 30/34 | 19/23 | 49/57 | |
% 1st pts | 88% | 83% | 86% | |
2nd pts | 8/20 | 19/26 | 27/46 | |
% 2nd pts | 40% | 73% | 59% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 3/5 | 7/13 | |
Converted % | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Zhukayev | ||||
R1 Soto |
R2 Butvilas |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-5 4-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
pts | 68-51 | 94-75 | 162-126 | |
Total points | 119 | 169 | 288 | |
Winners | 29 | 41 | 70 | |
%Winners | 43% | 44% | 43% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 9 | 21 | 30 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 32/57 | 53/87 | 85/144 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 61% | 59% | |
1st pts | 29/32 | 41/53 | 70/85 | |
% 1st pts | 91% | 77% | 82% | |
2nd pts | 13/25 | 20/34 | 33/59 | |
% 2nd pts | 52% | 59% | 56% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Converted | 3/12 | 4/7 | 7/19 | |
Converted % | 25% | 57% | 37% | |
Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Saved | 5/5 | 0/2 | 5 | |
Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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