Dmitry Popko and Beibit Zhukayev will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. 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.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.6
Dmitry Popko -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Dmitry Popko vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Dmitry Popko and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dmitry Popko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-30 | 15-11 | 8-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 64-33 | 7-2 | 57-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-20 | 1-1 | 38-18 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-30 | 11-11 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-34 | 0-4 | 27-19 | 7-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, Dmitry reached the 2nd round after defeating Raphael Collignon 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Popko had a good straight sets win against Collignon (6-3 6-2). During the match, Popko scored 55 points vs Collignon’s 38. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popko made 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Dmitry Popko lost the serve once. Furthermore, Popko put 59% of his first serves in, winning 81% (21/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Dmitry broke Collignon 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Popko has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (366-230). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Popko has an aggregate 21-28 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Popko has an overall 1-2 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Dmitry has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-31 | 11-12 | 0-5 | 13-11 | 4-3 | 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 2nd round after defeating Mick Veldheer 7-6(5) 6-3, Christoph Negritu 7-6(4) 6-4 and Gastao Elias 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Zhukayev had a good straight sets win against Elias (6-3 6-2). During the match Zhukayev scored 56 points vs Elias’s 36. Beibit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukayev struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Beibit Zhukayev was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Zhukayev broke Elias 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Beibit has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2025, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popko | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 62 |
| Pts | 55-38 | 211-166 |
| Total Points | 93 | 377 |
| Winners | 21 | 88 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Popko played 1 match while Zhukayev competed in 3 matches. Zhukayev started his run from the qualifications while Popko had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Popko has played 4 set(s) less than Zhukayev (2 vs 6). Therefore, Popko played 45 games less than Zhukayev. The Kazakhstani scored 21 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit fired 88 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popko | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 116/186 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 88/116 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 44/70 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 63% |
Popko struck 3 aces . Zhukayev made 31 aces (10.3 per match). Popko won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popko | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 8/18 |
| % Converted | 63% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Dmitry dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. Beibit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popko | |||
| R1 Collignon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 55-38 | 55-38 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhukayev | |||||
| Q1 Veldheer | Q3 Negritu | R1 Elias | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 | 17 | 62 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 72-62 | 56-36 | 211-166 | |
| Total points | 151 | 134 | 92 | 377 | |
| Winners | 32 | 34 | 22 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 17 | 8 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/72 | 44/69 | 26/45 | 116/186 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 34/44 | 22/26 | 88/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 77% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/25 | 12/19 | 44/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 64% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 50% | 80% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Oeiras 3 Challenger
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Daniel RinconRincon (6-1 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens – Radu Albot/Dmitry PopkoAlbot/Dmitry Popko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Henrique RochaRocha (3-6 6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam Draxl/Cleeve HarperDraxl/Cleeve Harper – Pedro Araujo/Matej DodigAraujo/Matej Dodig (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Alexander Blockx/Raphael CollignonBlockx/Raphael Collignon (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Clement ChidekhChidekh (6-4 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Pedro AraujoAraujo – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 6-73 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-73 7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Raphael CollignonCollignon (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-63 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Daniel RinconRincon (6-1 1-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Mark LajalLajal – Henrique RochaRocha (3-6 6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Nicolas MejiaMejia (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction