Beibit Zhukayev and Mees Rottgering will play each other in the 1st round of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 6:00 pm on CENTRALE. 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.

As per the initial odds, Beibit Zhukayev is the pick to win this match.
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.46
Mees Rottgering -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Mees Rottgering

There is no head to head record between Beibit Zhukayev and Mees Rottgering since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Beibit Zhukayev

Beibit Zhukayev

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
0-1
I Hard
8-4
Rank
279
High
171
LWLWWLWLLW
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. 221, Zhukayev will start his run in the Lugano Challenger after he played his last match in the Glasgow Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Martineau in the 2nd round on the 19th of February.

Beibit has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Zhukayev has an overall 176-157 record. He has a positive 34-30 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Lugano Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Lugano Challenger
Zhukayev's Record

Mees Rottgering

Mees Rottgering

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-4
I Hard
2-2
Rank
617
High
612
LWLWLLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-25 8-9 10-10 6-5 1-1 0-0
2024 14-11 8-7 5-3 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 10-7 7-4 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 836, Mees will start his run in the Lugano Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Villena where he lost 6-3 7-6(3)

to Crawford in the 2nd round on the 20th of February.

Mees has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, Rottgering has an overall 31-25 record. He has a flat 3-3 record on indoor hard courts.

Lugano Challenger
Rottgering's Record

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