Marc-Andrea Huesler and Beibit Zhukayev will square off in the quarter of the Morelia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on GRANDSTAND PABLO ARROYO. 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 Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc-Andrea Huesler is the pick to win this match.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.49
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Beibit Zhukayev
This will be the 3rd time that Marc-Andrea Huesler and Beibit Zhukayev play each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Zhukayev won 7-6(5) 6-4 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-5 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-28 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 10-9 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 172, Huesler got to the quarter after beating Brandon Holt 6-4 6-1 and James Kent Trotter 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Huesler had a good straight sets win against Kent Trotter (6-4 6-4). During the match, Huesler scored 76 points vs Kent Trotter’s 62. Huesler was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Huesler recorded 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Marc-Andrea Huesler was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Kent Trotter twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc-Andrea hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Huesler has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (294-239). 4-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Huesler has an aggregate 93-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Huesler has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2025, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelia Challenger
Marc-Andrea has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-11 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 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. 215, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Jurij Rodionov 6-1 6-3 and Felipe Meligeni Alves 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Alves (7-65 6-4).During the match Zhukayev scored less points (1) than Meligeni Alves. In fact, the world no. 172 won 76 points vs Meligeni Alves’s. That means that Zhukayev was more focused during the important points. Beibit was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev struck 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Beibit broke Meligeni Alves once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zhukayev hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zhukayev has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Huesler | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 39 |
| Pts | 135-101 | 133-111 |
| Total Points | 236 | 244 |
| Winners | 53 | 56 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Both Huesler and Zhukayev played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Huesler and Zhukayev have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Huesler played 2 games less than Zhukayev. Marc-Andrea scored 53 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit scored 56 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Huesler | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 63/102 | 64/121 |
| %1st in | 62% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 53/63 | 56/64 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 24/39 | 31/57 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 54% |
Huesler struck 16 aces (8 per match). Zhukayev managed to score 21 aces (10.5 per match). Huesler won 84% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Huesler | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 35% | 42% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Marc-Andrea broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Huesler pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Zhukayev was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Huesler | ||||
| R1 Holt |
R2 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 76-62 | 135-101 | |
| Total points | 98 | 138 | 236 | |
| Winners | 25 | 28 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/45 | 33/57 | 63/102 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 28/33 | 53/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 85% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 15/24 | 24/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/12 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 17% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhukayev | ||||
| R1 Rodionov |
R2 Meligeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 76-77 | 133-111 | |
| Total points | 91 | 153 | 244 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 25/39 | 39/82 | 64/121 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 48% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 32/39 | 56/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 82% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 22/43 | 31/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 51% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 1/3 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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