Amir Milushev and Maxim Zhukov will play each other in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxim Zhukov who should win in 2 sets.
Maxim Zhukov -> 1.197
Amir Milushev -> 4.15
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Prediction and head to head Amir Milushev vs. Maxim Zhukov
This will be the 3rd time that Amir Milushev and Maxim Zhukov play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Zhukov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Zhukov won 6-0 6-0 in the 2nd round in Kamenogorsk back in 2024.
Amir Milushev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-7 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-15 | 9-9 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-9 | 1-4 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, the Uzbek reached the qualifications after defeating Aleksandr Lobanov 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Amir had a good straight sets win against Lobanov (6-4 6-2). During the match, Milushev scored 65 points vs Lobanov’s 54. Amir was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Milushev fired 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Amir Milushev lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Milushev put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Amir broke Lobanov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Milushev has a losing win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 43% of his matches (22-29). 10-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Milushev has an overall20-18 match record in the last 3 years on hard.
Milushev has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Milushev has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxim Zhukov
17 - 16win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-25 | 26-18 | 0-5 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-29 | 24-18 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 17-14 | 14-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-22 | 13-11 | 16-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 651, the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Kristjan Tamm 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Tamm (6-2 6-4). During the match Zhukov scored 67 points vs Tamm’s 53. Maxim was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Maxim Zhukov was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Maxim broke Tamm 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Maxim’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bhopal and M15 Monastir.
Maxim has an aggregate 17-16 win-loss record in 2025, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milushev | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 |
| Pts | 65-54 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 119 | 120 |
| Winners | 25 | 26 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Both Milushev and Zhukov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Milushev and Zhukov have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). The Uzbek scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zhukov bagged 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milushev | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 36/64 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 26/36 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 15/28 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Milushev made 7 aces . Zhukov blasted 1 ace . Milushev won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Zhukov won 72% 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 | Milushev | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 88% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Uzbek broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Milushev lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Zhukov broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Maxim conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Milushev | |||
| Q1 Lobanov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 65-54 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 37/65 | 37/65 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Tamm | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 36/64 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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