H2H, prediction of Abedallah Shelbayh vs Maxim Zhukov in Astana Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 29th July 2025

PREVIEW. Astana Challenger. Shelbayh and Zhukov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Astana Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 29th of July

Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Maxim Zhukov

Abedallah Shelbayh and Maxim Zhukov will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:30 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 Abedallah Shelbayh who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Abedallah Shelbayh is the pick to win this match.
Abedallah Shelbayh -> 1.31
Maxim Zhukov -> 3.22

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Prediction and head to head Abedallah Shelbayh vs. Maxim Zhukov

There is no head to head record between Abedallah Shelbayh and Maxim Zhukov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Abedallah Shelbayh

Abedallah Shelbayh
Abedallah Shelbayh

10 - 20win/loss

Hard
8-5
I Hard
2-4
Clay
0-11
Rank
295
High
181
LLWWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-29 24-13 0-11 3-5 0-0 0-0
2024 39-35 18-13 12-13 8-8 1-1 0-0
2023 43-32 27-15 7-7 5-6 4-4 0-0
2022 25-7 17-5 3-1 5-1 0-0 0-0
2021 7-8 4-4 3-3 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 386, Abedallah will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in the Segovia Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Butvilas in the 1st round on the 22nd of July.

The has a composed 9-20 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Abedallah has an overall 128-106 record. He has a positive 76-44 record on hard.

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Shelbayh has never competed in this tournament before.

Shelbayh
Astana Challenger
Shelbayh's Record

Maxim Zhukov

Maxim Zhukov
Maxim Zhukov

18 - 17win/loss

Hard
18-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-5
Rank
456
High
449
LWLWWLLWWL
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. 655, Maxim reached the 1st round after defeating Kristjan Tamm 6-2 6-4 and Amir Milushev 6-0 3-6 6-1.

In the qualifications, Maxim defeated Milushev (6-0 3-6 6-1). During the match Zhukov scored 86 points vs Milushev’s 63. Zhukov was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Zhukov was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Maxim Zhukov lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Zhukov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Zhukov broke Milushev 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Zhukov’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Bhopal and M15 Monastir.

Zhukov has a composed 18-16 win-loss record in 2025, 18-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See his history.

Zhukov
Astana Challenger
Zhukov's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Shelbayh
LLWWLWWWWW
Zhukov
LWLWWLLWWL
2025 2024 2023
27 - 29
41 - 25
24-13
Hard
26-18
3-5
I Hard
15-2

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