Ignacio Buse and Beibit Zhukayev will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cancun Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:15 pm on CANCHA 2. In the following lines 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 -> 1.7
Ignacio Buse -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Ignacio Buse vs. Beibit Zhukayev
There is no head to head record between Ignacio Buse and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ignacio Buse
29 - 20win/loss
105
105
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49-28 | 6-5 | 42-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, the Peruvian reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 7-6(8) 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (7-68 6-4). During the match, Buse scored 77 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 70. The Peruvian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Buse made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Ignacio Buse was very efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ignacio broke Elahi Galan Riveros 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Buse has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (125-83). 1-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Buse has a compiled15-11 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Heilbronn Challenger where he overcame Guy Den Ouden in the final 7-5 7-5.
Ignacio has an overall 27-20 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cancun Challenger
Buse has never competed in this tournament before.
Beibit Zhukayev
22 - 22win/loss
283
171
| 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. 206, Beibit reached the 2nd round after beating Rafael Matos 6-2 6-2, Pablo Llamas Ruiz 7-6(4) 6-4 and Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 7-6(7).
In the 1st round, Beibit had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-4 7-67). During the match Zhukayev scored 81 points vs Schoolkate’s 80. Beibit was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Zhukayev made 16 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Beibit Zhukayev lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Zhukayev put 58% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Zhukayev broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger.
Zhukayev has a compiled 22-21 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Buse | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 62 |
| Pts | 77-70 | 204-170 |
| Total Points | 147 | 374 |
| Winners | 35 | 91 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Buse played 1 match while Zhukayev competed in 3 matches. Zhukayev started his run from the qualifications while Buse had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Buse has played 4 set(s) less than Zhukayev (2 vs 6). Therefore, Buse played 39 games less than Zhukayev. Buse scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Beibit scored 91 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Buse | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 109/200 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 91/109 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 46/91 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 51% |
Buse blasted 8 aces . Zhukayev bagged 34 aces (11.3 per match). Buse won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Zhukayev won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Buse | Zhukayev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 10 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 10/12 |
| % Converted | 75% | 83% |
| Conceded | 3 | 14 |
| Saved | 1 | 10 |
| % Saved | 33% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Buse broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Ignacio lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 10 times with a 83% conversion rate. Zhukayev conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Buse | |||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-70 | 77-70 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 47/75 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zhukayev | |||||
| Q1 Matos | Q3 Llamas | R1 Schoolkate | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-64 6-4 | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 23 | 62 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 70-59 | 81-80 | 204-170 | |
| Total points | 84 | 129 | 161 | 374 | |
| Winners | 21 | 31 | 39 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 23/43 | 33/65 | 53/92 | 109/200 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 51% | 58% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 31/33 | 39/53 | 91/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 94% | 74% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 16/32 | 18/39 | 46/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 46% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 10/12 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 100% | 75% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 7/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 78% | 138% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Cancun Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-1 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
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