Maxim Zhukov and Xiaofei Wang will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Jinan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Maxim Zhukov who should win in 3 sets.
Maxim Zhukov -> 1.74
Xiaofei Wang -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Maxim Zhukov vs. Xiaofei Wang
This will be the 2nd time that Maxim Zhukov and Xiaofei Wang play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zhukov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Zhukov won 6-3 6-4 in the final in M15 Maanshan back in August 2025.
Maxim Zhukov
34 - 19win/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. 506 (career-high), Maxim got to the qualifications after beating Alex Bolt 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Bolt (6-4 6-2). During the match, Zhukov scored 59 points vs Bolt’s 47. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhukov managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maxim Zhukov conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 68% of his first serves in, win 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. The Russian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bolt 3 times.
Zhukov has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (133-97). 21-13 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhukov has an overall75-56 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Maxim’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Bhopal,M15 Monastir and M15 Maanshan.
Zhukov has a compiled 34-19 win-loss record in 2025, 21-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Xiaofei Wang
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-17 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-20 | 13-18 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-25 | 41-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 815, Wang got to the qualifications after beating Hyeon Chung 6-2 4-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Chinese defeated Chung (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match Wang scored 85 points vs Chung’s 67. Xiaofei was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Wang scored 4 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Xiaofei Wang lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Wang put 65% of his first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Xiaofei broke Chung 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Xiaofei’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Maanshan.
Xiaofei has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2025, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Jinan Challenger
Xiaofei has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukov | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 59-47 | 85-67 |
| Total Points | 106 | 152 |
| Winners | 31 | 31 |
| %Winners | 53% | 36% |
Both Zhukov and Wang played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Xiaofei Wang conceded 1 set while Maxim Zhukov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zhukov has played 1 set(s) less than Wang (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhukov played 7 games less than Wang. Zhukov scored 31 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Xiaofei scored 31 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukov | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 51/79 |
| %1st in | 68% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/51 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 68% |
Zhukov scored 6 aces . Wang made 4 aces . Zhukov won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Wang won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhukov | Wang |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 75% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Zhukov broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Maxim very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Wang broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Chinese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-47 | 59-47 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/56 | 38/56 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 31/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Wang | |||
| Q1 Chung | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 85-67 | 85-67 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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