Maxim Zhukov and Ye Cong Mo will square off in the qualifications of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxim Zhukov who should win in 3 sets.
Maxim Zhukov -> 1.59
Ye Cong Mo -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Maxim Zhukov vs. Ye Cong Mo
There is no head to head record between Maxim Zhukov and Ye Cong Mo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Maxim Zhukov
36 - 20win/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), Zhukov reached the qualifications after beating Hanyi Liu 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Zhukov had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-2 6-2). During the match, Zhukov scored 58 points vs Liu’s 35. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zhukov managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Maxim Zhukov was quite effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zhukov broke Liu 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Zhukov has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (135-98). 23-14 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zhukov has a compiled77-57 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Maxim’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bhopal,M15 Monastir and M15 Maanshan.
The Russian has a composed 36-20 win-loss record in 2025, 23-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Ye Cong Mo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-23 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 25-24 | 22-22 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-20 | 36-18 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-9 | 29-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 770, the Chinese got to the qualifications after defeating Jacopo Vasami 6-4 5-7 7-6(10).
In the qualifications, Cong defeated Vasami (6-4 5-7 7-610). During the match Cong scored 104 points vs Vasami’s 102. Cong was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Cong bagged 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ye Cong Mo was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (49/62) of his 1st serve and 59% (27/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ye broke Vasami twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Cong’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Shenzhen and M15 Wuning.
Cong has an aggregate 22-20 win-loss record in 2025, 18-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019, 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukov | Cong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 |
| Pts | 58-35 | 104-102 |
| Total Points | 93 | 206 |
| Winners | 21 | 49 |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% |
Both Zhukov and Cong played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ye Cong Mo surrendered 1 set while Maxim Zhukov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhukov has played 1 set(s) less than Cong (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zhukov played 19 games less than Cong. The Russian scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ye recorded 49 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukov | Cong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 12 |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 62/108 |
| %1st in | 55% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 49/62 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 27/46 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 59% |
Zhukov made 7 aces . Cong struck 12 aces . Zhukov won 88% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Cong won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhukov | Cong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 44% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Zhukov broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Russian had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Ye broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Cong conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Liu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cong | |||
| Q1 Vasami | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 7-610 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 104-102 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 62/108 | 62/108 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 49/62 | 49/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/46 | 27/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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