Alex Michelsen and Beibit Zhukayev will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Almaty Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Michelsen who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Michelsen is the pick to win this match.
Alex Michelsen -> 1.41
Beibit Zhukayev -> 2.89

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Beibit Zhukayev

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Beibit Zhukayev since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Ranked no. 36, Michelsen will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Rinderknech in the 2^nd round on the 4^th of October.

Michelsen has an overall 26-24 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Estoril Challenger where he beat Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-4 6-4.

Talking about his overall career, Michelsen has an overall 155-95 record. He has a positive 37-15 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Almaty

Michelsen has never competed in this tournament before.

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 237, the Kazakhstani will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 7-6(5) to Schoolkate in the qualifications on the 30^th of September.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 24-27 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger.

In terms of his career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 192-179 record. He has a positive 35-33 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in Almaty

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Almaty

• Aleksandar VukicVukic – Marko TopoTopo (6-4 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-6⁵ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6³ 2-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-6⁴ 6-7³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Amir OmarkhanovOmarkhanov (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca NardiNardi (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Bernard TomicTomic (6-1 7-6⁹) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Theo Arribage/Albano OlivettiArribage/Albano Olivetti – N.Sriram Balaji/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthBalaji/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 3-6 11-9) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laslo DjereDjere – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Adam WaltonWalton – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-0) – H2H and prediction