Maxim Zhukov and Naoki Tajima will square off in the qualifications of the Suzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxim Zhukov who should win in 2 sets.
Maxim Zhukov -> 1.186
Naoki Tajima -> 4.35
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Prediction and head to head Maxim Zhukov vs. Naoki Tajima
There is no head to head record between Maxim Zhukov and Naoki Tajima since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Maxim Zhukov
37 - 21win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-24 | 26-17 | 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. 495 (career-high), Zhukov reached the qualifications after defeating Koki Matsuda 6-3 6-7(6) 6-4.
In the qualifications, Zhukov defeated Matsuda (6-3 6-76 6-4). During the match, Zhukov scored 105 points vs Matsuda’s 89. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zhukov struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Maxim Zhukov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zhukov put 54% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (26/42) on the 2nd serve. Maxim broke Matsuda 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Zhukov has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 58% of his matches (136-99). 24-15 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zhukov has an overall78-58 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Maxim’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Bhopal,M15 Monastir and M15 Maanshan.
Maxim has a compiled 37-21 win-loss record in 2025, 24-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Suzhou Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Naoki Tajima
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-24 | 29-19 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-27 | 25-19 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 26-19 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-20 | 5-18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 10-14 | 8-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Naoki reached the qualifications after defeating Kokoro Isomura 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Tajima had a good straight sets win against Isomura (6-3 6-4). During the match Tajima scored 72 points vs Isomura’s 62. Tajima was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Tajima fired 9 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Naoki Tajima lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tajima put 46% of his first serves in, winning 79% (31/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (20/45) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Isomura 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Tajima has an overall 34-22 win-loss record in 2025, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zhukov | Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 |
| Pts | 105-89 | 72-62 |
| Total Points | 194 | 134 |
| Winners | 33 | 31 |
| %Winners | 31% | 43% |
Both Zhukov and Tajima played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maxim Zhukov dropped 1 set while Naoki Tajima hasn’t conceded a set so far. Zhukov has played 1 set more than Tajima (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zhukov played 13 games more than Tajima. Zhukov scored 33 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Tajima recorded 31 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zhukov | Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 9 |
| 1st in | 50/92 | 39/84 |
| %1st in | 54% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 31/39 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 26/42 | 20/45 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 44% |
Zhukov recorded 6 aces . Tajima scored 9 aces . Zhukov won 66% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Tajima won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zhukov | Tajima |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 25% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Maxim broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Naoki conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Matsuda | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-76 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-89 | 105-89 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/92 | 50/92 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Tajima | |||
| Q1 Isomura | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-62 | 72-62 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 39/84 | 39/84 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 31/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 20/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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