Neil Oberleitner and Maxim Zhukov will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT B. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Neil Oberleitner who should win in 3 sets.
Neil Oberleitner -> 1.76
Maxim Zhukov -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Neil Oberleitner vs. Maxim Zhukov
There is no head to head record between Neil Oberleitner and Maxim Zhukov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Neil Oberleitner
39 - 32win/loss
442
384
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-33 | 4-5 | 33-25 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 50-31 | 3-4 | 33-17 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 10-8 | 15-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 14-15 | 16-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 17-12 | 10-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 429, Neil got to the qualifications after defeating Duckhee Lee 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Neil had a good straight sets win against Hee Lee (6-1 6-3). During the match, Oberleitner scored 72 points vs Hee Lee’s 48. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Oberleitner fired 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Neil Oberleitner conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Oberleitner put 57% of his first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Hee Lee 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Oberleitner has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (240-209). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Oberleitner has an overall21-17 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Nyiregyhaza and M15 Vienna.
Oberleitner has a compiled 39-32 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxim Zhukov
39 - 23win/loss
455
455
| 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. 468 (career-high), the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Eito Komada 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3.
In the qualifications against Komada, Zhukov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 6-3). During the match Zhukov scored 110 points vs Komada’s 105. Zhukov was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Zhukov scored 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Maxim Zhukov lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Zhukov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 71% (50/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Maxim broke Komada 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Zhukov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Bhopal,M15 Monastir and M15 Maanshan.
Maxim has a composed 39-23 win-loss record in 2025, 14-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Oberleitner | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 |
| Pts | 72-48 | 110-105 |
| Total Points | 120 | 215 |
| Winners | 27 | 50 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Oberleitner and Zhukov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maxim Zhukov dropped 1 set while Neil Oberleitner hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Oberleitner has played 1 set(s) less than Zhukov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Oberleitner played 15 games less than Zhukov. The Austrian scored 27 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zhukov made 50 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Oberleitner | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 7 |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 70/104 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 50/70 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 17/34 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 50% |
Oberleitner made 12 aces . Zhukov scored 7 aces . Oberleitner won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Zhukov won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Oberleitner | Zhukov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 44% | 33% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 8 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Austrian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Maxim broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Zhukov conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Oberleitner | |||
| Q1 Hee Lee | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 72-48 | 72-48 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 32/56 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zhukov | |||
| Q1 Komada | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 110-105 | 110-105 | |
| Total points | 215 | 215 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/104 | 70/104 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 50/70 | 50/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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