Ryo Tabata and Maxim Zhukov will face off in the 1st round of the Yokohama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.56
Ryo Tabata -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Ryo Tabata vs. Maxim Zhukov
There is no head to head record between Ryo Tabata and Maxim Zhukov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ryo Tabata
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11-11 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Ryo will start his run in the Yokohama Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-2 6-4 to Wei Kang Leong in the qualifications on the 10th of November.
The Japanese has a composed 11-11 win-loss record in 2025, 10-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tabata’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Talking about his overall career, Ryo has an overall 14-15 record. He has a flat 11-11 record on hard.
Previously in the Yokohama Challenger
The Japanese has never competed in this tournament before.
Maxim Zhukov
41 - 24win/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. 467 (career-high), the Russian will start his run in the Yokohama Challenger after he played his last match in the Kobe Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-2 to Ferreira Silva in the 1st round on the 11th of November.
Zhukov has a composed 40-24 win-loss record in 2025, 25-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Zhukov’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Bhopal,M15 Monastir and M15 Maanshan.
In terms of his career, Maxim has an overall 139-102 record. He has a positive 79-60 record on hard.
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