Beibit Zhukayev (born 12 October 2000) is a Kazakh tennis player.[1]

Beibit Zhukayev
Zhukayev in 2023
Country (sports) Kazakhstan
Born (2000-10-12) 12 October 2000 (age 23)
Aktau, Kazakhstan
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$208,193
Singles
Career record1–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 182 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 182 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 327 (3 October 2022)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Zhukayev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 182 achieved on 22 April 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 327 achieved on 3 October 2022.[2] He is the current No. 5 Kazakh player.[3]

Career edit

Zhukayev made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Astana Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws. He was then defeated by Botic van de Zandschulp in the first round.[4]

Ranked No. 302, he made his debut in qualifying at a Masters 1000 level at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters. He qualified for the main draw and won his first round match over qualifier Stefano Napolitano on his Masters debut. He lost to 13th seed Karen Khachanov.[5] Following a quarterfinal showing at the 2023 Shenzhen Longhua Open he returned to the top 250 on 16 October 2023.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 7 (1–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (0–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 M25 Almaty, Kazakhstan World Tour Hard   Jurabek Karimov 5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 M15 Qarshi, Uzbekistan World Tour Hard   Khumoyun Sultanov 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2022 M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan World Tour Hard (i)   Alibek Kachmazov 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–4 Jul 2022 M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan World Tour Hard   Sergey Fomin 4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Mar 2023 M25 Trimbach, Switzerland World Tour Carpet (i)   Kacper Żuk 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–6 Jun 2023 Little Rock, USA Challenger Hard   Mark Lajal 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–6 Oct 2023 Charlottesville, USA Challenger Hard (i)   Aidan Mayo 6–3, 6–4

References edit

  1. ^ "Wimbledon – Player overview: Beibit Zhukayev". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Beibit Zhukayev | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  4. ^ "Turin Hopeful Hubert Hurkacz Advances In Astana | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
  5. ^ https://www.tennismajors.com/atp/shanghai-masters-khachanov-makes-third-round-719390.html

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