Introduction
Beibit Zhukayev (born 12 October 2000) is a Kazakh tennis player.
Zhukayev has a career high ATP singles ranking of 186 achieved on 20 November 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 327 achieved on 3 October 2022.
Career
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.
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. 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
Singles: 7 (1–6)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| 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) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (1–1) |
| ITF World Tennis Tour (0–5) |
| Hard (1–5) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Sep 2019 | M25 Almaty, Kazakhstan | World Tour | Hard | Jurabek Karimov | 5–7, 3–6 | |
| Loss | Oct 2019 | M15 Qarshi, Uzbekistan | World Tour | Hard | Khumoyun Sultanov | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | Mar 2022 | M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | World Tour | Hard (i) | Alibek Kachmazov | 3–6, 7–6, 6–7 | |
| Loss | Jul 2022 | M25 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | World Tour | Hard | Sergey Fomin | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Mar 2023 | M25 Trimbach, Switzerland | World Tour | Carpet (i) | Kacper Żuk | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Jun 2023 | Little Rock, USA | Challenger | Hard | Mark Lajal | 4–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | Oct 2023 | Charlottesville, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Aidan Mayo | 6–3, 6–4 |