Beibit Zhukayev (born 12 October 2000) is a Kazakhtennis player.[1]
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 171 achieved on 20 May 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 327 achieved on 3 October 2022.[2] He is the current No. 5 Kazakh player.[3]
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.
He reached the top 175 in the rankings on 6 May 2024 following three quarterfinals showings at two Challengers in Mexico and one in China in April.