Elias Ymer and Semen Pankin will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on Center Court. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elias Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Elias Ymer -> 1.49
Semen Pankin -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Semen Pankin
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Semen Pankin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
18 - 20win/loss
192
105
LLWLLWWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20-24 | 12-16 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 36-32 | 12-8 | 16-20 | 7-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-32 | 7-15 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 197, the Swede will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-3 7-6(9) to Kotov in the 1st round on the 8th of September.
Elias has a compiled 17-20 win-loss record in 2026, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Ymer has an overall 453-385 record. He has a negative 101-118 record on hard.
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Ymer has never competed in this tournament before.
Semen Pankin
44 - 20win/loss
432
414
LLLWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-23 | 38-20 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 39-22 | 24-12 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-10 | 8-4 | 18-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 10-8 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416, Pankin will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shanghai Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-4 to Galarneau in the 1st round on the 7th of September.
Pankin has a compiled 44-19 win-loss record in 2026, 37-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Semen’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Kutaisi.
In terms of his career, The Russian has an overall 122-61 record. He has a positive 77-37 record on hard.
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