Ilia Simakin and Rigele Te will square off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Rolex Masters for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on Stadium Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilia Simakin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilia Simakin is the pick to win this match.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.115
Rigele Te -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Rigele Te
This will be the 2nd time that Ilia Simakin and Rigele Te face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Simakin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Simakin won 7-5 3-3 ret. in the 1st round in the Wuxi Challenger back in 2025.
Ilia Simakin
44 - 17win/loss
154
151
WWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44-17 | 39-8 | 3-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-22 | 43-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 62-22 | 55-21 | 0-0 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-19 | 28-18 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-17 | 24-12 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 154, Simakin got to the qualifications after defeating Luka Pavlovic 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications against Pavlovic, Ilia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Simakin scored 77 points vs Pavlovic’s 62. Ilia was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Simakin made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ilia Simakin was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Simakin broke Pavlovic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Simakin has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (205-99). 39-8 on hard in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Simakin has an overall189-80 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Phan Thiet 2 Challenger where he overcame Yi Zhou in the final 7-5 6-4 and the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he overcame Kasidit Samrej in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Phan Thiet 3 Challenger where he beat Arthur Weber in the final 6-4 7-6(5) and the Phan Thiet 4 Challenger where he beat Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez in the final 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3.
Simakin has a composed 44-17 win-loss record in 2026, 39-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Ilia has never competed in this tournament before.
Rigele Te
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19-18 | 9-14 | 0-1 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 22-18 | 16-17 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 14-16 | 9-15 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-19 | 18-11 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-16 | 24-9 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 849, Rigele got to the qualifications after beating Adam Walton 5-7 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Walton, Rigele recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-4). During the match Te scored 100 points vs Walton’s 91. The Chinese was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Te managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Rigele Te was quite effective on serve to win 80% (47/59) of his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chinese broke Walton twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Rigele’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Maanshan.
Rigele has a composed 19-18 win-loss record in 2026, 9-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Shanghai
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simakin | Te |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 31 |
| Pts | 77-62 | 100-91 |
| Total Points | 139 | 191 |
| Winners | 37 | 47 |
| %Winners | 48% | 47% |
Both Simakin and Te played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ilia Simakin conceded 1 set, while Rigele Te lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Simakin and Te have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Simakin played 4 games less than Te. Ilia scored 37 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Rigele bagged 47 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simakin | Te |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 12 |
| 1st in | 48/68 | 59/99 |
| %1st in | 71% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 47/59 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 22/40 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 55% |
Simakin bagged 5 aces . Te bagged 12 aces . Simakin won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Te won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simakin | Te |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 80% | 40% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Te conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Simakin | |||
| Q1 Pavlovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 77-62 | 77-62 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/68 | 48/68 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Te | |||
| Q1 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-91 | 100-91 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 59/99 | 59/99 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 47/59 | 47/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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