Siddhant Banthia and Ilia Simakin will face off in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 7:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilia Simakin who should win in 2 sets.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.24
Siddhant Banthia -> 3.72
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Prediction and head to head Siddhant Banthia vs. Ilia Simakin
There is no head to head record between Siddhant Banthia and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Siddhant Banthia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-19 | 9-10 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-17 | 20-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 7-6 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-11 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Siddhant will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Jakarta where he lost 6-2 6-3 to Kovapitukted in the semifinal on the 1st of July.
The Indian has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Banthia’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Jakarta.
Talking about his overall career, Banthia has an overall 45-47 record. He has a positive 37-36 record on hard.
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Siddhant has never competed in this tournament before.
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 701, Ilia will start his run in the Astana Challenger after he played his last match in M15 Antalya where he lost 6-0 6-4 to Alcala in the 1st round on the 10th of May.
Ilia has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
In terms of his career, The Russian has an overall 39-27 record. He has a positive 35-19 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Astana Challenger
- Karan SinghKaran – Kaito UesugiKaito (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny PhilippovEvgeny – Grigoriy LomakinGrigoriy (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Cengiz AksuAksu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sidharth RawatRawat – Leonid SheyngezikhtSheyngezikht (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Khumoun SultanovSultanov – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Aliaksandr LiaonenkaLiaonenka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Benjamin LockLock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajeet RaiRai – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaKaliyanda Poonacha – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Digvijaypratap SinghSingh – Renta TokudaTokuda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZgirovskyZgirovsky – Sanjar FayzievFayziev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yanki ErelErel – Zura TkemaladzeTkemaladze (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timur MaulenovMaulenov – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seita WatanabeWatanabe – (0-0) – H2H and prediction