Ilia Simakin and Egor Gerasimov will play each other in the qualifications of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on Court 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Egor Gerasimov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Egor Gerasimov is the pick to win this match.
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.666
Ilia Simakin -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Egor Gerasimov
There is no head to head record between Ilia Simakin and Egor Gerasimov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-11 | 15-10 | 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, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Siddhant Banthia 2-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Banthia, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Simakin scored 78 points vs Banthia’s 69. Ilia was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Simakin recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ilia Simakin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 56% of his first serves in, winning 53% (21/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. Ilia broke Banthia 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Simakin has a solid record in the last 3 years having won 60% of his matches (40-27). 12-7 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Simakin has a compiled36-19 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Simakin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Ilia has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Egor Gerasimov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 10-8 | 0-3 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-25 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-16 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-10 | 2-8 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 892, the Belarussian got to the qualifications after defeating Vitaliy Zatsepin 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Zatsepin (6-3 6-2). During the match Gerasimov scored 60 points vs Zatsepin’s 37. Gerasimov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Gerasimov struck 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Egor Gerasimov was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Egor broke Zatsepin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Gerasimov has an overall 6-12 win-loss record in 2023, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simakin | Gerasimov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 |
| Pts | 78-69 | 60-37 |
| Total Points | 147 | 97 |
| Winners | 21 | 22 |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% |
Both Simakin and Gerasimov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ilia Simakin lost 1 set while Egor Gerasimov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Simakin has played 1 set more than Gerasimov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Simakin played 8 games more than Gerasimov. Ilia scored 21 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, Gerasimov fired 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simakin | Gerasimov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/72 | 27/47 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 21/40 | 22/27 |
| %1st pts | 53% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 15/20 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 75% |
Simakin bagged 2 aces . Gerasimov scored 3 aces . Simakin won 53% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Gerasimov won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simakin | Gerasimov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 17% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
Ilia broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Simakin surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Egor broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gerasimov was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Simakin | |||
| Q1 Banthia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 78-69 | 78-69 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/72 | 40/72 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/40 | 21/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 53% | 53% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Gerasimov | |||
| Q1 Zatsepin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-37 | 60-37 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 27/47 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/20 | 15/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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