H2H, prediction of Ilia Simakin vs Lukas Pokorny in Astana Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 18th July 2024

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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Lukas Pokorny

Ilia Simakin and Lukas Pokorny will face off in the 2nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ilia Simakin is the pick to win this match.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.73
Lukas Pokorny -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Lukas Pokorny

This will be the 2nd time that Ilia Simakin and Lukas Pokorny fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Simakin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Simakin won 7-6(2) 2-6 6-3 in the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2022.

Ilia Simakin

Ilia Simakin
Ilia Simakin

28 - 11win/loss

Hard
21-10
I Hard
7-1
Rank
332
High
332
LWWWWLWWWW
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. 475 (career-high), the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Siddharth Vishwakarma 3-6 7-6(5) 7-5 and Lukas Pokorny .

In the 1st round against Vishwakarma, Simakin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 7-5). During the match, Simakin scored 92 points vs Vishwakarma’s 90. Simakin was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Simakin scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ilia Simakin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Vishwakarma twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Simakin has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 63% of his matches (84-49). 21-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Simakin has a composed73-40 record in the last 4 years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Aktobe,M15 Tbilisi and M15 Monastir.

The Russian has a composed 28-11 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Simakin
Astana Challenger
Simakin's Record

Lukas Pokorny

Lukas Pokorny
Lukas Pokorny

19 - 13win/loss

Hard
11-4
I Hard
0-3
Clay
8-6
Rank
509
High
460
LWWLLLLLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-26 20-13 8-6 6-7 0-0 0-0
2023 36-26 21-13 4-7 10-5 0-0 1-1
2022 36-27 22-9 12-13 2-5 0-0 0-0
2021 24-20 12-4 8-11 2-4 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 536 (career-high), the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after defeating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Sultanov (6-4 6-4). During the match Pokorny scored 67 points vs Sultanov’s 60. Lukas was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Pokorny blasted 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lukas Pokorny conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Pokorny put 65% of his first serves in, winning 86% (37/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (8/23) on the 2nd serve. Pokorny broke Sultanov twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Lukas’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 19-13 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Astana Challenger

Pokorny has never competed in this tournament before.

Pokorny
Astana Challenger
Pokorny's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

I.Simakin
L.Pokorny
1h:43
1h:43
Time on court​
1h:27
1h:27
1h:43
1h:43
Last match​
1h:27
1h:27
1
1
Match played
1
1
34
34
Games Played​
20
20
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
92
92
Total points​
67
67
92
92
Avg point​
67
67
42
42
Winners
37
37
42
42
Avg Winners​
37
37
46%
46%
Ratio winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
12
12
6
6
Avg Aces
!
12
12
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
3
3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
42/53
42/53
1st won total​
37/43
37/43
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
22/32
22/32
2nd won total​
8/23
8/23
!
69%
69%
2nd won %
!
35%
35%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
2/7
2/7
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
2/7
2/7
40%
40%
Won
!
29%
29%
2
2
Conceded
3
3
2
2
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Simakin Pokorny
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 34 20
Pts 92-90 67-60
Total Points 182 127
Winners 42 37
%Winners 46% 55%

Both Simakin and Pokorny played 1 match. At the moment, Ilia Simakin surrendered 1 set while Lukas Pokorny hasn’t conceded a set so far. Simakin has played 1 set more than Pokorny (3 vs 2). Therefore, Simakin played 14 games more than Pokorny. The Russian scored 42 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Pokorny recorded 37 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve Simakin Pokorny
Aces 6 12
Avg per match 6 12
1st in 53/85 43/66
%1st in 62% 65%
1st pts 42/53 37/43
%1st pts 79% 86%
2nd pts 22/32 8/23
%2nd pts 69% 35%

Simakin scored 6 aces . Pokorny blasted 12 aces . Simakin won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Pokorny won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 35% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Simakin Pokorny
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/7
% Converted 40% 29%
Conceded 2 3
Saved 0 3
% Saved 0% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Ilia broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Simakin conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Pokorny broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Pokorny was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Simakin
R1
Vishwakarma
Total
Score 3-6 7-65 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 92-90 92-90
Total points 182 182
Winners 42 42
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 53/85 53/85
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 42/53 42/53
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 22/32 22/32
% 2nd pts 69% 69%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 0/2 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 2 2
Pokorny
R1
Sultanov
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 67-60 67-60
Total points 127 127
Winners 37 37
%Winners 55% 55%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 43/66 43/66
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 37/43 37/43
% 1st pts 86% 86%
2nd pts 8/23 8/23
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/7 2/7
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Simakin
LWWWWLWWWW
Pokorny
LWWLLLLLWL
2024 2023 2022
62 - 22
33 - 26
55-21
Hard
20-13
7-1
I Hard
6-7
0-0
Clay
7-6

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