S Mert Ozdemir and Ilia Simakin will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.073
S Mert Ozdemir -> 7.2
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Prediction and head to head S Mert Ozdemir vs. Ilia Simakin
There is no head to head record between S Mert Ozdemir and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
S Mert Ozdemir
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-23 | 6-7 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-18 | 2-5 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-22 | 1-3 | 7-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-20 | 1-2 | 3-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Mert Ozdemir got to the qualifications after defeating Sergey Fomin 1-6 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Fomin, The Turk recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-3). During the match, Mert Ozdemir scored 88 points vs Fomin’s 84. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Mert Ozdemir recorded 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. S Mert Ozdemir lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mert Ozdemir put 58% of his first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. The Turk broke Fomin 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Mert Ozdemir has a weak record in the last 5 years having won 29% of his matches (33-82). 2-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mert Ozdemir has a composed6-12 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Mert Ozdemir has an aggregate 10-18 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-18 | 42-17 | 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. 471, Ilia got to the qualifications after beating Leonid Sheyngezikht 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sheyngezikht (6-3 6-1). During the match Simakin scored 61 points vs Sheyngezikht’s 36. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Simakin blasted 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ilia Simakin was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Simakin broke Sheyngezikht 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Simakin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Aktobe,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Monastir and M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Simakin has an aggregate 34-13 win-loss record in 2024, 27-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Simakin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mert Ozdemir | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 16 |
| Pts | 88-84 | 61-36 |
| Total Points | 172 | 97 |
| Winners | 32 | 21 |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% |
Both Mert Ozdemir and Simakin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, S Mert Ozdemir conceded 1 set while Ilia Simakin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mert Ozdemir has played 1 set more than Simakin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Mert Ozdemir played 10 games more than Simakin. S scored 32 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Ilia made 21 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mert Ozdemir | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 52/89 | 24/44 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 21/24 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 55% |
Mert Ozdemir fired 5 aces . Simakin fired 9 aces . Mert Ozdemir won 62% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 88% 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 | Mert Ozdemir | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 50% | 42% |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 45% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Mert Ozdemir broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Turk lost his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Ilia broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Ilia conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mert Ozdemir | |||
| Q1 Fomin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 88-84 | 88-84 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/89 | 52/89 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 15/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/11 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 45% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Simakin | |||
| Q1 Sheyngezikht |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 61-36 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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