Jesper De Jong and Ilia Simakin will square off in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on LIMAK COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jesper De Jong who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jesper De Jong is the pick to win this match.
Jesper De Jong -> 1.26
Ilia Simakin -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Jesper De Jong vs. Ilia Simakin
There is no head to head record between Jesper De Jong and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jesper De Jong
36 - 19win/loss
112
103
LWWLLWWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-25 | 12-5 | 33-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-12 | 7-3 | 14-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, Jesper got to the quarter after defeating Gabi Adrian Boitan 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Egor Agafonov 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Agafonov, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, De Jong scored 89 points vs Agafonov’s 73. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, De Jong fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (41/48) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. De Jong broke Agafonov 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jesper has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
De Jong has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (241-141). 11-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, De Jong has an overall85-39 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Sassuolo Challenger where he overcame Daniel Altmaier in the final 7-6(5) 6-1.
De Jong has a composed 36-19 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
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. 471, Simakin got to the quarter after defeating Leonid Sheyngezikht 6-3 6-1, S Mert Ozdemir 4-6 6-1 6-2, Jiri Vesely 6-1 6-4 and Gijs Brouwer 6-0 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Brouwer (6-0 4-6 6-3). During the match Simakin scored 82 points vs Brouwer’s 63. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Simakin recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ilia Simakin lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 81% (38/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Ilia broke Brouwer 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ilia started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Ilia’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Aktobe,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Monastir and M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
Ilia has an aggregate 37-13 win-loss record in 2024, 30-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Ilia has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | De Jong | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 83 |
| Pts | 188-150 | 306-217 |
| Total Points | 338 | 523 |
| Winners | 71 | 129 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
De Jong played 2 matches while Simakin competed in 4 matches. Simakin started his run from the qualifications while De Jong had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jesper De Jong surrendered 2 sets, while Ilia Simakin lost 2 sets. De Jong has played 4 set(s) less than Simakin (6 vs 10). Therefore, De Jong played 32 games less than Simakin. De Jong scored 71 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Ilia blasted 129 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | De Jong | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 89/161 | 159/246 |
| %1st in | 55% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 71/89 | 129/159 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 37/72 | 43/87 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 49% |
De Jong blasted 18 aces (9 per match). Simakin recorded 29 aces (7.3 per match). De Jong won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | De Jong | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 19 |
| Converted | 9/28 | 19/45 |
| % Converted | 32% | 42% |
| Conceded | 15 | 22 |
| Saved | 11 | 16 |
| % Saved | 73% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
De Jong broke his opponents 9 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Dutch surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Ilia broke his opponents 19 times with a 42% conversion rate. Simakin conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| De Jong | ||||
| R1 Adrian Boitan |
R2 Agafonov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 27 | 51 | |
| pts | 99-77 | 89-73 | 188-150 | |
| Total points | 176 | 162 | 338 | |
| Winners | 30 | 41 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 46% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 8 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 41/84 | 48/77 | 89/161 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 62% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 41/48 | 71/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 85% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 16/29 | 37/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 3/9 | 9/28 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 33% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 4/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 80% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Simakin | ||||||
| Q1 Sheyngezikht |
Q3 Mert |
R1 Vesely |
R2 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-0 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 83 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 92-68 | 71-50 | 82-63 | 306-217 | |
| Total points | 97 | 160 | 121 | 145 | 523 | |
| Winners | 21 | 35 | 35 | 38 | 129 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 49% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 24/44 | 47/74 | 41/58 | 47/70 | 159/246 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 64% | 71% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 35/47 | 35/41 | 38/47 | 129/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 74% | 85% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 13/27 | 8/17 | 11/23 | 43/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 48% | 47% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/12 | 3/10 | 5/11 | 19/45 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 50% | 30% | 45% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 5/8 | 5/5 | 3/5 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 63% | 100% | 60% | 149% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
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