Jesper De Jong and Ilia Simakin will square off in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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