Arthur Cazaux and Ilia Simakin will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT A. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Cazaux who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Cazaux is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Cazaux -> 1.189
Ilia Simakin -> 4.3

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Prediction and head to head Arthur Cazaux vs. Ilia Simakin

There is no head to head record between Arthur Cazaux and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Arthur Cazaux

Ranked no. 92, Cazaux reached the 2^nd round after defeating Vadym Ursu 6-1 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Ursu (6-1 6-2). During the match, Cazaux scored 54 points vs Ursu’s 27. Cazaux was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cazaux scored 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Arthur Cazaux was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cazaux broke Ursu 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Cazaux has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (159-96). 17-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cazaux has an aggregate92-36 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Noumea Challenger where he defeated Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-1 6-1.

The French player has an overall 19-18 win-loss record in 2024, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nonthaburi 4 Challenger

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 428, Simakin got to the 2^nd round after beating Natthayut Nithithananont 6-1 6-1, Takuya Kumasaka 6-4 7-5 and Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Simakin had a good straight sets win against Trongcharoenchaikul (7-5 6-2). During the match Simakin scored 73 points vs Trongcharoenchaikul’s 53. Simakin was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Simakin managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ilia Simakin lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the 2nd serve. Ilia broke Trongcharoenchaikul 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Ilia’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Aktobe,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Monastir and M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat.

The Russian has a compiled 40-14 win-loss record in 2024, 33-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cazaux	Simakin
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	6
Tot Games	15	56
Pts	54-27	197-140
Total Points	81	337
Winners	22	68
%Winners	41%	35%

Cazaux played 1 match while Simakin competed in 3 matches. Simakin started his run from the qualifications while Cazaux had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Cazaux has played 4 set(s) less than Simakin (2 vs 6). Therefore, Cazaux played 41 games less than Simakin. The French player scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Simakin managed to score 68 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cazaux	Simakin
Aces	8	19
Avg per match	8	6.3
1st in	28/40	87/145
%1st in	70%	60%
1st pts	22/28	68/87
%1st pts	79%	78%
2nd pts	8/12	37/58
%2nd pts	67%	64%

Cazaux scored 8 aces . Simakin managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Cazaux won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cazaux	Simakin
Won	5	13
Converted	5/6	13/24
% Converted	83%	54%
Conceded	2	7
Saved	1	4
% Saved	50%	57%
Times Broken	1	3

Arthur broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Arthur dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. Simakin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Cazaux
	R1 Ursu	Total
Score	6-1 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	54-27	54-27
Total points	81	81
Winners	22	22
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	28/40	28/40
% 1st in	70%	70%
1st pts	22/28	22/28
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	8/12	8/12
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/6	5/6
Converted %	83%	83%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Simakin
	Q1 Nithithananont	Q3 Kumasaka	R1 Trongcharoenchaikul	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-4 7-5	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	14	22	20	56
pts	54-26	70-61	73-53	197-140
Total points	80	131	126	337
Winners	19	28	21	68
%Winners	35%	40%	29%	35%
SERVE
Aces	6	9	4	19
Double Faults	2	1	3	6
1st in	21/37	33/55	33/53	87/145
% 1st in	57%	60%	62%	60%
1st pts	19/21	28/33	21/33	68/87
% 1st pts	90%	85%	64%	78%
2nd pts	10/16	12/22	15/20	37/58
% 2nd pts	63%	55%	75%	64%
Breaks
Won	5	3	5	13
Converted	5/5	3/9	5/10	13/24
Converted %	100%	33%	50%	54%
Conceded	2	1	4	7
Saved	2/2	0/1	2/4	4
Saved %	100%	0%	50%	150%
Times Broken	0	1	2	3

Tennis Scores in Nonthaburi 4 Challenger

• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Yurii DzhavakianDzhavakian (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (7-6⁷ 7-5) – See score progression
• Ilia SimakinSimakin – Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Tung-Lin WuWu – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (7-6⁹ 6-0) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Thanapet ChantaChanta (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Kasidit SamrejSamrej (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Maximilian MartererMarterer (7-6³ 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel EvansEvans – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alex BoltBolt – Adam WaltonWalton (3-2) – H2H and prediction
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-2) – H2H and prediction