Alexis Galarneau and Ilia Simakin will square off in the 2nd round of the Manama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.53
Ilia Simakin -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Ilia Simakin
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37-32 | 24-18 | 1-3 | 11-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-26 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 12-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 178, Alexis got to the 2nd round after beating Denis Yevseyev 7-6(1) 6-7(7) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Galarneau defeated Yevseyev (7-61 6-77 6-3). During the match, Galarneau scored 116 points vs Yevseyev’s 110. The Canadian was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Regarding the service games, Galarneau scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (52/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. Alexis broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Galarneau has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (179-142). 5-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Galarneau has a compiled 100-76 record in the last years on hard.
Alexis’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
The Canadian has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Alexis has never competed in this tournament before.
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43-22 | 43-21 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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. 332, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Ray Ho w/o, Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 6-3 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (7-62 6-4). During the match Simakin scored 75 points vs Uchiyama’s 58. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Simakin managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ilia Simakin was quite efficient on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilia broke Uchiyama once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Simakin’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Simakin has a compiled 5-0 win-loss record in 2025, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 42 |
| Pts | 116-110 | 134-100 |
| Total Points | 226 | 234 |
| Winners | 52 | 54 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Galarneau played 1 match while Simakin competed in 2 matches. Simakin started his run from the qualifications while Galarneau had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexis Galarneau conceded 1 set while Ilia Simakin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Galarneau has played 1 set(s) less than Simakin (3 vs 4). Therefore, Galarneau played 7 games less than Simakin. Galarneau scored 52 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ilia recorded 54 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
| 1st in | 74/117 | 66/110 |
| %1st in | 63% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 52/74 | 54/66 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 30/44 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 68% |
Galarneau blasted 1 ace . Simakin also recorded 14 aces (7 per match). Galarneau won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 27% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Galarneau broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Canadian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-77 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 116-110 | 116-110 | |
| Total points | 226 | 226 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 74/117 | 74/117 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 52/74 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Simakin | |||||
| Q1 Ho |
Q3 Sachko |
R1 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | w/o | 6-4 6-3 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | – | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | – | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| pts | – | 59-42 | 75-58 | 134-100 | |
| Total points | – | 101 | 133 | 234 | |
| Winners | – | 23 | 31 | 54 | |
| %Winners | – | 39% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | – | 4 | 10 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | – | 31/50 | 35/60 | 66/110 | |
| % 1st in | – | 62% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | – | 23/31 | 31/35 | 54/66 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 74% | 89% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | – | 12/19 | 18/25 | 30/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 63% | 72% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | – | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | – | 4/7 | 1/5 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | – | 57% | 20% | 42% | |
| Conceded | – | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | – | 1/3 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 33% | 100% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | – | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Manama Challenger
- Daniel EvansEvans – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-61 6-77 6-3) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-74 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Pavel KotovKotov (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Constant LestienneLestienne (4-6 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-3 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Fajing SunSun (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Charles BroomBroom (7-5 3-6 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-5 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Marat SharipovSharipov – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Petr Bar BiryukovBar Biryukov (6-7(4) 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (7-6(1) 6-7(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-3 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Aleksandre BakshiBakshi (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 6-7(4) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel EvansEvans – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
