Dalibor Svrcina and Ilia Simakin will square off in the quarter of the Pune Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dalibor Svrcina is the pick to win this match.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.833
Ilia Simakin -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Ilia Simakin

There is no head to head record between Dalibor Svrcina and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Dalibor Svrcina

Ranked no. 219, the Czech got to the quarter after beating August Holmgren 4-6 6-3 7-5 and Jurij Rodionov 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Rodionov (6-4 7-5). During the match, Svrcina scored 73 points vs Rodionov’s 64. Svrcina was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about the service games, Svrcina scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dalibor Svrcina was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (36/50) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Rodionov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Svrcina has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Svrcina has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (171-126). 11-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Svrcina has an aggregate72-47 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Dalibor’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Chennai Challenger.

Svrcina has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 308 (career-high), the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-3, Jiri Vesely 7-5 6-1, Blake Ellis 6-4 6-2 and James McCabe 6-2 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Ilia had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-2 6-4). During the match Simakin scored 67 points vs McCabe’s 46. Simakin was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Simakin made 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ilia Simakin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilia broke McCabe 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ilia started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.

The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.

Simakin has a compiled 9-1 win-loss record in 2025, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Pune Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Svrcina	Simakin
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	8
Tot Games	53	74
Pts	184-162	267-184
Total Points	346	451
Winners	86	106
%Winners	47%	40%

Svrcina played 2 matches while Simakin competed in 4 matches. Simakin started his run from the qualifications while Svrcina had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dalibor Svrcina dropped 1 set while Ilia Simakin hasn’t lost a set so far. Svrcina has played 3 set(s) less than Simakin (5 vs 8). Therefore, Svrcina played 21 games less than Simakin. Dalibor scored 86 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Simakin fired 106 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svrcina	Simakin
Aces	7	32
Avg per match	3.5	8
1st in	123/166	130/194
%1st in	74%	67%
1st pts	86/123	106/130
%1st pts	70%	82%
2nd pts	25/43	37/64
%2nd pts	58%	58%

Svrcina managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Simakin bagged 32 aces (8 per match). Svrcina won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Svrcina	Simakin
Won	7	16
Converted	7/23	16/34
% Converted	30%	47%
Conceded	17	7
Saved	13	3
% Saved	76%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Dalibor broke his opponents 7 times with a 30% conversion rate. Dalibor conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Simakin broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Svrcina
	R1 Holmgren	R2 Rodionov	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	31	22	53
pts	111-98	73-64	184-162
Total points	209	137	346
Winners	50	36	86
%Winners	45%	49%	47%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	73/95	50/71	123/166
% 1st in	77%	70%	74%
1st pts	50/73	36/50	86/123
% 1st pts	68%	72%	70%
2nd pts	12/22	13/21	25/43
% 2nd pts	55%	62%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/17	3/6	7/23
Converted %	24%	50%	30%
Conceded	10	7	17
Saved	7/10	6/7	13
Saved %	70%	86%	78%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Simakin
	Q1 Kumar Mukund	Q3 Vesely	R1 Ellis	R2 McCabe	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	7-5 6-1	6-4 6-2	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	19	19	18	18	74
pts	61-44	75-49	64-45	67-46	267-184
Total points	105	124	109	113	451
Winners	24	28	25	29	106
%Winners	39%	37%	39%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	10	11	8	32
Double Faults	3	1	1	2	7
1st in	30/46	32/47	33/48	35/53	130/194
% 1st in	65%	68%	69%	66%	67%
1st pts	24/30	28/32	25/33	29/35	106/130
% 1st pts	80%	88%	76%	83%	82%
2nd pts	5/16	12/15	10/15	10/18	37/64
% 2nd pts	31%	80%	67%	56%	58%
Breaks
Won	6	3	4	3	16
Converted	6/10	3/12	4/7	3/5	16/34
Converted %	60%	25%	57%	60%	47%
Conceded	3	0	3	1	7
Saved	0/3	0/0	2/3	1/1	3
Saved %	0%	–	67%	100%	84%
Times Broken	3	0	1	0	4

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