Marat Sharipov and Andre Ilagan will face off in the qualifications of the Busan Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marat Sharipov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marat Sharipov is the pick to win this match.
Marat Sharipov -> 1.55
Andre Ilagan -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Marat Sharipov vs. Andre Ilagan

There is no head to head record between Marat Sharipov and Andre Ilagan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Marat Sharipov

Ranked no. 260, the Russian reached the qualifications after beating Ji Sung Nam 7-5 6-1.

In the qualifications, Marat had a good straight sets win against Sung Nam (7-5 6-1). During the match, Sharipov scored 83 points vs Sung Nam’s 66. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sharipov fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marat Sharipov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sharipov put 51% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (17/36) on the 2nd serve. Sharipov broke Sung Nam 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Sharipov has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (162-78). 14-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sharipov has a composed83-26 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

Sharipov’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger,M25 Doha,the Manama Challenger,M25 Creteil and Balma.

Marat has a composed 20-7 win-loss record in 2025, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Busan Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Andre Ilagan

Ranked no. 384, Andre got to the qualifications after beating Masamichi Imamura 0-6 6-1 6-0.

In the qualifications against Imamura, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-1 6-0). During the match Ilagan scored 60 points vs Imamura’s 45. Ilagan was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Ilagan struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Andre Ilagan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ilagan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 75% (21/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Andre broke Imamura 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).

Andre has a compiled 11-9 win-loss record in 2025, 11-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sharipov	Ilagan
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	19
Pts	83-66	60-45
Total Points	149	105
Winners	27	21
%Winners	33%	35%

Both Sharipov and Ilagan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Andre Ilagan conceded 1 set while Marat Sharipov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sharipov has played 1 set(s) less than Ilagan (2 vs 3). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (19). Marat scored 27 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 21 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sharipov	Ilagan
Aces	5	3
Avg per match	5	3
1st in	37/73	28/47
%1st in	51%	60%
1st pts	27/37	21/28
%1st pts	73%	75%
2nd pts	17/36	8/19
%2nd pts	47%	42%

Sharipov scored 5 aces . Ilagan struck 3 aces . Sharipov won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ilagan won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sharipov	Ilagan
Won	5	6
Converted	5/11	6/7
% Converted	45%	86%
Conceded	7	4
Saved	5	1
% Saved	71%	25%
Times Broken	2	3

The Russian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Andre broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Andre conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Sharipov
	Q1 Sung Nam	Total
Score	7-5 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	83-66	83-66
Total points	149	149
Winners	27	27
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	37/73	37/73
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	27/37	27/37
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	17/36	17/36
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Ilagan
	Q1 Imamura	Total
Score	0-6 6-1 6-0
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	19	19
pts	60-45	60-45
Total points	105	105
Winners	21	21
%Winners	35%	35%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	28/47	28/47
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	21/28	21/28
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	8/19	8/19
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/7	6/7
Converted %	86%	86%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

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