Ilia Simakin and Duckhee Lee will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday 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 Ilia Simakin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilia Simakin is the pick to win this match.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.571
Duckhee Lee -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Duckhee Lee
There is no head to head record between Ilia Simakin and Duckhee Lee since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-6 | 20-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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. 296, Ilia got to the qualifications after beating Yi Zhou 4-6 7-5 6-1.
In the qualifications against Zhou, Ilia recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Simakin scored 89 points vs Zhou’s 84. Ilia was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Simakin managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ilia Simakin lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 64% of his first serves in, winning 73% (45/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Ilia broke Zhou 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Simakin has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 67% of his matches (133-65). 15-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Simakin has a compiled122-56 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Ilia’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Heraklion.
Ilia has a composed 15-5 win-loss record in 2025, 15-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Simakin has never competed in this tournament before.
Duckhee Lee
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-7 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 20-16 | 20-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-25 | 29-22 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-18 | 25-17 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-17 | 5-6 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 861, the Korean reached the qualifications after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Duck had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-4). During the match Hee Lee scored 78 points vs Uchida’s 66. Duck was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Hee Lee scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Duckhee Lee lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Hee Lee put 76% of his first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Hee Lee broke Uchida 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Korean has a compiled 4-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simakin | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 |
| Pts | 89-84 | 78-66 |
| Total Points | 173 | 144 |
| Winners | 45 | 37 |
| %Winners | 51% | 47% |
Both Simakin and Hee Lee played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ilia Simakin lost 1 set while Duckhee Lee hasn’t conceded a set so far. Simakin has played 1 set more than Hee Lee (3 vs 2). Therefore, Simakin played 9 games more than Hee Lee. Simakin scored 45 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean bagged 37 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simakin | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/97 | 57/75 |
| %1st in | 64% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 37/57 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 9/18 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 50% |
Simakin bagged 2 aces . Hee Lee bagged 1 ace . Simakin won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Hee Lee won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simakin | Hee Lee |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 57% | 44% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Ilia broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Ilia conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Korean broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Duck conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Simakin | |||
| Q1 Zhou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 89-84 | 89-84 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/97 | 62/97 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 45/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Hee Lee | |||
| Q1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 78-66 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 57/75 | 57/75 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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