H2H, prediction of Alibek Kachmazov vs Ilia Simakin in Busan Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 16th April 2025

PREVIEW. Busan Challenger. Kachmazov and Simakin will play each other in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 16th of April

Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Ilia Simakin

Alibek Kachmazov and Ilia Simakin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Busan Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.7
Ilia Simakin -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Ilia Simakin

This will be the 3rd time that Alibek Kachmazov and Ilia Simakin play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Kachmazov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kachmazov won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in M25 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2023.

Alibek Kachmazov

Alibek Kachmazov
Alibek Kachmazov

7 - 9win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
6-7
Rank
185
High
172
LWWWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-12 8-5 0-0 6-7 0-0 0-0
2024 37-28 17-13 6-6 14-9 0-0 0-0
2023 49-31 24-14 9-6 14-10 0-0 2-1
2022 49-21 18-11 9-5 22-5 0-0 0-0
2021 36-20 6-8 3-6 27-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 183, Alibek will start his run in the Busan Challenger after he played his last match in the Cherbourg Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-3 to Vandermeersch in the 1st round on the 12th of March.

The Russian has a compiled 7-9 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Alibek’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Thionville Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 197-129 record. He has a positive 82-61 record on hard.

Previously in the Busan Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Kachmazov
Busan Challenger
Kachmazov's Record

Ilia Simakin

Ilia Simakin
Ilia Simakin

16 - 5win/loss

Hard
16-5
I Hard
0-0
Rank
271
High
271
LWWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 23-8 23-8 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. 295, Ilia reached the 1st round after defeating Yi Zhou 4-6 7-5 6-1 and Duckhee Lee 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Ilia had a good straight sets win against Hee Lee (6-2 6-2). During the match Simakin scored 64 points vs Hee Lee’s 41. Ilia was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Simakin made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ilia Simakin was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Hee Lee 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Simakin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Russian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Heraklion.

Ilia has an aggregate 16-5 win-loss record in 2025, 16-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Busan Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Simakin
Busan Challenger
Simakin's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Kachmazov
LWWWLWWWWL
Simakin
LWWLWWWLWW
2025 2024 2023
14 - 12
23 - 8
8-5
Hard
23-8
6-7
I Hard
0-0

Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger

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