Tristan Schoolkate and Ilia Simakin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on SHOW COURT. 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 Tristan Schoolkate who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tristan Schoolkate is the pick to win this match.
Tristan Schoolkate -> 1.68
Ilia Simakin -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Tristan Schoolkate vs. Ilia Simakin
There is no head to head record between Tristan Schoolkate and Ilia Simakin since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Tristan Schoolkate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-12 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-33 | 38-24 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 122, the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Rei Sakamoto 7-6(4) 7-5.
In the 1st round, Schoolkate had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (7-64 7-5). During the match, Schoolkate scored 87 points vs Sakamoto’s 83. Tristan was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Schoolkate blasted 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Tristan Schoolkate was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Schoolkate broke Sakamoto twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Schoolkate has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (186-132). 16-11 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Schoolkate has an aggregate126-90 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Brisbane 1 Challenger where he beat Marek Gengel in the final 7-6(3) 7-6(4).
Tristan has an overall 16-11 win-loss record in 2025, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21-7 | 21-7 | 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. 271 (career-high), the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Gerard Campana Lee 6-4 6-4, Viktor Durasovic 6-2 6-2 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-2 6-3). During the match Simakin scored 69 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 53. Ilia was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Simakin managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ilia Simakin lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 65% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Simakin broke Ruusuvuori 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ilia’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Heraklion.
The Russian has an aggregate 21-6 win-loss record in 2025, 21-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Schoolkate | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 53 |
| Pts | 87-83 | 197-143 |
| Total Points | 170 | 340 |
| Winners | 38 | 82 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Schoolkate played 1 match while Simakin competed in 3 matches. Simakin started his run from the qualifications while Schoolkate had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Schoolkate has played 4 set(s) less than Simakin (2 vs 6). Therefore, Schoolkate played 28 games less than Simakin. Tristan scored 38 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Simakin scored 82 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Schoolkate | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 105/160 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 82/105 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 31/55 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Schoolkate scored 6 aces . Simakin bagged 21 aces (7 per match). Schoolkate won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Schoolkate | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 11 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 20% | 52% |
| Conceded | 4 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 10 |
| % Saved | 75% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Schoolkate broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Ilia broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Schoolkate | |||
| R1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-83 | 87-83 | |
| Total points | 170 | 170 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/83 | 50/83 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Simakin | |||||
| Q1 Campana |
Q3 Durasovic |
R1 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 64-40 | 69-53 | 197-143 | |
| Total points | 114 | 104 | 122 | 340 | |
| Winners | 29 | 25 | 28 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 33/53 | 36/55 | 105/160 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 62% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 25/33 | 28/36 | 82/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/20 | 8/19 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 65% | 42% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 80% | 230% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Gwangju Challenger
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yi ZhouZhou (7-62 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Kaichi UchidaUchida (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Li TuTu (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Uisung ParkPark – Yunseong ChungChung (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-612 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Marat SharipovSharipov (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ilia SimakinSimakin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-75 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-61 ret.) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Rei SakamotoSakamoto (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Hyeon ChungChung – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (6-7(5) 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – James McCabeMcCabe (7-6(12) 6-3) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Terence AtmaneAtmane (7-6(1) ret.) – See score progression
- Omar JasikaJasika – Yi ZhouZhou (7-6(2) 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Uisung ParkPark – Brandon HoltHolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
