Ilia Simakin and Ye Cong Mo will square off in the 1^st round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER 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 Ilia Simakin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ilia Simakin is the pick to win this match.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.173
Ye Cong Mo -> 4.5

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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Ye Cong Mo

There is no head to head record between Ilia Simakin and Ye Cong Mo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 271 (career-high), Ilia will start his run in the Guangzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Gwangju Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Schoolkate in the 2^nd round on the 24^th of April.

The Russian has an aggregate 21-7 win-loss record in 2025, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Simakin’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Heraklion.

Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 139-67 record. He has a positive 128-58 record on hard.

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Ye Cong Mo

Ranked no. 543 (career-high), Ye got to the 1^st round after defeating Jesse Delaney 4-6 7-6(8) 6-2 and Kasidit Samrej 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Samrej (6-2 6-4). During the match Cong scored 61 points vs Samrej’s 50. Cong was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Cong fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ye Cong Mo was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Cong broke Samrej 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cong started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Cong’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Shenzhen.

Cong has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger

• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rigele TeTe (5-7 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Constant LestienneLestienne (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Brandon HoltHolt – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (7-6³ 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings

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