Terence Atmane and Ilia Simakin will play each other in the quarter of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Terence Atmane who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Terence Atmane is the pick to win this match.
Terence Atmane -> 1.56
Ilia Simakin -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Terence Atmane vs. Ilia Simakin

This will be the 2^nd time that Terence Atmane and Ilia Simakin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Atmane (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Atmane won 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the quarter in the Busan Challenger back in April 2025.

Terence Atmane

Ranked no. 136, Terence got to the quarter after beating Rigele Te 5-7 6-3 6-1 and Marat Sharipov 7-5 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round, Terence had a good straight sets win against Sharipov (7-5 7-6³). During the match, Atmane scored 74 points vs Sharipov’s 63. Atmane was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Atmane managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Terence Atmane was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (31/39) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sharipov 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Atmane has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (217-136). 12-10 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Atmane has a composed171-93 record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Busan Challenger where he overcame Adam Walton in the final 6-3 6-4.

Terence has an aggregate 13-13 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 271 (career-high), Simakin got to the quarter after beating Ye Cong Mo 6-1 7-6(3)

and Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 7-6(6).

In the 2^nd round, Simakin had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-4 7-6⁶). During the match Simakin scored 85 points vs Watanuki’s 82. Simakin was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Simakin fired 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ilia Simakin lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 51% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (20/41) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Watanuki twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Simakin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

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

Ilia has an aggregate 23-7 win-loss record in 2025, 23-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Atmane	Simakin
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	53	43
Pts	167-133	160-138
Total Points	300	298
Winners	65	70
%Winners	39%	44%

Both Atmane and Simakin played 2 matches. At the moment, Terence Atmane conceded 1 set while Ilia Simakin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Atmane has played 1 set more than Simakin (5 vs 4). Therefore, Atmane played 10 games more than Simakin. Atmane scored 65 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian made 70 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Atmane	Simakin
Aces	22	21
Avg per match	11	10.5
1st in	80/144	83/158
%1st in	56%	53%
1st pts	65/80	70/83
%1st pts	81%	84%
2nd pts	41/64	36/75
%2nd pts	64%	48%

Atmane managed to score 22 aces (11 per match). Simakin blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Atmane won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Atmane	Simakin
Won	7	5
Converted	7/17	5/12
% Converted	41%	42%
Conceded	5	13
Saved	2	11
% Saved	40%	85%
Times Broken	3	2

Terence broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Terence conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Simakin conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Atmane
	R1 Te	R2 Sharipov	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 6-1	7-5 7-63
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	28	25	53
pts	93-70	74-63	167-133
Total points	163	137	300
Winners	34	31	65
%Winners	37%	42%	39%
SERVE
Aces	11	11	22
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	41/73	39/71	80/144
% 1st in	56%	55%	56%
1st pts	34/41	31/39	65/80
% 1st pts	83%	79%	81%
2nd pts	22/32	19/32	41/64
% 2nd pts	69%	59%	64%
Breaks
Won	4	3	7
Converted	4/14	3/3	7/17
Converted %	29%	100%	41%
Conceded	2	3	5
Saved	1/2	1/3	2
Saved %	50%	33%	42%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Simakin
	R1 Cong	R2 Watanuki	Total
Score	6-1 7-63	6-4 7-66
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	23	43
pts	75-56	85-82	160-138
Total points	131	167	298
Winners	36	34	70
%Winners	48%	40%	44%
SERVE
Aces	13	8	21
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	41/75	42/83	83/158
% 1st in	55%	51%	53%
1st pts	36/41	34/42	70/83
% 1st pts	88%	81%	84%
2nd pts	16/34	20/41	36/75
% 2nd pts	47%	49%	48%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5
Converted	3/6	2/6	5/12
Converted %	50%	33%	42%
Conceded	8	5	13
Saved	7/8	4/5	11
Saved %	88%	80%	84%
Times Broken	1	1	2

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