Alibek Kachmazov and Ilia Simakin will play each other in the 2nd round of the Wuxi Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.74
Alibek Kachmazov -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Ilia Simakin
This will be the 4th time that Alibek Kachmazov and Ilia Simakin play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kachmazov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Simakin won 6-7(7) 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in the Busan Challenger back in April 2025.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15-13 | 9-6 | 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. 161 (career-high), Alibek reached the 2nd round after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alibek had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kachmazov scored 59 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 51. Kachmazov was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kachmazov scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Alibek broke Hsiou Hsu 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Kachmazov has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (205-132). 9-5 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kachmazov has an aggregate90-64 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kachmazov’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Gwangju Challenger.
Alibek has a composed 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-9 | 26-9 | 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. 264 (career-high), the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Rigele Te 7-5 3-3 ret..
In the 1st round against Te, Simakin had a free pass after Te retired on a 7-5 3-3 . scoreline.
Ilia’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Heraklion.
Ilia has a compiled 24-8 win-loss record in 2025, 24-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Wuxi Challenger
Simakin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 59-51 | 56-49 |
| Total Points | 110 | 105 |
| Winners | 24 | 24 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Kachmazov and Simakin played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kachmazov has played 1 set(s) less than Simakin (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kachmazov played 1 game more than Simakin. The Russian scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 24 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 28/50 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/28 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 11/22 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Kachmazov made 1 ace . Simakin also bagged 5 aces . Kachmazov won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 86% of the points behind 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 | Kachmazov | Simakin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/3 |
| % Converted | 57% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Kachmazov broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kachmazov dropped his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Ilia broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Simakin conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | |||
| R1 Hsiou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 59-51 | 59-51 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 32/52 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Simakin | |||
| R1 Te |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 56-49 | 56-49 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 28/50 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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