Ilia Simakin and Yusuke Takahashi will square off in the quarter of the Wuxi Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 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 -> 1.23
Yusuke Takahashi -> 3.82

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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Yusuke Takahashi

There is no head to head record between Ilia Simakin and Yusuke Takahashi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 264 (career-high), Simakin got to the quarter after beating Rigele Te 7-5 3-3 ret. and Alibek Kachmazov 6-4 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Ilia had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-4 6-2). During the match, Simakin scored 66 points vs Kachmazov’s 49. Ilia was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Simakin blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ilia Simakin lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 69% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Kachmazov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Simakin has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (143-68). 25-8 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Simakin has an aggregate132-59 record in the last 5 years on hard.

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

The Russian has a composed 25-8 win-loss record in 2025, 25-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

Yusuke Takahashi

Ranked no. 469, Yusuke reached the quarter after defeating Pengyu Lu 6-2 6-1, Kasidit Samrej 7-6(5) 6-4, Charles Chen 6-2 6-3 and Andre Ilagan 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Takahashi defeated Ilagan (7-6³ 4-6 6-3). During the match Takahashi scored 102 points vs Ilagan’s 96. Takahashi was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Takahashi blasted 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Yusuke Takahashi lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Takahashi put 53% of his first serves in, winning 73% (40/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (24/49) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Ilagan 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Takahashi 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.

Takahashi’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Kashiwa and M15 Osaka.

The Japanese has an aggregate 25-9 win-loss record in 2025, 23-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Wuxi Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Simakin	Takahashi
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	9
Tot Games	36	87
Pts	122-98	297-242
Total Points	220	539
Winners	50	118
%Winners	41%	40%

Simakin played 2 matches while Takahashi competed in 4 matches. Takahashi started his run from the qualifications while Simakin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yusuke Takahashi lost 1 set while Ilia Simakin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Simakin has played 4 set(s) less than Takahashi (5 vs 9). Therefore, Simakin played 51 games less than Takahashi. Simakin scored 50 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese managed to score 118 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Simakin	Takahashi
Aces	9	18
Avg per match	4.5	4.5
1st in	63/101	155/267
%1st in	62%	58%
1st pts	50/63	118/155
%1st pts	79%	76%
2nd pts	18/38	61/112
%2nd pts	47%	54%

Simakin fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Takahashi scored 18 aces (4.5 per match). Simakin won 79% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Takahashi won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Simakin	Takahashi
Won	7	14
Converted	7/16	14/31
% Converted	44%	45%
Conceded	8	10
Saved	5	4
% Saved	63%	40%
Times Broken	3	6

The Russian broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Ilia conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Yusuke broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Yusuke conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.

Simakin
	R1 Te	R2 Kachmazov	Total
Score	7-5 3-3 ret.	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	18	18	36
pts	56-49	66-49	122-98
Total points	105	115	220
Winners	24	26	50
%Winners	43%	39%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	9
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	28/50	35/51	63/101
% 1st in	56%	69%	62%
1st pts	24/28	26/35	50/63
% 1st pts	86%	74%	79%
2nd pts	11/22	7/16	18/38
% 2nd pts	50%	44%	47%
Breaks
Won	2	5	7
Converted	2/3	5/13	7/16
Converted %	67%	38%	44%
Conceded	5	3	8
Saved	4/5	1/3	5
Saved %	80%	33%	57%
Times Broken	1	2	3

Takahashi
	Q1 Lu	Q3 Samrej	R1 Chen	R2 Ilagan	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	7-65 6-4	6-2 6-3	7-63 4-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	15	23	17	32	87
pts	58-34	85-75	52-37	102-96	297-242
Total points	92	160	89	198	539
Winners	23	33	22	40	118
%Winners	40%	39%	42%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	9	1	4	18
Double Faults	1	1	2	4	8
1st in	28/42	44/73	28/48	55/104	155/267
% 1st in	67%	60%	58%	53%	58%
1st pts	23/28	33/44	22/28	40/55	118/155
% 1st pts	82%	75%	79%	73%	76%
2nd pts	9/14	16/29	12/20	24/49	61/112
% 2nd pts	64%	55%	60%	49%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	4	14
Converted	4/8	2/10	4/4	4/9	14/31
Converted %	50%	20%	100%	44%	45%
Conceded	0	2	3	5	10
Saved	0/0	1/2	2/3	1/5	4
Saved %	–	50%	67%	20%	69%
Times Broken	0	1	1	4	6

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