Ilia Simakin and Clement Chidekh will play each other in the final of the Chisinau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, 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 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Ilia Simakin is the pick to win this match.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.45
Clement Chidekh -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Clement Chidekh

There is no head to head record between Ilia Simakin and Clement Chidekh since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ilia Simakin

Ilia Simakin

31 - 11win/loss

Hard
31-11
I Hard
0-0
Rank
229
High
228
LWWWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 31-11 31-11 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. 249, Ilia got to the final after defeating Charlie Robertson 7-5 7-6(6), Philip Henning 6-4 6-1, Petr Bar Biryukov 6-3 4-6 6-2 and Giles Hussey 7-5 6-3.

In the semifinal, Ilia had a good straight sets win against Hussey (7-5 6-3). During the match, Simakin scored 70 points vs Hussey’s 56. Simakin was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Simakin struck 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Ilia Simakin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ilia broke Hussey 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Russian has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Simakin has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (149-70). 31-10 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Simakin has an aggregate138-61 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Heraklion,the Wuxi Challenger and the Chisinau Challenger.

The Russian has a composed 31-10 win-loss record in 2025, 31-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chisinau Challenger

Simakin has never competed in this tournament before.

Chisinau Challenger
Simakin's Record

Clement Chidekh

Clement Chidekh

18 - 17win/loss

Hard
14-5
I Hard
4-10
Clay
0-2
Rank
238
High
184
WWWLWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-19 21-7 0-2 4-10 0-0 0-0
2024 64-26 17-7 7-6 39-11 1-2 0-0
2023 35-17 11-9 0-0 24-8 0-0 0-0
2022 11-9 9-5 0-0 2-3 0-0 0-1
2021 26-5 23-4 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 297, the French player got to the final after defeating Lukas Pokorny 6-2 7-5, Olaf Pieczkowski 6-4 0-6 6-1, Robert Strombachs 6-4 6-0 and Toby Samuel 6-4 6-1.

In the semifinal, Chidekh had a good straight sets win against Samuel (6-4 6-1). During the match Chidekh scored 71 points vs Samuel’s 45. Clement was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Chidekh recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Clement Chidekh lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Chidekh put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Samuel 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Clement has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Clement’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Chisinau Challenger.

Clement has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Chisinau Challenger
Chidekh's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Simakin
C.Chidekh
6h:01
6h:01
Time on court​
5h:42
5h:42
1h:21
1h:21
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
4
4
Match played
4
4
90
90
Games Played​
76
76
9
9
Set played​​
9
9
318
318
Total points​
274
274
79.5
79.5
Avg point​
68.5
68.5
126
126
Winners
107
107
31.5
31.5
Avg Winners​
26.8
26.8
40%
40%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
19
19
Aces
9
9
4.8
4.8
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
126/175
126/175
1st won total​
107/147
107/147
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
58/92
58/92
2nd won total​
44/82
44/82
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
15/41
15/41
BP won
17/41
17/41
3.8/10.3
3.8/10.3
Avg BP won
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
37%
37%
Won
41%
41%
16
16
Conceded
18
18
4
4
Avg Conceded
4.5
4.5
6
6
Broken
5
5
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
10
10
Saved
13
13

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Simakin Chidekh
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 9
Tot Games 90 76
Pts 318-258 274-218
Total Points 576 492
Winners 126 107
%Winners 40% 39%

Both Simakin and Chidekh played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ilia Simakin dropped 1 set, while Clement Chidekh dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Simakin and Chidekh have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Simakin played 14 games more than Chidekh. The Russian scored 126 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The French player recorded 107 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve Simakin Chidekh
Aces 19 9
Avg per match 4.8 2.3
1st in 175/267 147/229
%1st in 66% 64%
1st pts 126/175 107/147
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 58/92 44/82
%2nd pts 63% 54%

Simakin managed to score 19 aces (4.8 per match). Chidekh struck 9 aces (2.3 per match). Simakin won 72% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Chidekh won 73% 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 Chidekh
Won 15 17
Converted 15/41 17/41
% Converted 37% 41%
Conceded 16 18
Saved 10 13
% Saved 63% 72%
Times Broken 6 5

The Russian broke his opponents 15 times with a 37% conversion rate. Ilia dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 17 times with a 41% conversion rate. Clement conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Simakin
R1
Robertson
R2
Henning
1/4
Bar
1/2
Hussey
Total
Score 7-5 7-66 6-4 6-1 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 25 17 27 21 90
pts 97-84 67-50 84-68 70-56 318-258
Total points 181 117 152 126 576
Winners 35 30 33 28 126
%Winners 36% 45% 39% 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 8 2 4 19
Double Faults 3 2 0 0 5
1st in 55/81 40/67 42/62 38/57 175/267
% 1st in 68% 60% 68% 67% 66%
1st pts 35/55 30/40 33/42 28/38 126/175
% 1st pts 64% 75% 79% 74% 72%
2nd pts 15/26 12/27 17/20 14/19 58/92
% 2nd pts 58% 44% 85% 74% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 4 4 3 15
Converted 4/12 4/5 4/13 3/11 15/41
Converted % 33% 80% 31% 27% 37%
Conceded 6 7 1 2 16
Saved 3/6 6/7 0/1 1/2 10
Saved % 50% 86% 0% 50% 47%
Times Broken 3 1 1 1 6
Chidekh
R1
Pokorny
R2
Pieczkowski
1/4
Strombachs
1/2
Samuel
Total
Score 6-2 7-5 6-4 0-6 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 9
Tot Games 20 23 16 17 76
pts 73-60 72-71 58-42 71-45 274-218
Total points 133 143 100 116 492
Winners 29 26 26 26 107
%Winners 40% 36% 45% 37% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 3 2 9
Double Faults 1 2 1 3 7
1st in 40/65 37/60 38/51 32/53 147/229
% 1st in 62% 62% 75% 60% 64%
1st pts 29/40 26/37 26/38 26/32 107/147
% 1st pts 73% 70% 68% 81% 73%
2nd pts 15/25 10/23 9/13 10/21 44/82
% 2nd pts 60% 43% 69% 48% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 5 4 5 17
Converted 3/10 5/14 4/7 5/10 17/41
Converted % 30% 36% 57% 50% 41%
Conceded 2 6 3 7 18
Saved 2/2 2/6 3/3 6/7 13
Saved % 100% 33% 100% 86% 80%
Times Broken 0 4 0 1 5

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