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.
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
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
Clement Chidekh
18 - 17win/loss
238
184
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Simakin | Chidekh |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |