Joshua Charlton and Ilia Simakin will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Zhangjiagang Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.149
Joshua Charlton -> 4.9

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Prediction and head to head Joshua Charlton vs. Ilia Simakin

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

Joshua Charlton

Currently unranked, Joshua reached the 2^nd round after beating Ajeet Rai 6-4 1-0 ret., Akira Santillan 7-6(4) 5-7 6-4 and Rigele Te 6-4 6-7(7) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Australian defeated Te (6-4 6-7⁷ 6-4). During the match, Charlton scored 110 points vs Te’s 105. Joshua was quite aggressive to blast 62 winners.

Regarding the service games, Charlton scored 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Joshua Charlton lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Charlton put 70% of his first serves in, winning 79% (62/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Te 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Charlton has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (85-64). 13-10 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Charlton has a compiled67-49 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

The Australian has a compiled 16-15 win-loss record in 2025, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zhangjiagang Challenger

Charlton has never competed in this tournament before.

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 236, Ilia reached the 2^nd round after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-4 7-6(1).

In the 1^st round, Ilia had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-4 7-6¹

). During the match Simakin scored 79 points vs Wu’s 65. Simakin was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Simakin struck 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ilia Simakin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Simakin put 67% of his first serves in, winning 87% (41/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Ilia broke Wu once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).

Simakin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Chisinau Challenger.

The Russian has an overall 34-13 win-loss record in 2025, 34-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Charlton	Simakin
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	9	2
Tot Games	79	23
Pts	257-239	79-65
Total Points	496	144
Winners	135	41
%Winners	53%	52%

Charlton played 3 matches while Simakin competed in 1 match. Charlton started his run from the qualifications while Simakin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Joshua Charlton dropped 2 sets while Ilia Simakin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Charlton has played 7 sets more than Simakin (9 vs 2). Therefore, Charlton played 56 games more than Simakin. Charlton scored 135 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 41 winners (52%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Charlton	Simakin
Aces	26	11
Avg per match	8.7	11
1st in	174/253	47/70
%1st in	69%	67%
1st pts	135/174	41/47
%1st pts	78%	87%
2nd pts	38/79	10/23
%2nd pts	48%	43%

Charlton made 26 aces (8.7 per match). Simakin scored 11 aces . Charlton won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Simakin won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Charlton	Simakin
Won	7	1
Converted	7/16	1/3
% Converted	44%	33%
Conceded	15	6
Saved	11	6
% Saved	73%	100%
Times Broken	4	0

The Australian broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Joshua conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Ilia broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Simakin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Charlton
	Q1 Rai	Q3 Santillan	R1 Te	Total
Score	6-4 1-0 ret.	7-64 5-7 6-4	6-4 6-77 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	11	35	33	79
pts	43-31	104-103	110-105	257-239
Total points	74	207	215	496
Winners	18	55	62	135
%Winners	42%	53%	56%	53%
SERVE
Aces	2	8	16	26
Double Faults	4	1	1	6
1st in	21/38	75/103	78/112	174/253
% 1st in	55%	73%	70%	69%
1st pts	18/21	55/75	62/78	135/174
% 1st pts	86%	73%	79%	78%
2nd pts	9/17	13/28	16/34	38/79
% 2nd pts	53%	46%	47%	48%
Breaks
Won	1	3	3	7
Converted	1/1	3/7	3/8	7/16
Converted %	100%	43%	38%	44%
Conceded	0	6	9	15
Saved	0/0	3/6	8/9	11
Saved %	–	50%	89%	46%
Times Broken	0	3	1	4

Simakin
	R1 Wu	Total
Score	6-4 7-61
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	79-65	79-65
Total points	144	144
Winners	41	41
%Winners	52%	52%
SERVE
Aces	11	11
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	47/70	47/70
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	41/47	41/47
% 1st pts	87%	87%
2nd pts	10/23	10/23
% 2nd pts	43%	43%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/3	1/3
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	0

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