Beibit Zhukayev and Ilia Simakin will clash against each other in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. 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.

As per the initial odds, Ilia Simakin is the pick to win this match.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.85
Beibit Zhukayev -> 1.87

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Prediction and head to head Beibit Zhukayev vs. Ilia Simakin

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

Beibit Zhukayev

Ranked no. 191, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 7-5 to Svajda in the qualifications on the 21^st of August.

The Kazakhstani has a compiled 23-23 win-loss record in 2025, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Zhukayev’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Morelia Challenger.

Talking about his overall career, The Kazakhstani has an overall 191-175 record. He has a positive 113-88 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

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

Ilia Simakin

Ranked no. 236, Ilia will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match in the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Shimabukuro in the quarter on the 29^th of August.

Ilia has a composed 35-14 win-loss record in 2025, 35-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Chisinau Challenger.

In terms of his career, Simakin has an overall 153-74 record. He has a positive 142-65 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Ilia has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

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• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bernard TomicTomic – Yaojie ZengZeng (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Renta TokudaTokuda – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Omar JasikaJasika – Rigele TeTe (4-6 6-2 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yi ZhouZhou – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (2-6 7-6⁵ 2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fajing SunSun – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Jie CuiCui (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Filip PeliwoPeliwo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Fajing SunSun – Omar JasikaJasika (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Bernard TomicTomic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oliver CrawfordCrawford – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – (0-0) – H2H and prediction