Sho Shimabukuro and Ilia Simakin will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Suzhou Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sho Shimabukuro who should win in 3 sets.
Sho Shimabukuro -> 1.63
Ilia Simakin -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Sho Shimabukuro vs. Ilia Simakin
This will be the 2nd time that Sho Shimabukuro and Ilia Simakin face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Shimabukuro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Shimabukuro won 6-4 6-3 in the quarter in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in August 2025.
Sho Shimabukuro
23 - 20win/loss
145
135
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-23 | 29-19 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-28 | 21-17 | 1-3 | 3-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 19-17 | 7-1 | 9-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-25 | 38-20 | 0-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-20 | 28-18 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 195, Shimabukuro will start his run in the Suzhou Challenger after he played his last match in the Shenzhen Challenger where he lost 7-5 4-6 6-2 to Jacquet in the semifinal on the 18th of October.
Shimabukuro has a compiled 23-20 win-loss record in 2025, 20-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Zhangjiagang Challenger where he beat Oliver Crawford in the final 6-3 3-6 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, The Japanese has an overall 264-166 record. He has a positive 198-120 record on hard.
Previously in the Suzhou Challenger
Shimabukuro has never competed in this tournament before.
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-21 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 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. 254, the Russian will start his run in the Suzhou Challenger after he played his last match in Almaty where he lost 6-3 6-7(8) 7-6(5) to Blanchet in the qualifications on the 11th of October.
Ilia has an overall 36-17 win-loss record in 2025, 36-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Russian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Chisinau Challenger.
In terms of his career, Simakin has an overall 154-77 record. He has a positive 143-67 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Suzhou Challenger
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- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-3 4-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Henrique RochaRocha (6-71 7-66 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- James McCabeMcCabe – Jason JungJung (6-74 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Fajing SunSun – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harold MayotMayot – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-1) – H2H and prediction