Akira Santillan and Kasidit Samrej will play each other in the 1^st round of the Taipei Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kasidit Samrej who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kasidit Samrej is the pick to win this match.
Kasidit Samrej -> 1.82
Akira Santillan -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Akira Santillan vs. Kasidit Samrej

This will be the 2^nd time that Akira Santillan and Kasidit Samrej face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Santillan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Santillan won 3-6 6-3 7-6(5) in the final in M15 Maanshan back in July 2025.

Akira Santillan

Ranked no. 390, Akira will start his run in the Taipei Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Qian Daohu where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Haliak in the quarter on the 31^st of October.

Santillan has a compiled 55-19 win-loss record in 2025, 19-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Akira’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Maanshan,M25 Yinchuan and M25 Huzhou.

Talking about his overall career, Akira has an overall 336-238 record. He has a positive 41-23 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Taipei Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2017. See his history

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Kasidit Samrej

Ranked no. 404, Samrej will start his run in the Taipei Challenger after he played his last match in the Seoul Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Shimabukuro in the quarter on the 31^st of October.

Samrej has an aggregate 46-28 win-loss record in 2025, 18-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Kasidit’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Maanshan and M15 Singapore.

In terms of his career, The Thai has an overall 154-114 record. He has a positive 22-7 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Taipei Challenger

• James McCabeMcCabe – Cing-Yang MengMeng (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tsung-Hao HuangHuang – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• James DuckworthDuckworth – Taro DanielDaniel (2-6 7-6² 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jason JungJung – Arthur WeberWeber (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul – Masamichi ImamuraImamura (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Sidharth RawatRawat – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Maxime JanvierJanvier – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marek GengelGengel – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Uisung ParkPark – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Kuan-Yi LeeLee (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Shinji HazawaHazawa – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taisei IchikawaIchikawa – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (0-0) – H2H and prediction