Ilia Simakin and Toby Samuel will square off in the 1st round of the Soma Bay Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ilia Simakin who should win in 3 sets.
Ilia Simakin -> 1.84
Toby Samuel -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Toby Samuel
There is no head to head record
between Ilia Simakin and Toby Samuel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-20 | 39-19 | 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. 271, the Russian will start his run in the Soma Bay Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Manama where he lost 6-4 6-1 to Bilozertsev in the 2nd round on the 13th of November.
The Russian has a compiled 39-20 win-loss record in 2025, 39-19 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ilia’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Chisinau Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 157-80 record. He has a positive 146-70 record on hard.
Previously in the Soma Bay Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Toby Samuel
47 - 16win/loss
436
404
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-16 | 39-11 | 3-1 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-14 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-5 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 481, will start his run in the Soma Bay Challenger after he won the title in M15 Sharm ElSheikh after beating 6-2 6-4 Krajci in the final.
Toby has an aggregate 47-16 win-loss record in 2025, 39-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Toby’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Aldershot,M15 Hurghada,M15 Malta and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Brit won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, Samuel has an overall 93-37 record. He has a positive 58-17 record on hard.
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