Ilia Simakin and Tom Paris will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Wuning 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.35
Tom Paris -> 2.88
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Prediction and head to head Ilia Simakin vs. Tom Paris
There is no head to head record between Ilia Simakin and Tom Paris since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ilia Simakin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43-17 | 38-8 | 3-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 43-22 | 43-21 | 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 |
Ranked no. 220, the Russian will start his run in the Wuning 1 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Maanshan where he lost 6-4 4-6 7-6(6) to Lee in the quarter on the 3rd of April.
Simakin has an overall 18-5 win-loss record in 2026, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Phan Thiet 2 Challenger where he defeated Yi Zhou in the final 7-5 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Ilia has an overall 179-87 record. He has a positive 166-76 record on hard.
Previously in the Wuning 1 Challenger
Ilia has never competed in this tournament before.
Tom Paris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 45-28 | 14-4 | 10-11 | 12-12 | 0-0 | 9-1 |
| 2024 | 19-10 | 12-5 | 0-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 38-21 | 5-7 | 10-4 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2022 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, the French player will start his run in the Wuning 1 Challenger after he played his last match in Balma where he lost 6-1 ret. to Perot in the quarter on the 20th of March.
Paris has a compiled 2-4 win-loss record in 2026, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
In terms of his career, The French player has an overall 111-73 record. He has a positive 36-19 record on hard.
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