Alex Bolt vs Ilia Simakin H2H Stats and Prediction - Gwangju Challenger 04-21-26

By James Morris - April 21, 2026

Bolt VS Simakin Head to Head: 0 - 0

Bolt vs Simakin Prediction H2H
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Alex Bolt

Ranking

147 ( 20-04-26)

Best Rank

125 ( 04-03-19)

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Ilia Simakin

Ranking

227 ( 20-04-26)

Best Rank

214 ( 02-02-26)

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Bolt VS Simakin Match Time & How / Where To Watch:

Alex Bolt and Ilia Simakin will face each other in the First round at the Gwangju Challenger . The match is scheduled to take place on 21 Apr 2026 at 06:30.

Bolt vs Simakin Prediction: Bolt to win

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Bolt VS Simakin H2H Matches played

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Bolt VS Simakin Match Prediction & Pick

21 Apr 2026

First

PREDICTION

Alex Bolt

To Win

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Ilia Simakin

To Win

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Ilia Simakin

To Win first set

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Alex Bolt

To Win first set

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Alex Bolt past matches

Hard Busan Challenger

18 Apr

2026

SF

7 5
6 2
L
cross
Bu Yunchaokete
Player
Alex Bolt
60% ( 35 of 58)
1st Serve %
57% ( 36 of 63)
2
Aces
4
2
Double Faults
2
89% ( 31 of 35)
1st Serve Won
69% ( 25 of 36)
52% ( 12 of 23)
2nd Serve Won
44% ( 12 of 27)
43% ( 3 of 7)
Break Points Won
0% ( 0 of 2)
26% ( 15 of 58)
Rtn Points Won
41% ( 26 of 63)
69
Total Points Won
52
H2H

17 Apr

2026

QF

7 6
7 6
W
cross
Alex Bolt
Player
Rio Noguchi
63% ( 50 of 80)
1st Serve %
69% ( 61 of 89)
4
Aces
1
0
Double Faults
0
76% ( 38 of 50)
1st Serve Won
61% ( 37 of 61)
40% ( 12 of 30)
2nd Serve Won
54% ( 15 of 28)
60% ( 3 of 5)
Break Points Won
50% ( 3 of 6)
38% ( 30 of 80)
Rtn Points Won
42% ( 37 of 89)
87
Total Points Won
82
H2H

15 Apr

2026

R2

4 6
6 4
7 6
W
cross
Alex Bolt
Player
Tung-Lin Wu
58% ( 58 of 100)
1st Serve %
66% ( 65 of 98)
11
Aces
2
2
Double Faults
1
78% ( 45 of 58)
1st Serve Won
63% ( 41 of 65)
48% ( 20 of 42)
2nd Serve Won
58% ( 19 of 33)
36% ( 4 of 11)
Break Points Won
36% ( 4 of 11)
35% ( 35 of 100)
Rtn Points Won
39% ( 38 of 98)
103
Total Points Won
95
H2H

14 Apr

2026

R1

7 5
7 6
W
cross
Alex Bolt
Player
James McCabe
58% ( 46 of 79)
1st Serve %
70% ( 51 of 73)
12
Aces
10
1
Double Faults
2
80% ( 37 of 46)
1st Serve Won
75% ( 38 of 51)
64% ( 21 of 33)
2nd Serve Won
50% ( 11 of 22)
50% ( 1 of 2)
Break Points Won
0% ( 0 of 1)
27% ( 21 of 79)
Rtn Points Won
33% ( 24 of 73)
82
Total Points Won
70
H2H
Clay US Men's Clay Court Championship - Houston

01 Apr

2026

R2

6 7
6 0
6 3
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cross
Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Player
Alex Bolt
73% ( 58 of 79)
1st Serve %
58% ( 46 of 80)
4
Aces
5
1
Double Faults
3
78% ( 45 of 58)
1st Serve Won
63% ( 29 of 46)
62% ( 13 of 21)
2nd Serve Won
47% ( 16 of 34)
50% ( 6 of 12)
Break Points Won
50% ( 2 of 4)
27% ( 21 of 79)
Rtn Points Won
44% ( 35 of 80)
93
Total Points Won
66
H2H

Ilia Simakin past matches

Hard Busan Challenger

14 Apr

2026

R1

6 3
6 3
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cross
Sho Shimabukuro
Player
Ilia Simakin
64% ( 39 of 61)
1st Serve %
65% ( 28 of 43)
6
Aces
0
1
Double Faults
4
69% ( 27 of 39)
1st Serve Won
50% ( 14 of 28)
50% ( 11 of 22)
2nd Serve Won
40% ( 6 of 15)
71% ( 5 of 7)
Break Points Won
33% ( 2 of 6)
38% ( 23 of 61)
Rtn Points Won
53% ( 23 of 43)
61
Total Points Won
43
H2H
Hard Wuning 1 Challenger

10 Apr

2026

QF

2 6
7 6
6 3
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cross
Pavel Kotov
Player
Ilia Simakin
63% ( 55 of 88)
1st Serve %
49% ( 41 of 83)
6
Aces
8
3
Double Faults
2
78% ( 43 of 55)
1st Serve Won
76% ( 31 of 41)
61% ( 20 of 33)
2nd Serve Won
74% ( 31 of 42)
33% ( 1 of 3)
Break Points Won
40% ( 2 of 5)
28% ( 25 of 88)
Rtn Points Won
25% ( 21 of 83)
84
Total Points Won
87
H2H

08 Apr

2026

R2

6 3
6 3
W
cross
Ilia Simakin
Player
Daniil Ostapenkov
59% ( 26 of 44)
1st Serve %
65% ( 39 of 60)
5
Aces
5
1
Double Faults
0
81% ( 21 of 26)
1st Serve Won
59% ( 23 of 39)
83% ( 15 of 18)
2nd Serve Won
52% ( 11 of 21)
100% ( 3 of 3)
Break Points Won
0% ( 0 of 0)
18% ( 8 of 44)
Rtn Points Won
43% ( 26 of 60)
62
Total Points Won
42
H2H

06 Apr

2026

R1

6 7
6 3
6 4
W
cross
Ilia Simakin
Player
Tom Paris
64% ( 66 of 103)
1st Serve %
59% ( 54 of 92)
12
Aces
2
4
Double Faults
3
82% ( 54 of 66)
1st Serve Won
80% ( 43 of 54)
49% ( 18 of 37)
2nd Serve Won
50% ( 19 of 38)
33% ( 2 of 6)
Break Points Won
0% ( 0 of 3)
30% ( 31 of 103)
Rtn Points Won
33% ( 30 of 92)
102
Total Points Won
93
H2H
I.hard M25 Maanshan 1

03 Apr

2026

QF

6 4
4 6
7 6
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cross
Kuan-Yi Lee
Player
Ilia Simakin
57% ( 64 of 112)
1st Serve %
55% ( 76 of 139)
9
Aces
3
6
Double Faults
3
66% ( 42 of 64)
1st Serve Won
64% ( 49 of 76)
50% ( 24 of 48)
2nd Serve Won
46% ( 29 of 63)
21% ( 5 of 24)
Break Points Won
63% ( 5 of 8)
41% ( 46 of 112)
Rtn Points Won
44% ( 61 of 139)
127
Total Points Won
124
H2H

Bolt VS Simakin In Depth H2H Stats Analysis

  • Alex Bolt and Ilia Simakin, will play for the 1st time in their careers on Tuesday, with the current Head to Head score being 0-0. Here we will analyse all the stats, and predict the winner of The First round match at Gwangju Challenger.
  • The last time Alex Bolt played this event was in 2025, and reached the Q1 round, losing to Uisung Park with score 6-3 5-7 6-4.
  • The last appearance of Ilia Simakin at this event was 2025, and he made the Second round, falling to Tristan Schoolkate with 6-4 6-2
  • Looking at overall career stats, Alex Bolt has won 12 titles, and Ilia Simakin has won 7 titles, Alex Bolt coming into this match with a ranking of 147, and Ilia Simakin ranked 227. Alex Bolt has a career high ranking of 125 (2019), while the best ranking of Ilia Simakin was 214 (2026).
  • In their entire career Alex Bolt has won 51% (43106 of 85272) of points played while Ilia Simakin has won 52% (18368 of 35035), and as an indication of performance in pressure situations, Alex Bolt has a career tiebreak record of 56% (149 of 265), while Ilia Simakin has achieved 52% (41 of 79).
  • The last tournament Alex Bolt won was Brisbane 3 Challenger, in Nov 16, 2025, while Ilia Simakin’s last lifted the trophy at Phan Thiet 2 Challenger, in Feb 1, 2026.
  • Of the last 10 matches played by Alex Bolt, he has won 6, while Ilia Simakin has won 5 out of last 10 matches played.
  • In the event before this one, Ilia Simakin reached the First round at Busan Challenger, while Alex Bolt played Busan Challenger and won the tournament.
  • In his last 3 events, Alex Bolt has made these rounds: Semifinals, Second round, Q1 round, while Ilia Simakin has made the First round, Quarterfinals, Quarterfinals, in the last 3 events he has played.
  • In terms of the biggest wins of their careers, the best ranked opponents that Alex Bolt has beaten are 30th ranked Gilles Simon (2019), 37th ranked Jan-Lennard Struff (2020), 42nd ranked Albert Ramos-Vinolas (2020), 44th ranked Filip Krajinovic (2021).
  • The highest ranked opponents that Ilia Simakin has won against are 157th ranked Yasutaka Uchiyama (2025), 161st ranked Alibek Kachmazov (2025), 183rd ranked Alibek Kachmazov (2025), 191st ranked Beibit Zhukayev (2025).
  • The most wins that Alex Bolt achieved in a single year was 49 in 2024, in which he had a Win Loss record of 65% (49/26).
  • Ilia Simakin’s most victories came in 2024 when he had a W/L of 74% (62/22).
  • Predicting tennis matches with accuracy relies on complex modeling and if you want to find out more have a look at this PDF.

Bolt VS Simakin matches vs all opponents

stats Alex Bolt Ilia Simakin
YTD Win/Loss 57% (281/211) 68% (168/78)
Sets Won/Lost 55% (629/524) 65% (364/195)
Games Won/Lost 52% (5837/5468) 56% (2957/2342)
Aces Per Game 0.5 0.53
Total Aces 2741 1360
Double Faults Per Game 0.18 0.24
Total Double Faults 991 619
Average Match Time 1:15:29 1:32:4
Average Opponent Rank 679.13 493.91
1st Serve % 61% (17526/28531) 62% (9708/15666)
1st Serve Win % 72% (12665/17526) 73% (7057/9708)
2nd Serve Win % 52% (5770/11005) 52% (3076/5958)
Total Break Points Won % 39% (918/2333) 42% (723/1703)
Return Points Won % 36% (10212/28253) 41% (6620/16177)
Best of 3 Sets Win % 57% (273/477) 68% (166/244)
Best of 5 Sets Win % 40% (4/10) 0% (0/0)
Total Tiebreaks Win % 53% (102/194) 54% (39/72)
Deciding Set Win % 59% (93/157) 57% (39/69)
1st Set Won, Won Match 87% (274/239) 92% (164/151)
1st Set Won, Lost Match 13% (274/35) 8% (164/13)
1st Set Lost, Won Match 19% (218/41) 21% (82/17)
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