Ilia Simakin vs Yi Zhou — Phan Thiet 2 CH Final

Phan Thiet 2 CH · CHALLENGER · Final
RUS
Ilia Simakin
#289ATP
1463ELO
1505Hard ELO
22 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 January 2026
hard
CHN6
Yi Zhou
#236ATP
1456ELO
1445Hard ELO
21 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWWW
Simakin I.
7-5 6-4
Zhou Y.
Simakin I.
762
Zhou Y.
540

Ilia Simakin defeated Yi Zhou 7-5 6-4 in the Phan Thiet 2 CH final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Simakin I.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Zhou Y.

Zhou Y.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Simakin I.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Simakin I.Zhou Y.
1st serve in·Even
62%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
63%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
65%
62%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.9
6.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.8
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (23 vs 18). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Simakin I.Zhou Y.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
58
13
Break points saved·Even
87
87
Break points won·Clear edge
26
13
Deciding sets·Dominant
79
1
Tiebreaks·Dominant
70
14

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Simakin I.
7.6
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Zhou Y.
5.3
Clear underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
6.5+60 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.5Hard Elo 1445
6.6Overall Elo 1463
ELO gap
3.4Overall Elo 1456
10.0No prior meetings
H2H
0.0
7.9
Surface form
4.3
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
4.2
Minutes 14d
5.2
0.0
3-set count
4.0
9.0
Prev. match
9.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Simakin I.Zhou Y.
Freshness·Even
82
80

Simakin I.: 6 days rest · 2 matches, 56 games (7d) · Zhou Y.: 4 days rest · 3 matches, 65 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Simakin I.
Zhou Y.[6]
7-56-4
Semi-finals
Zhou Y.[6]
Michalski D.[7]
7-630-0
Simakin I.
Sakellaridis S.
3-66-46-3
Quarter-finals
Michalski D.[7]
Bax F.
6-26-4
Simakin I.
Barsukov N.
7-627-5
Zhou Y.[6]
Hsu Y.[4]
7-646-3
Sakellaridis S.
Martin Tiffon P.[8]
6-26-3
R16
Bax F.
Gengel M.
6-21-0
Barsukov N.
Sin S.
6-16-3
Simakin I.
Bar Biryukov P.
4-66-46-2
Sakellaridis S.
Bailly G.[3]
6-36-2
Martin Tiffon P.[8]
Jones M.
6-26-2
Zhou Y.[6]
Denolly C.
6-17-62
Hsu Y.[4]
Blanch D.
6-03-66-3
Michalski D.[7]
Jasika O.
6-41-66-1
R32
Sin S.
Jorda Sanchis D.
6-33-62-1
Bax F.
Sun F.
2-66-36-4
Barsukov N.
Gomez F.[1]
7-637-5
Bar Biryukov P.
Ribecai M.
6-46-2
Simakin I.
Cina F.[5]
6-33-66-3
Sakellaridis S.
Kwon S.
6-26-3
Martin Tiffon P.[8]
Vu H.
6-16-2
Zhou Y.[6]
Cui J.
6-37-64
Blanch D.
Ferguson C.
6-06-1
Hsu Y.[4]
Bertrand R.
7-57-65
Michalski D.[7]
Handel T.
7-56-1
Gengel M.
Crawford O.[2]
1-66-16-1
Jasika O.
Marmousez L.
3-4
Denolly C.
Chung H.
6-26-4
Jones M.
Sharipov M.
6-37-64
Bailly G.[3]
Matsuoka H.
6-16-3