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Ilia Simakin

Country (sports)	Russia
Born	(2003-10-27) 27 October 2003 Kazan, Russia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $233,618
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	4 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 151 (21 September 2026)
Current ranking	No. 151 (21 September 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2026)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	1 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 230 (19 May 2025)
Current ranking	No. 398 (21 September 2026)
Medal record Representing Individual Neutral Athletes World University Games 2025 Rhine-Ruhr Doubles
Last updated on: 21 September 2026.

Ilia Simakin (born 27 October 2003) is a Russian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 151 achieved on 21 September 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 230 achieved on 19 May 2025.

Career

In the summer of 2026, Simakin won 19 of his past 20 matches, including Challenger title runs in Zhangjiagang and back to back titles in Phan Thiet, Vietnam. As a result he reached a career-high No. 151 in the ATP rankings on 21 September 2026.

ATP Challenger Tour Finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)

Finals by surface Hard (4–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2025	Moldova Open, Moldova	Challenger	Hard	Clément Chidekh	6–7(6–8), 5–7
Loss	0–2	Nov 2025	Manama Challenger, Bahrain	Challenger	Hard	Toby Samuel	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2026	Phan Thiết Challenger, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Kwon Soon-woo	2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–3	Jan 2026	Phan Thiết Challenger II, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Zhou Yi	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–4	Aug 2026	ENKA Open, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Lucas Poullain	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Win	2–4	Aug 2026	International Challenger Zhangjiagang, China	Challenger	Hard	Kasidit Samrej	6–3, 6–1
Win	3–4	Sep 2026	Phan Thiết Challenger III, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Arthur Weber	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	4–4	Sep 2026	Phan Thiết Challenger IV, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (1–4)

Finals by surface Hard (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2024	President's Cup, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard	Egor Agafonov	Denis Istomin Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Mar 2025	Crete Challenger II, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Kelsey Stevenson	Stefanos Sakellaridis Petros Tsitsipas	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	May 2025	Moldova Open, Moldova	Challenger	Hard	Lukáš Pokorný	Szymon Kielan Filip Pieczonka	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2025	Manama Challenger, Bahrain	Challenger	Hard	Egor Agafonov	Petr Bar Biryukov Alexandr Binda	5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Aug 2026	ENKA Open, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Sergey Betov	Arda Azkara James MacKinlay	3–6, 1–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ITF WTT (6–4)

Finals by surface Hard (6–4) Clay (–)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2022	M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Lukáš Pokorný	7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Apr 2023	M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Mohamed Safwat	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2023	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Ryan Seggerman	5–7, 4–6
Win	2–2	Mar 2024	M15 Aktobe, Kazakhstan	WTT	Hard	Egor Agafonov	6–1, 6–1
Win	3–2	May 2024	M15 Tbilisi, Georgia	WTT	Hard	Erik Arutiunian	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–2	Jul 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Clay	Mili Poljičak	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–3
Win	5–2	Aug 2024	M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Kasidit Samrej	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–2	Oct 2024	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Marek Gengel	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6–3	Dec 2024	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Marek Gengel	4–6, 0–6
Loss	6–4	Dec 2024	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Marek Gengel	1–6, 1–6

External links

• Ilia Simakin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Ilia Simakin at the International Tennis Federation