Timofey Skatov and Pedro Sousa will face off in the qualifications of the Millennium Estoril Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on ESTÁDIO MILLENNIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timofey Skatov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.42
Pedro Sousa -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Pedro Sousa
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Pedro Sousa since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-23 | 5-7 | 29-14 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 6-4 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 4-3 | 30-27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 0-2 | 33-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 37-14 | 3-1 | 34-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 155, Skatov reached the qualifications after beating Adrian Andreev 6-1 3-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Andreev, Skatov had a free pass after Andreev retired on a 6-1 3-1 . scoreline.
Skatov has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (143-114). 8-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has a compiled125-89 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Skatov’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Concepcion Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Estoril
Skatov has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedro Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-17 | 1-2 | 12-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-17 | 1-5 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-16 | 0-2 | 21-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 35-29 | 0-4 | 35-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 467, Sousa reached the qualifications after defeating Jozef Kovalik 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Kovalik, Pedro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3).During the match Sousa scored less points (3) than Kovalik. In fact, the world no. 155 won 98 points vs Kovalik’s. That means that Sousa was more focused during the important points. Pedro was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 79% of his first serves in, winning 59% (48/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Kovalik 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
The Portuguese has an aggregate 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Estoril
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 11 | 31 |
| Pts | 50-28 | 98-101 |
| Total Points | 78 | 199 |
| Winners | 16 | 48 |
| %Winners | 32% | 49% |
Both Skatov and Sousa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Pedro Sousa dropped 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Skatov and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Skatov played 20 games less than Sousa. The Kazakhstani scored 16 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa scored 48 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 20/32 | 81/102 |
| %1st in | 63% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 48/81 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 43% |
Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sousa managed to score 3 aces . Skatov won 80% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 59% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 54% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Timofey broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Timofey had a solid display on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| Q1 Andreev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 50-28 | 50-28 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 16/20 | 16/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | 9/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sousa | |||
| Q1 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 98-101 | 98-101 | |
| Total points | 199 | 199 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 81/102 | 81/102 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 48/81 | 48/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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