Valentin Vacherot and Timofey Skatov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Tunis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.86
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Timofey Skatov
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
29 - 9win/loss
140
110
LWLLWWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120 (career-high), Vacherot got to the quarter after beating Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 6-4 and Nick Hardt 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Monegasque had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-1 6-1). During the match, Vacherot scored 58 points vs Hardt’s 36. Vacherot was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vacherot made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Valentin Vacherot was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vacherot broke Hardt 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.
Vacherot has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (225-114). 11-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vacherot has an overall114-64 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he beat Lucas Pouille in the final 3-2 ret. and the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he defeated Manuel Guinard in the final 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Adam Walton in the final 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(5).
Valentin has an aggregate 29-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
The Monegasque has never competed in this tournament before.
Timofey Skatov
15 - 9win/loss
191
123
LLLWLWWWLL | 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. 247, Skatov reached the quarter after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-4 6-3, Max Houkes 4-3 ret., Benjamin Bonzi 5-7 6-3 6-2 and Gijs Brouwer 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-2 6-3). During the match Skatov scored 68 points vs Brouwer’s 45. Skatov was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Skatov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 63% of his first serves in, winning 84% (26/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Brouwer 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Skatov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger,the Barletta Challenger and the Ostrava Challenger.
Skatov has a composed 15-9 win-loss record in 2024, 14-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vacherot | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 72 |
| Pts | 127-78 | 281-225 |
| Total Points | 205 | 506 |
| Winners | 41 | 96 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Vacherot played 2 matches while Skatov competed in 4 matches. Skatov started his run from the qualifications while Vacherot had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Timofey Skatov dropped 1 set while Valentin Vacherot hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vacherot has played 5 set(s) less than Skatov (4 vs 9). Therefore, Vacherot played 41 games less than Skatov. Valentin scored 41 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Skatov managed to score 96 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vacherot | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 52/91 | 129/216 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 96/129 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 26/39 | 44/87 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Vacherot fired 12 aces (6 per match). Skatov recorded 16 aces (4 per match). Vacherot won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vacherot | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 16 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 16/40 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 80% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Monegasque broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 16 times with a 40% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vacherot | ||||
| R1 Basilashvili |
R2 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 14 | 31 | |
| pts | 69-42 | 58-36 | 127-78 | |
| Total points | 111 | 94 | 205 | |
| Winners | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 33% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 26/43 | 52/91 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 60% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 19/26 | 41/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 73% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 11/17 | 26/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 65% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/7 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 71% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Skatov | ||||||
| Q1 Kwon |
Q3 Houkes |
R1 Bonzi |
R2 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 4-3 ret. | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 7 | 29 | 17 | 72 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 26-21 | 115-102 | 68-45 | 281-225 | |
| Total points | 129 | 47 | 217 | 113 | 506 | |
| Winners | 19 | 6 | 45 | 26 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 23% | 39% | 38% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 8/21 | 65/98 | 31/49 | 129/216 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 38% | 66% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 6/8 | 45/65 | 26/31 | 96/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 75% | 69% | 84% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 10/13 | 12/33 | 7/18 | 44/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 77% | 36% | 39% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 0/3 | 7/14 | 5/12 | 16/40 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 0% | 50% | 42% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 5/9 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 56% | 75% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |
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