Evan Furness and Timofey Skatov will play each other in the quarter of the Almaty 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.53
Timofey Skatov -> 2.5

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Prediction and head to head Evan Furness vs. Timofey Skatov

There is no head to head record between Evan Furness and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Evan Furness

Ranked no. 327 (career-high), Furness got to the quarter after defeating Grigoriy Lomakin 6-3 6-1, Benjamin Hassan 6-3 3-6 6-4, Carlos Gimeno Valero 1-6 6-2 6-3 and Pedja Krstin 6-3 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Evan had a good straight sets win against Krstin (6-3 6-1). During the match, Furness scored 67 points vs Krstin’s 48. Evan was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Furness blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Evan Furness lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 70% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Krstin 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.

Furness has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (101-51). 16-5 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Furness has a compiled26-15 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

Furness’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Vale do Lobo.

The French player has a compiled 35-10 win-loss record in 2021, 16-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Almaty 1 Challenger

Evan has never competed in this tournament before.

Almaty 1 Challenger

Furness's Record

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 399 (career-high), the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Denis Yevseyev 1-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Yevseyev, Skatov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Skatov scored 80 points vs Yevseyev’s 73. Timofey was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Skatov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 67% (36/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Yevseyev 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Skatov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Skatov’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.

The Kazakhstani has a composed 15-13 win-loss record in 2021, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Almaty 1 Challenger

Skatov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Furness played 4 matches while Skatov competed in 2 matches. Furness started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Evan Furness dropped 2 sets, while Timofey Skatov dropped 2 sets. Furness has played 4 sets more than Skatov (10 vs 6). Therefore, Furness played 33 games more than Skatov. The French player scored 125 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Timofey managed to score 83 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Furness fired 11 aces (2.8 per match). Skatov recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Furness won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

The French player broke his opponents 19 times with a 46% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Timofey broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Head 2 Head

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Evan
Furness

0:1

Timofey
Skatov

Rank

782

High

197

0Clay1

Rank

191

High

123

Win Loss

Furness

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Skatov

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2024 2023 2022

15 - 21

34 - 23

3-3

Hard

5-7

3-4

I Hard

0-1

9-14

Clay

27-14

0-0

Grass

2-1

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