Manuel Guinard and Timofey Skatov will play each other in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Manuel Guinard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Manuel Guinard is the pick to win this match.
Manuel Guinard -> 1.66
Timofey Skatov -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Manuel Guinard vs. Timofey Skatov
This will be the 3rd time that Manuel Guinard and Timofey Skatov square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Skatov won 3-6 7-6(4) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2021.
Manuel Guinard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4-12 | 3-3 | 0-4 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-25 | 7-4 | 17-10 | 10-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 0-2 | 26-22 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-35 | 1-4 | 21-20 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 1-2 | 29-19 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, Guinard reached the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Manuel had a good straight sets win against Giustino (6-2 6-4). During the match, Guinard scored 59 points vs Giustino’s 46. Guinard was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Guinard couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Manuel Guinard lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Guinard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Manuel broke Giustino 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Guinard has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (274-186). 21-18 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Guinard has a composed182-106 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Manuel’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger.
Manuel has a compiled 27-27 win-loss record in 2022, 21-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Guinard has never competed in this tournament before.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 6-11 | 22-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 242, Timofey reached the 2nd round after defeating Nick Hardt 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-4 6-0). During the match Skatov scored 58 points vs Hardt’s 37. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Skatov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Timofey Skatov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Hardt 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger and the Seville Challenger.
Timofey has an aggregate 19-26 win-loss record in 2022, 15-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guinard | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 59-46 | 58-37 |
| Total Points | 105 | 95 |
| Winners | 21 | 23 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Guinard and Skatov played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Guinard and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Guinard played 2 games more than Skatov. The French player scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani scored 23 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guinard | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/48 |
| %1st in | 62% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 23/33 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 60% |
Guinard didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Skatov also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Guinard won 64% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guinard | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 71% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Guinard broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guinard | |||
| R1 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-46 | 59-46 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Skatov | |||
| R1 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 58-37 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLLLLW Tennis Scores in Braga Challenger
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Duarte ValeVale (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nick HardtHardt (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Vit KoprivaKopriva (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Daniel MichalskiMichalski (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jelle SelsSels – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Imanol Lopez MorilloLopez Morillo (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Duarte ValeVale (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (7-6(1) 6-2) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nick HardtHardt (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jelle SelsSels – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Jeremy JahnJahn (0-0) – H2H and prediction
