Carlos Taberner and Timofey Skatov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Taberner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Taberner is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.57
Timofey Skatov -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Timofey Skatov
There is no head to head record between Carlos Taberner and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Carlos Taberner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-32 | 0-2 | 45-29 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-23 | 3-4 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-33 | 1-2 | 29-27 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 3-4 | 33-15 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 20-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Gastao Elias 6-3 4-6 6-4 and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Taberner had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-2 6-4). During the match, Taberner scored 66 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 52. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Taberner made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Taberner lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 53% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carlos has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Taberner has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (328-187). 26-23 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Taberner has an aggregate290-146 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger.
Carlos has a composed 27-27 win-loss record in 2022, 26-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-22 | 5-7 | 29-14 | 0-0 | 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. 242, Timofey reached the quarter after defeating Nick Hardt 6-4 6-0 and Manuel Guinard 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-1 6-0). During the match Skatov scored 59 points vs Guinard’s 28. Skatov was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Skatov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Timofey Skatov conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 77% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (5/11) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Guinard 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 64% of the points he played.
Skatov’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger and the Seville Challenger.
Timofey has an overall 20-26 win-loss record in 2022, 16-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 29 |
| Pts | 164-137 | 117-65 |
| Total Points | 301 | 182 |
| Winners | 52 | 51 |
| %Winners | 32% | 44% |
Both Taberner and Skatov played 2 matches. At the moment, Carlos Taberner dropped 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Taberner has played 1 set more than Skatov (5 vs 4). Therefore, Taberner played 18 games more than Skatov. The Spaniard scored 52 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Timofey recorded 51 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 74/150 | 70/96 |
| %1st in | 49% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 52/74 | 51/70 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 38/76 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 54% |
Taberner blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Skatov managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Taberner won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/17 | 10/14 |
| % Converted | 65% | 71% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 7 | 4 |
| % Saved | 54% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Carlos lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Timofey broke his opponents 10 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | ||||
| R1 Elias |
R2 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 47 | |
| pts | 98-85 | 66-52 | 164-137 | |
| Total points | 183 | 118 | 301 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/90 | 32/60 | 74/150 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 53% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 24/32 | 52/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 75% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 14/28 | 38/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 4/6 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 67% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Skatov | ||||
| R1 Hardt |
R2 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 13 | 29 | |
| pts | 58-37 | 59-28 | 117-65 | |
| Total points | 95 | 87 | 182 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 37/48 | 70/96 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 77% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 28/37 | 51/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 5/11 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 45% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | 10/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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