Benoit Paire and Timofey Skatov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on ESTÁDIO CIF. 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 -> 1.75
Benoit Paire -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Benoit Paire vs. Timofey Skatov
There is no head to head record between Benoit Paire and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-16 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, the French player reached the quarter after beating Goncalo Oliveira 7-5 6-4 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-4 4-3 ret..
In the 2nd round against Marco Moroni, Paire had a free pass after Marco Moroni retired on a 6-4 4-3 . scoreline.
Paire has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (292-280). 6-13 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Paire has an aggregate 97-94 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Benoit has a composed 14-28 win-loss record in 2022, 6-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
The French player 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. 233, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 7-68 7-65 and Francesco Passaro 6-1 5-7 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Kazakhstani defeated Passaro (6-1 5-7 6-1). During the match Skatov scored 99 points vs Passaro’s 81. Skatov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
About the serving games, Skatov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 79% of his first serves in, winning 61% (44/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Passaro 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Skatov has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Skatov’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger,the Seville Challenger and the Braga Challenger.
Timofey has an aggregate 23-27 win-loss record in 2022, 19-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paire | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 52 |
| Pts | 141-131 | 186-167 |
| Total Points | 272 | 353 |
| Winners | 58 | 91 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Paire and Skatov played 2 matches. At the moment, Timofey Skatov dropped 1 set while Benoit Paire hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Paire and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Paire played 13 games less than Skatov. Benoit scored 58 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Skatov scored 91 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paire | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 76/136 | 138/180 |
| %1st in | 56% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 58/76 | 91/138 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 25/60 | 20/42 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 48% |
Paire fired 8 aces (4 per match). Skatov struck 1 ace (0.5 per match). Paire won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paire | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 47% | 45% |
| Conceded | 7 | 22 |
| Saved | 4 | 16 |
| % Saved | 57% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Paire broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Benoit lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Skatov broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paire | ||||
| R1 Oliveira |
R2 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 4-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 75-70 | 66-61 | 141-131 | |
| Total points | 145 | 127 | 272 | |
| Winners | 30 | 28 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/81 | 36/55 | 76/136 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 65% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 28/36 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/41 | 7/19 | 25/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 37% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/9 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Skatov | ||||
| R1 Roca Batalla |
R2 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 7-65 | 6-1 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
| pts | 87-86 | 99-81 | 186-167 | |
| Total points | 173 | 180 | 353 | |
| Winners | 47 | 44 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 44% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/89 | 72/91 | 138/180 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 79% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 47/66 | 44/72 | 91/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 61% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 11/19 | 20/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 58% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 7/18 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 39% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 10 | 22 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 7/10 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 70% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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