Marco Cecchinato and Timofey Skatov will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:30 pm on ESTÁDIO CIF. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.56
Timofey Skatov -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Timofey Skatov

There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

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Rank
376
High
16
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-25 0-2 26-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 13-23 1-4 12-17 0-0 0-2 0-0
2022 43-33 0-3 43-30 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 32-27 1-5 31-19 0-2 0-1 0-0
2020 25-17 1-4 22-11 2-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 137, the Italian got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Michalski 6-1 6-2, Gianluca Mager 6-1 7-62 and Carlos Taberner 7-62 6-4.

In the quarter, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Taberner (7-62 6-4). During the match, Cecchinato scored 76 points vs Taberner’s 66. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cecchinato struck 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Taberner twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Cecchinato has positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (379-268). 28-25 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cecchinato has a compiled 339-187 record in the last years on clay.

The Italian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Parma Challenger,the Verona Challenger and the San Marino Challenger.

Marco has a compiled 28-28 win-loss record in 2022, 28-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lisbon Challenger

Marco has never competed in this tournament before.

Lisbon Challenger
Cecchinato's Record

Timofey Skatov

Timofey Skatov

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Rank
191
High
123
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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
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Ranked no. 233, the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 7-68 7-65, Francesco Passaro 6-1 5-7 6-1 and Benoit Paire 6-4 2-6 7-5.

In the quarter, Timofey defeated Paire (6-4 2-6 7-5).During the match Skatov scored less points (3) than Paire. In fact, the world no. 137 won 106 points vs Paire’s. That means that Skatov was more focused during the important points. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Skatov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 79% of his first serves in, winning 64% (56/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Paire 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger,the Seville Challenger and the Braga Challenger.

Skatov has an aggregate 24-27 win-loss record in 2022, 20-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Lisbon Challenger
Skatov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Cecchinato
T.Skatov
4h:16
4h:16
Time on court​
!
8h:09
8h:09
1h:57
1h:57
Last match​
!
2h:33
2h:33
3
3
Match played
3
3
58
58
Games Played​
82
82
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
199
199
Total points​
292
292
66.3
66.3
Avg point​
97.3
97.3
84
84
Winners
147
147
28
28
Avg Winners​
49
49
42%
42%
Ratio winners
50%
50%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
2
2
3.7
3.7
Avg Aces
0.7
0.7
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
0.7
0.7
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
84/117
84/117
1st won total​
147/226
147/226
!
72%
72%
1st won %
65%
65%
34/48
34/48
2nd won total​
30/65
30/65
!
71%
71%
2nd won %
46%
46%
-- Break Points --
10/19
10/19
BP won
13/29
13/29
3.3/6.3
3.3/6.3
Avg BP won
4.3/9.7
4.3/9.7
!
53%
53%
Won
45%
45%
8
8
Conceded
37
37
2.7
2.7
Avg Conceded
12.3
12.3
3
3
Broken
9
9
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
5
5
Saved
28
28
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cecchinato Skatov
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 58 82
Pts 199-142 292-276
Total Points 341 568
Winners 84 147
%Winners 42% 50%

Both Cecchinato and Skatov played 3 matches. At the moment, Timofey Skatov conceded 2 sets while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cecchinato has played 2 set(s) less than Skatov (6 vs 8). Therefore, Cecchinato played 24 games less than Skatov. Marco scored 84 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 147 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cecchinato Skatov
Aces 11 2
Avg per match 3.7 0.7
1st in 117/165 226/291
%1st in 71% 78%
1st pts 84/117 147/226
%1st pts 72% 65%
2nd pts 34/48 30/65
%2nd pts 71% 46%

Cecchinato made 11 aces (3.7 per match). Skatov bagged 2 aces (0.7 per match). Cecchinato won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Cecchinato Skatov
Won 10 13
Converted 10/19 13/29
% Converted 53% 45%
Conceded 8 37
Saved 5 28
% Saved 63% 76%
Times Broken 3 9

Cecchinato broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Skatov broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Skatov conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Cecchinato
R1
Michalski		 R2
Mager		 1/4
Taberner		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-1 7-62 7-62 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 15 20 23 58
pts 55-27 68-49 76-66 199-142
Total points 82 117 142 341
Winners 24 29 31 84
%Winners 44% 43% 41% 42%
SERVE
Aces 1 7 3 11
Double Faults 1 1 0 2
1st in 29/39 42/58 46/68 117/165
% 1st in 74% 72% 68% 71%
1st pts 24/29 29/42 31/46 84/117
% 1st pts 83% 69% 67% 72%
2nd pts 8/10 10/16 16/22 34/48
% 2nd pts 80% 63% 73% 71%
Breaks
Won 4 4 2 10
Converted 4/5 4/7 2/7 10/19
Converted % 80% 57% 29% 53%
Conceded 0 6 2 8
Saved 0/0 4/6 1/2 5
Saved % – 67% 50% 39%
Times Broken 0 2 1 3
Skatov
R1
Roca Batalla		 R2
Passaro		 1/4
Paire		 Total
Score 7-68 7-65 6-1 5-7 6-1 6-4 2-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 26 26 30 82
pts 87-86 99-81 106-109 292-276
Total points 173 180 215 568
Winners 47 44 56 147
%Winners 54% 44% 53% 50%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1 2
Double Faults 1 2 4 7
1st in 66/89 72/91 88/111 226/291
% 1st in 74% 79% 79% 78%
1st pts 47/66 44/72 56/88 147/226
% 1st pts 71% 61% 64% 65%
2nd pts 9/23 11/19 10/23 30/65
% 2nd pts 39% 58% 43% 46%
Breaks
Won 3 7 3 13
Converted 3/4 7/18 3/7 13/29
Converted % 75% 39% 43% 45%
Conceded 12 10 15 37
Saved 9/12 7/10 12/15 28
Saved % 75% 70% 80% 75%
Times Broken 3 3 3 9

Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger

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