Carlos Taberner and Timofey Skatov will square off in the 2nd round of the Parma Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm 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.
Carlos Taberner -> 1.54
Timofey Skatov -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Taberner vs. Timofey Skatov
This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Taberner and Timofey Skatov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Skatov won 7-6(2) 6-0 in the quarter in the Braga Challenger back in September 2022.
Carlos Taberner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-31 | 0-2 | 43-28 | 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. 128, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after beating Francesco Forti 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Taberner had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-4 6-0). During the match, Taberner scored 61 points vs Forti’s 39. Taberner was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Taberner managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Taberner conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Taberner put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (24/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Forti 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Taberner has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (331-189). 29-25 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Taberner has an overall293-148 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Carlos’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1 Challenger.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 30-29 win-loss record in 2022, 29-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Parma Challenger
Taberner has never competed in this tournament before.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-21 | 5-7 | 29-13 | 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. 209, the Kazakhstani reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Timofey had a good straight sets win against Napolitano (7-5 6-3). During the match Skatov scored 76 points vs Napolitano’s 64. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 37 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 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 83% of his first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (5/12) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Napolitano 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Skatov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Roseto Degli Abruzzi 2 Challenger,the Seville Challenger,the Braga Challenger and the Lisbon Challenger.
Timofey has a composed 25-28 win-loss record in 2022, 21-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Taberner | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 |
| Pts | 61-39 | 76-64 |
| Total Points | 100 | 140 |
| Winners | 24 | 37 |
| %Winners | 39% | 49% |
Both Taberner and Skatov played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Taberner and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Taberner played 5 games less than Skatov. Taberner scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Timofey managed to score 37 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Taberner | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 59/71 |
| %1st in | 61% | 83% |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 37/59 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 5/12 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 42% |
Taberner managed to score 2 aces . Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Taberner won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 63% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Taberner | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 71% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Carlos broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Spaniard extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Timofey broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Taberner | |||
| R1 Forti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 61-39 | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/46 | 28/46 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/28 | 24/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Skatov | |||
| R1 Napolitano | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 59/71 | 59/71 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 83% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Parma Challenger
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Flavio CobolliCobolli (5-7 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gianluca MagerMager – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-2 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gianluca MagerMager – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Miljan ZekicZekic (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-1) – H2H and prediction