Timofey Skatov and Maximilian Neuchrist will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timofey Skatov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.34
Maximilian Neuchrist -> 3.14
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Maximilian Neuchrist
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Maximilian Neuchrist since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 146, Skatov reached the 2nd round after beating Nicholas David Ionel 3-6 7-63 7-5.
In the 1st round against David Ionel, Skatov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 7-5). During the match, Skatov scored 111 points vs David Ionel’s 110. Skatov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Skatov couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 73% of his first serves in, winning 59% (48/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke David Ionel 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Skatov has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (132-106). 30-26 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has a compiled117-84 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Skatov’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Parma Challenger.
Timofey has a composed 34-31 win-loss record in 2022, 30-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Skatov has never competed in this tournament before.
Maximilian Neuchrist
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-22 | 5-4 | 22-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 18-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 6-11 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 15-8 | 26-11 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 27-10 | 1-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 359, Neuchrist got to the 2nd round after beating Tiago Silva 6-1 6-3, Andrea Picchione 6-76 7-65 6-1 and Joao Domingues 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Neuchrist had a good straight sets win against Domingues (6-2 7-5). During the match Neuchrist scored 65 points vs Domingues’s 50. Neuchrist was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Neuchrist scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Maximilian Neuchrist lost the serve once. Furthermore, Neuchrist put 69% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Maximilian broke Domingues 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Maximilian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Most and M25 Sierre.
Neuchrist has a compiled 41-24 win-loss record in 2022, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 69 |
| Pts | 111-110 | 225-181 |
| Total Points | 221 | 406 |
| Winners | 48 | 111 |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% |
Skatov played 1 match while Neuchrist competed in 3 matches. Neuchrist started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Timofey Skatov surrendered 1 set, while Maximilian Neuchrist dropped 1 set. Skatov has played 4 set(s) less than Neuchrist (3 vs 7). Therefore, Skatov played 35 games less than Neuchrist. Skatov scored 48 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 111 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 82/112 | 139/199 |
| %1st in | 73% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 48/82 | 111/139 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 36/60 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 60% |
Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Neuchrist made 12 aces (4 per match). Skatov won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Neuchrist won 80% of the points on 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 | Skatov | Neuchrist |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 10/25 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 62% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Timofey broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Maximilian broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Maximilian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| R1 David |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 111-110 | 111-110 | |
| Total points | 221 | 221 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 82/112 | 82/112 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 48/82 | 48/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Neuchrist | |||||
| Q1 Silva |
Q3 Picchione |
R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-76 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 | 20 | 69 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 105-100 | 65-50 | 225-181 | |
| Total points | 86 | 205 | 115 | 406 | |
| Winners | 25 | 55 | 31 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 48% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/42 | 72/105 | 36/52 | 139/199 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 69% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 55/72 | 31/36 | 111/139 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 76% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 21/33 | 7/16 | 36/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 64% | 44% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/7 | 4/11 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 0% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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