Timofey Skatov and Nicolas Mejia will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Concepcion Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. 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 -> 1.285
Nicolas Mejia -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Nicolas Mejia
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Nicolas Mejia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 144, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after beating Tung-Lin Wu 7-5 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Wu (7-5 7-66). During the match, Skatov scored 87 points vs Wu’s 76. The Kazakhstani was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Skatov bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Wu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Skatov has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (135-109). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Skatov has a compiled118-85 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Skatov has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Concepcion Challenger
Skatov has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Mejia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 18-20 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-33 | 6-13 | 18-18 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-35 | 13-12 | 15-13 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-28 | 16-10 | 5-13 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260, the Colombian reached the 2nd round after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-3 7-64 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 7-65 5-7 7-66.
In the 1st round, Mejia defeated Alberto Olivieri (7-65 5-7 7-66).During the match Mejia scored less points (5) than Alberto Olivieri. In fact, the world no. 144 won 119 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s. That means that Mejia was more focused during the important points. The Colombian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Mejia made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Mejia lost the serve 7 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mejia put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (40/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (26/48) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Alberto Olivieri 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Mejia has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 60 |
| Pts | 87-76 | 195-191 |
| Total Points | 163 | 386 |
| Winners | 37 | 80 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Skatov played 1 match while Mejia competed in 2 matches. Mejia started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nicolas Mejia dropped 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Skatov has played 3 set(s) less than Mejia (2 vs 5). Therefore, Skatov played 35 games less than Mejia. The Kazakhstani scored 37 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Mejia bagged 80 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 55/85 | 120/186 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 80/120 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 33/66 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 50% |
Skatov recorded 3 aces . Mejia blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Skatov won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Mejia won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Mejia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
Timofey broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Colombian broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| R1 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 87-76 | 87-76 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/85 | 55/85 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 13/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Mejia | |||||
| Q1 Prihodko |
Q3 Boscardin |
R1 Alberto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 7-5 6-73 6-4 | 7-65 5-7 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 35 | 38 | 95 | |
| pts | 76-67 | – | 119-124 | 195-191 | |
| Total points | 143 | 0 | 243 | 386 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | 80 | ||
| %Winners | 53% | 0% | 34% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 56/74 | / | 64/112 | 120/186 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 0% | 57% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 40/56 | / | 40/64 | 80/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 0% | 63% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | / | 26/48 | 33/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 0% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| Converted | 3/6 | / | 6/14 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 43% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/ | 3/10 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 30% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLLLLL Tennis Scores in Concepcion Challenger
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Andrea CollariniCollarini (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-74 6-1 7-65) – See score progression
- Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (1-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (7-65 5-7 7-66) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Mariano NavoneNavone (1-6 7-60 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-1 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Matias SotoSoto (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera (1-6 7-6(5) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Hugo DellienDellien (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (1-1) – H2H and prediction
