Otto Virtanen and Timofey Skatov will play each other in the qualifications of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 7. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.49
Otto Virtanen -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Timofey Skatov
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-15 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 16-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Virtanen got to the qualifications after defeating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Otto had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-4 6-4). During the match, Virtanen scored 66 points vs Escoffier’s 54. Otto was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Virtanen managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Otto Virtanen was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Virtanen broke Escoffier twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Virtanen has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (147-91). 2-6 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Virtanen has a compiled37-38 record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5) and the Lille Challenger where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
Otto has an overall 18-14 win-loss record in 2023, 2-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-14 | 1-4 | 20-9 | 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. 147, the Kazakhstani reached the qualifications after beating Gabriel Diallo 6-4 7-66.
In the qualifications, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Diallo (6-4 7-66). During the match Skatov scored 81 points vs Diallo’s 72. Skatov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Skatov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Diallo 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Timofey’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Concepcion Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has a composed 13-12 win-loss record in 2023, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Virtanen | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 66-54 | 81-72 |
| Total Points | 120 | 153 |
| Winners | 25 | 37 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Virtanen and Skatov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Virtanen and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Virtanen played 3 games less than Skatov. The Finn scored 25 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 37 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Virtanen | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 58/79 |
| %1st in | 51% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 37/58 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 62% |
Virtanen bagged 3 aces . Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Virtanen won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Virtanen | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Virtanen broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Finn was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Timofey broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Virtanen | |||
| Q1 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/63 | 32/63 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Skatov | |||
| Q1 Diallo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 81-72 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/79 | 58/79 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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