Timofey Skatov and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the quarter of the Seville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.31
Valentin Royer -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Timofey Skatov and Valentin Royer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Skatov won 6-1 6-1 in the quarter in M15 Melilla back in 2020.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-14 | 1-4 | 19-9 | 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. 129, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after defeating Daniel Michalski 6-1 5-7 6-3 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-2 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Timofey defeated Kukushkin (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match, Skatov scored 95 points vs Kukushkin’s 82. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Skatov bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Timofey Skatov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 77% of his first serves in, winning 67% (47/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Timofey has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Skatov has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (160-130). 22-18 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Skatov has an aggregate139-103 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Timofey’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Concepcion Challenger.
Skatov has a compiled 28-23 win-loss record in 2023, 22-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seville Challenger
Valentin Royer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-17 | 2-1 | 22-9 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, Royer reached the quarter after beating Mario Gonzalez Fernandez 6-3 7-64, Hernan Casanova 3-3 ret. and Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-4 7-67.
In the 2nd round, Royer had a good straight sets win against Diaz Acosta (6-4 7-67). During the match Royer scored 74 points vs Diaz Acosta’s 64. Valentin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Royer managed to score 7 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Royer was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Valentin broke Diaz Acosta twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Royer’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio and M15 Rabat.
Royer has a compiled 33-14 win-loss record in 2023, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seville Challenger
Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 51 |
| Pts | 198-160 | 188-161 |
| Total Points | 358 | 349 |
| Winners | 84 | 81 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Skatov played 2 matches while Royer competed in 3 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Timofey Skatov lost 2 sets while Valentin Royer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Skatov and Royer have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Skatov played 5 games more than Royer. Skatov scored 84 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The French player fired 81 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 126/173 | 108/175 |
| %1st in | 73% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 84/126 | 81/108 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 31/47 | 34/67 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 51% |
Skatov recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Royer bagged 15 aces (5 per match). Skatov won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/15 | 6/18 |
| % Converted | 60% | 33% |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 |
| Saved | 8 | 8 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Skatov broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Skatov conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Valentin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | ||||
| R1 Michalski |
R2 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-3 | 6-2 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| pts | 103-78 | 95-82 | 198-160 | |
| Total points | 181 | 177 | 358 | |
| Winners | 37 | 47 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 56/82 | 70/91 | 126/173 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 77% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 37/56 | 47/70 | 84/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/26 | 13/21 | 31/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 62% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 57% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 60% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Royer | |||||
| Q3 Gonzalez |
R1 Casanova |
R2 Diaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 3-3 ret. | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 6 | 23 | 51 | |
| pts | 92-76 | 22-21 | 74-64 | 188-161 | |
| Total points | 168 | 43 | 138 | 349 | |
| Winners | 39 | 8 | 34 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/87 | 12/17 | 44/71 | 108/175 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 71% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 8/12 | 34/44 | 81/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 67% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 2/5 | 17/27 | 34/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 40% | 63% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 1/5 | 2/3 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 20% | 67% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/1 | 5/6 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 83% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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