Timofey Skatov and Sandro Kopp will face off in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 -> 1.5
Sandro Kopp -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Sandro Kopp
This will be the 2nd time that Timofey Skatov and Sandro Kopp face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Skatov won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Antalya back in 2020.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 37-14 | 3-1 | 34-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, Skatov got to the quarter after defeating Dennis Novak 7-65 6-75 6-1 and Alessandro Giannessi 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Giannessi (6-1 6-2). During the match, Skatov scored 61 points vs Giannessi’s 32. Skatov was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Skatov managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Timofey Skatov was quite effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Timofey broke Giannessi 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Timofey has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Skatov has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (166-141). 4-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Skatov has a composed144-108 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Timofey has a compiled 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.
Sandro Kopp
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-26 | 5-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 0-0 | 26-22 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 54-26 | 6-5 | 32-16 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-6 | 30-16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Sandro reached the quarter after defeating Josip Simundza 6-1 6-2, Petr Brunclik 6-1 6-2, Francesco Maestrelli 6-2 7-63 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-67 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kopp had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (7-67 6-2). During the match Kopp scored 72 points vs Kuzmanov’s 59. Sandro was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Kopp was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Sandro Kopp was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Austrian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kuzmanov 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kopp started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
The Austrian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Hammamet and M15 Porec.
Kopp has a composed 20-6 win-loss record in 2024, 15-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Kopp |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 72 |
| Pts | 173-131 | 268-202 |
| Total Points | 304 | 470 |
| Winners | 81 | 118 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Skatov played 2 matches while Kopp competed in 4 matches. Kopp started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Timofey Skatov conceded 1 set while Sandro Kopp hasn’t lost a set so far. Skatov has played 3 set(s) less than Kopp (5 vs 8). Therefore, Skatov played 24 games less than Kopp. Skatov scored 81 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kopp blasted 118 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Kopp |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 108/147 | 173/245 |
| %1st in | 73% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 81/108 | 118/173 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 27/39 | 38/72 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 53% |
Skatov recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kopp made 9 aces (2.3 per match). Skatov won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Kopp won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Kopp |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 18 |
| Converted | 8/24 | 18/32 |
| % Converted | 33% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 20 |
| Saved | 2 | 15 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Timofey surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kopp broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sandro conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | ||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-75 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 15 | 48 | |
| pts | 112-99 | 61-32 | 173-131 | |
| Total points | 211 | 93 | 304 | |
| Winners | 59 | 22 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 36% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 83/106 | 25/41 | 108/147 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 61% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 59/83 | 22/25 | 81/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 88% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 12/16 | 27/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 75% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kopp | ||||||
| Q1 Simundza |
Q3 Brunclik |
R1 Maestrelli |
R2 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 7-63 | 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 72 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-42 | 70-61 | 72-59 | 268-202 | |
| Total points | 103 | 105 | 131 | 131 | 470 | |
| Winners | 29 | 31 | 26 | 32 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% | 37% | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/53 | 44/55 | 43/69 | 45/68 | 173/245 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 80% | 62% | 66% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 31/44 | 26/43 | 32/45 | 118/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 60% | 71% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/12 | 4/11 | 16/26 | 14/23 | 38/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 36% | 62% | 61% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/11 | 4/8 | 3/3 | 18/32 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 45% | 50% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 2/3 | 6/8 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 75% | 75% | 149% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
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