Adrian Andreev and Timofey Skatov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Zadar Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Adrian Andreev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Adrian Andreev is the pick to win this match.
Adrian Andreev -> 1.82
Timofey Skatov -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Adrian Andreev vs. Timofey Skatov

This will be the 3^rd time that Adrian Andreev and Timofey Skatov face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Andreev and Skatov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Skatov won 6-1 3-1 ret. in the qualifications in Estoril back in 2023.

Adrian Andreev

Ranked no. 254, the Bulgarian reached the semifinal after defeating Manuel Guinard 6-1 6-4, Matej Dodig 6-4 4-6 6-1 and Enrico Dalla Valle 3-6 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter against Dalla Valle, Adrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Andreev scored 92 points vs Dalla Valle’s 84. Adrian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Andreev scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Adrian Andreev lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Andreev put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Andreev broke Dalla Valle 6 times after converting 33% of his break points (6/18).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bulgarian has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Andreev has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (166-126). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Andreev has a compiled102-61 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Andreev has a compiled 13-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Zadar Challenger

The Bulgarian has never competed in this tournament before.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 273, the Kazakhstani got to the semifinal after defeating Dennis Novak 7-6⁵ 6-7⁵ 6-1, Alessandro Giannessi 6-1 6-2 and Sandro Kopp 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter against Kopp, Timofey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Skatov scored 98 points vs Kopp’s 82. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Skatov recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Timofey Skatov was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Timofey broke Kopp 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Timofey has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Skatov has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Andreev	Skatov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	71	77
Pts	241-197	271-213
Total Points	438	484
Winners	89	125
%Winners	37%	46%

Both Andreev and Skatov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Adrian Andreev surrendered 2 sets, while Timofey Skatov dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Andreev and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Andreev played 6 games less than Skatov. The Bulgarian scored 89 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Skatov fired 125 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Andreev	Skatov
Aces	10	7
Avg per match	3.3	2.3
1st in	124/197	168/225
%1st in	63%	75%
1st pts	89/124	125/168
%1st pts	72%	74%
2nd pts	39/73	39/57
%2nd pts	53%	68%

Andreev bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Skatov scored 7 aces (2.3 per match). Andreev won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Andreev	Skatov
Won	16	12
Converted	16/38	12/31
% Converted	42%	39%
Conceded	22	9
Saved	14	4
% Saved	64%	44%
Times Broken	8	5

Andreev broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. Andreev conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.

Andreev
	R1 Guinard	R2 Dodig	1/4 Dalla Valle	Total
Score	6-1 6-4	6-4 4-6 6-1	3-6 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	17	27	27	71
pts	57-32	92-81	92-84	241-197
Total points	89	173	176	438
Winners	28	29	32	89
%Winners	49%	32%	35%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	1	10
Double Faults	0	1	1	2
1st in	35/46	41/79	48/72	124/197
% 1st in	76%	52%	67%	63%
1st pts	28/35	29/41	32/48	89/124
% 1st pts	80%	71%	67%	72%
2nd pts	9/11	18/38	12/24	39/73
% 2nd pts	82%	47%	50%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	7	6	16
Converted	3/6	7/14	6/18	16/38
Converted %	50%	50%	33%	42%
Conceded	1	13	8	22
Saved	1/1	9/13	4/8	14
Saved %	100%	69%	50%	73%
Times Broken	0	4	4	8

Skatov
	R1 Novak	R2 Giannessi	1/4 Kopp	Total
Score	7-65 6-75 6-1	6-1 6-2	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	33	15	29	77
pts	112-99	61-32	98-82	271-213
Total points	211	93	180	484
Winners	59	22	44	125
%Winners	53%	36%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	4	7
Double Faults	1	1	1	3
1st in	83/106	25/41	60/78	168/225
% 1st in	78%	61%	77%	75%
1st pts	59/83	22/25	44/60	125/168
% 1st pts	71%	88%	73%	74%
2nd pts	15/23	12/16	12/18	39/57
% 2nd pts	65%	75%	67%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	12
Converted	4/12	4/12	4/7	12/31
Converted %	33%	33%	57%	39%
Conceded	3	1	5	9
Saved	1/3	1/1	2/5	4
Saved %	33%	100%	40%	58%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Tennis Scores in Zadar Challenger

• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Sandro KoppKopp (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-3 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Manuel Guinard/Gregoire JacqGuinard/Gregoire Jacq – Scott Duncan/Marcus WillisDuncan/Marcus Willis (7-6³ 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Constantin Frantzen/Hendrik JebensFrantzen/Hendrik Jebens (6-3 3-6 10-6) – See score progression
• Nikola Cacic/Denys MolchanovCacic/Denys Molchanov – Jonas Forejtek/Michael VrbenskyForejtek/Michael Vrbensky (6-7⁴ 6-2 13-11) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Timofey SkatovSkatov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-0) – H2H and prediction