Damir Dzumhur and Timofey Skatov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Barletta Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.42
Timofey Skatov -> 2.68

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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Timofey Skatov

This will be the 3^rd time that Damir Dzumhur and Timofey Skatov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Dzumhur won 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Australian Open back in January 2024.

Damir Dzumhur

Ranked no. 159, Dzumhur reached the semifinal after defeating Marius Copil 6-2 6-4, Andrea Picchione 6-4 6-3 and Francesco Maestrelli 6-1 6-0.

In the quarter, Damir had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-1 6-0). During the match, Dzumhur scored 54 points vs Maestrelli’s 22. Dzumhur was extremely aggressive to blast 14 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dzumhur was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Damir Dzumhur conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 53% of his first serves in, winning 70% (14/20) of the points behind his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Maestrelli 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Damir hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.

Dzumhur has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (325-267). 3-0 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Dzumhur has a composed 138-106 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Dzumhur’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Neuve Challenger and the Manama Challenger.

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

Previously in the Barletta Challenger

The Bosnian has never competed in this tournament before.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 277, Timofey got to the semifinal after beating Andrea Guerrieri 6-4 4-6 7-5, Filip Misolic 6-4 6-3 and Riccardo Bonadio 7-5 7-5.

In the quarter, Timofey had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (7-5 7-5). During the match Skatov scored 82 points vs Bonadio’s 73. Timofey was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about serving, Skatov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 58% of his first serves in, winning 76% (35/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Bonadio 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Timofey has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Skatov’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger.

Timofey has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dzumhur	Skatov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	50	75
Pts	181-119	273-250
Total Points	300	523
Winners	69	101
%Winners	38%	37%

Both Dzumhur and Skatov played 3 matches. At the moment, Timofey Skatov dropped 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Dzumhur has played 1 set(s) less than Skatov (6 vs 7). Therefore, Dzumhur played 25 games less than Skatov. Damir scored 69 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Timofey made 101 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dzumhur	Skatov
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	0.7	2
1st in	108/151	158/270
%1st in	72%	59%
1st pts	69/108	101/158
%1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	30/43	55/112
%2nd pts	70%	49%

Dzumhur scored 2 aces (0.7 per match). Skatov bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Dzumhur won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dzumhur	Skatov
Won	14	16
Converted	14/22	16/34
% Converted	64%	47%
Conceded	14	31
Saved	10	21
% Saved	71%	68%
Times Broken	4	10

Dzumhur broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Dzumhur conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Skatov broke his opponents 16 times with a 47% conversion rate. Skatov conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.

Dzumhur
	R1 Copil	R2 Picchione	1/4 Maestrelli	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-1 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	19	13	50
pts	61-49	66-48	54-22	181-119
Total points	110	114	76	300
Winners	28	27	14	69
%Winners	46%	41%	26%	38%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	0	2
Double Faults	1	0	0	1
1st in	45/61	43/52	20/38	108/151
% 1st in	74%	83%	53%	72%
1st pts	28/45	27/43	14/20	69/108
% 1st pts	62%	63%	70%	64%
2nd pts	10/16	5/9	15/18	30/43
% 2nd pts	63%	56%	83%	70%
Breaks
Won	4	5	5	14
Converted	4/6	5/10	5/6	14/22
Converted %	67%	50%	83%	64%
Conceded	5	6	3	14
Saved	4/5	3/6	3/3	10
Saved %	80%	50%	100%	77%
Times Broken	1	3	0	4

Skatov
	R1 Guerrieri	R2 Misolic	1/4 Bonadio	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 7-5	6-4 6-3	7-5 7-5
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	32	19	24	75
pts	122-117	69-60	82-73	273-250
Total points	239	129	155	523
Winners	40	26	35	101
%Winners	33%	38%	43%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	1	1	6
Double Faults	5	0	3	8
1st in	69/128	43/62	46/80	158/270
% 1st in	54%	69%	58%	59%
1st pts	40/69	26/43	35/46	101/158
% 1st pts	58%	60%	76%	64%
2nd pts	27/59	14/19	14/34	55/112
% 2nd pts	46%	74%	41%	49%
Breaks
Won	8	4	4	16
Converted	8/16	4/10	4/8	16/34
Converted %	50%	40%	50%	47%
Conceded	19	6	6	31
Saved	12/19	5/6	4/6	21
Saved %	63%	83%	67%	71%
Times Broken	7	1	2	10

Tennis Scores in Barletta Challenger

• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Harold MayotMayot – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
• Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Fabrizio Andaloro/Mariano TammaroAndaloro/Mariano Tammaro (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Harold MayotMayot – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction