Henri Squire and Timofey Skatov will face off in the semifinal of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.86
Henri Squire -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Henri Squire vs. Timofey Skatov

There is no head to head record between Henri Squire and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Henri Squire

Ranked no. 235 (career-high), Squire reached the semifinal after beating Gabriel Diallo 6-2 5-7 6-4, Jelle Sels 7-6⁴ 6-2 and Dennis Novak 6-3 6-2

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In the quarter, Squire had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-3 6-2). During the match, Squire scored 67 points vs Novak’s 48. Henri was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Squire made 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Henri Squire lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Squire put 49% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Novak 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Henri has lost 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.

Squire has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (155-113). 6-3 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Squire has a composed72-61 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Hamburg Challenger where he defeated Clement Chidekh in the final 6-4 6-2.

Squire has a composed 23-13 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ostrava Challenger

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 271, Skatov reached the semifinal after defeating Jan Kumstat 6-1 6-2, Daniel Rincon 7-6³ 3-6 6-3 and Zdenek Kolar w/o.

In the quarter, Skatov defeated Kolar (w/o). During the match Skatov and Kolar scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 235 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Skatov was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

About the serving games, Skatov was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Timofey Skatov conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Skatov has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Skatov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Ostrava Challenger

Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Squire	Skatov
Match played	3	2
Tot Set	7	5
Tot Games	68	46
Pts	240-192	170-136
Total Points	432	306
Winners	93	64
%Winners	39%	38%

Squire played 3 matches while Skatov competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Henri Squire dropped 1 set, while Timofey Skatov lost 1 set. Squire has played 2 sets more than Skatov (7 vs 5). Therefore, Squire played 22 games more than Skatov. The German scored 93 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 64 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Squire	Skatov
Aces	12	4
Avg per match	4	2
1st in	124/230	90/141
%1st in	54%	64%
1st pts	93/124	64/90
%1st pts	75%	71%
2nd pts	49/106	28/51
%2nd pts	46%	55%

Squire made 12 aces (4 per match). Skatov recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Squire won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Squire	Skatov
Won	15	9
Converted	15/28	9/24
% Converted	54%	38%
Conceded	22	9
Saved	14	5
% Saved	64%	56%
Times Broken	8	4

The German broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Henri surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Timofey broke his opponents 9 times with a 38% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Squire
	R1 Diallo	R2 Sels	1/4 Novak	Total
Score	6-2 5-7 6-4	7-64 6-2	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	30	21	17	68
pts	97-87	76-57	67-48	240-192
Total points	184	133	115	432
Winners	41	26	26	93
%Winners	42%	34%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	4	2	12
Double Faults	6	4	7	17
1st in	55/101	37/64	32/65	124/230
% 1st in	54%	58%	49%	54%
1st pts	41/55	26/37	26/32	93/124
% 1st pts	75%	70%	81%	75%
2nd pts	19/46	15/27	15/33	49/106
% 2nd pts	41%	56%	45%	46%
Breaks
Won	6	5	4	15
Converted	6/11	5/9	4/8	15/28
Converted %	55%	56%	50%	54%
Conceded	11	8	3	22
Saved	7/11	5/8	2/3	14
Saved %	64%	63%	67%	65%
Times Broken	4	3	1	8

Skatov
	R1 Kumstat	R2 Rincon	1/4 Kolar	Total
Score	6-1 6-2	7-63 3-6 6-3	w/o
Tot Set	2	3	–	5
Tot Games	15	31	–	46
pts	59-32	111-104	–	170-136
Total points	91	215	–	306
Winners	19	45	–	64
%Winners	32%	41%	–	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	–	4
Double Faults	0	5	–	5
1st in	24/36	66/105	–	90/141
% 1st in	67%	63%	–	64%
1st pts	19/24	45/66	–	64/90
% 1st pts	79%	68%	–	71%
2nd pts	10/12	18/39	–	28/51
% 2nd pts	83%	46%	–	55%
Breaks
Won	5	4	–	9
Converted	5/10	4/14	–	9/24
Converted %	50%	29%	–	38%
Conceded	0	9	–	9
Saved	0/0	5/9	–	5
Saved %	–	56%	–	19%
Times Broken	0	4	–	4

Tennis Scores in Ostrava Challenger

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