Timofey Skatov and Max Houkes will square off in the qualifications of the Tunis Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. 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 2 sets.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.35
Max Houkes -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Max Houkes
This will be the 3rd time that Timofey Skatov and Max Houkes face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Skatov and Houkes (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Houkes won 7-6(1) 7-6(4) in the 1st round in the Amersfoort Challenger back in 2022.
Timofey Skatov
13 - 9win/loss
191
123
| 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. 247, the Kazakhstani reached the qualifications after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Kwon (6-4 6-3). During the match, Skatov scored 72 points vs Kwon’s 57. Timofey was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Skatov scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Timofey Skatov was very effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Kwon 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Skatov has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (173-145). 11-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has a composed151-112 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Skatov’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger,the Barletta Challenger and the Ostrava Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 12-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 405, Houkes got to the qualifications after defeating Sandro Kopp 6-0 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Max defeated Kopp (6-0 2-6 6-4). During the match Houkes scored 91 points vs Kopp’s 74. Max was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Houkes fired 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 55% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (19/40) on the 2nd serve. Houkes broke Kopp 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Max’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The Dutch has a composed 12-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 |
| Pts | 72-57 | 91-74 |
| Total Points | 129 | 165 |
| Winners | 19 | 35 |
| %Winners | 26% | 38% |
Both Skatov and Houkes played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Houkes surrendered 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Skatov has played 1 set(s) less than Houkes (2 vs 3). Therefore, Skatov played 5 games less than Houkes. Timofey scored 19 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 35 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 48/88 |
| %1st in | 52% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 19/40 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 48% |
Skatov managed to score 4 aces . Houkes struck 7 aces . Skatov won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 36% | 71% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Houkes conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| Q1 Kwon | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-57 | 72-57 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Houkes | |||
| Q1 Kopp | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 91-74 | 91-74 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 48/88 | 48/88 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/40 | 19/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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