Timofey Skatov and Daniel Masur will square off in the semifinal of the Augsburg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am 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 Timofey Skatov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.55
Daniel Masur -> 2.31

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Daniel Masur

There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Daniel Masur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 242, the Kazakhstani reached the semifinal after beating Mohamed Safwat 6-4 6-3, Norbert Gombos 6-4 2-6 6-1 and Toby Alex Kodat 7-6⁴ 6-4.

In the quarter, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Alex Kodat (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match, Skatov scored 72 points vs Alex Kodat’s 66. Skatov was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Regarding the service games, Skatov wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 59% (27/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Alex Kodat 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Timofey has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Skatov has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (179-146). 17-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has an aggregate157-113 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger,the Barletta Challenger and the Ostrava Challenger.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 18-10 win-loss record in 2024, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Augsburg Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

Daniel Masur

Ranked no. 310, Masur reached the semifinal after defeating Michael Geerts 6-1 5-7 6-4, Vilius Gaubas 7-6⁵ 6-3 and Lucas Gerch 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Gerch (6-3 6-2). During the match Masur scored 57 points vs Gerch’s 41. Masur was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Masur scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Daniel Masur lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Masur put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (23/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. Masur broke Gerch 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Masur’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Cadolzburg,M25 Nussloch,M25 Trento and the Lugano Challenger.

Masur has an aggregate 32-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Augsburg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Masur
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	7
Tot Games	67	68
Pts	226-198	233-196
Total Points	424	429
Winners	85	94
%Winners	38%	40%

Both Skatov and Masur played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Timofey Skatov surrendered 1 set, while Daniel Masur surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Skatov and Masur have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Skatov played 1 game less than Masur. Skatov scored 85 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel recorded 94 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Masur
Aces	7	15
Avg per match	2.3	5
1st in	122/213	128/216
%1st in	57%	59%
1st pts	85/122	94/128
%1st pts	70%	73%
2nd pts	49/91	43/88
%2nd pts	54%	49%

Skatov fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Masur managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Skatov won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Masur won 73% 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	Skatov	Masur
Won	11	15
Converted	11/21	15/28
% Converted	52%	54%
Conceded	20	23
Saved	14	15
% Saved	70%	65%
Times Broken	6	8

Skatov broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Timofey dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 15 times with a 54% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Safwat	R2 Gombos	1/4 Alex	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-4 2-6 6-1	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	25	23	67
pts	70-55	84-77	72-66	226-198
Total points	125	161	138	424
Winners	22	36	27	85
%Winners	31%	43%	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	6	0	7
Double Faults	4	4	3	11
1st in	29/50	47/89	46/74	122/213
% 1st in	58%	53%	62%	57%
1st pts	22/29	36/47	27/46	85/122
% 1st pts	76%	77%	59%	70%
2nd pts	15/21	21/42	13/28	49/91
% 2nd pts	71%	50%	46%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3	5	11
Converted	3/6	3/9	5/6	11/21
Converted %	50%	33%	83%	52%
Conceded	0	10	10	20
Saved	0/0	8/10	6/10	14
Saved %	–	80%	60%	47%
Times Broken	0	2	4	6

Masur
	R1 Geerts	R2 Gaubas	1/4 Gerch	Total
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4	7-65 6-3	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	29	22	17	68
pts	99-85	77-70	57-41	233-196
Total points	184	147	98	429
Winners	38	33	23	94
%Winners	38%	43%	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	10	3	2	15
Double Faults	3	5	1	9
1st in	49/85	44/77	35/54	128/216
% 1st in	58%	57%	65%	59%
1st pts	38/49	33/44	23/35	94/128
% 1st pts	78%	75%	66%	73%
2nd pts	17/36	14/33	12/19	43/88
% 2nd pts	47%	42%	63%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5	5	15
Converted	5/12	5/10	5/6	15/28
Converted %	42%	50%	83%	54%
Conceded	4	8	11	23
Saved	1/4	4/8	10/11	15
Saved %	25%	50%	91%	55%
Times Broken	3	4	1	8

Tennis Scores in Augsburg Challenger

• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Lucas GerchGerch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Lucas GerchGerch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Daniel MasurMasur (0-0) – H2H and prediction