Timofey Skatov and August Holmgren will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CENTRAL EUPAGO. In the following lines 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.64
August Holmgren -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. August Holmgren

There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 189, the Kazakhstani got to the 2^nd round after defeating Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Timofey had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-3 6-3). During the match, Skatov scored 68 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 49. Timofey was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Regarding the service games, Skatov recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Timofey Skatov was very efficient on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Ferreira Silva 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Skatov has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (193-153). 2-4 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Skatov has a compiled18-19 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Augsburg Challenger where he overcame Elmer Moller in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3.

The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 32-17 win-loss record in 2024, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

The Kazakhstani has never competed in this tournament before.

August Holmgren

Ranked no. 249, August reached the 2^nd round after defeating Michael Geerts 6-4 1-6 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Dane defeated Geerts (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match Holmgren and Geerts scored the same amount of points (79). However, the world no. 189 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. August was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Holmgren made 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. August Holmgren lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Holmgren put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Holmgren broke Geerts 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he beat Antoine Escoffier in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Holmgren has an aggregate 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Holmgren
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	18	26
Pts	68-49	79-79
Total Points	117	158
Winners	25	33
%Winners	37%	42%

Both Skatov and Holmgren played 1 match. At the moment, August Holmgren surrendered 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Skatov has played 1 set(s) less than Holmgren (2 vs 3). Therefore, Skatov played 8 games less than Holmgren. The Kazakhstani scored 25 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, August struck 33 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Holmgren
Aces	5	6
Avg per match	5	6
1st in	31/58	47/77
%1st in	53%	61%
1st pts	25/31	33/47
%1st pts	81%	70%
2nd pts	14/27	17/30
%2nd pts	52%	57%

Skatov struck 5 aces . Holmgren struck 6 aces . Skatov won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Skatov	Holmgren
Won	4	3
Converted	4/8	3/9
% Converted	50%	33%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8	6
% Saved	89%	67%
Times Broken	1	3

The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Ferreira Silva	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	68-49	68-49
Total points	117	117
Winners	25	25
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/58	31/58
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	25/31	25/31
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Holmgren
	R1 Geerts	Total
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	26	26
pts	79-79	79-79
Total points	158	158
Winners	33	33
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	47/77	47/77
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	33/47	33/47
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	17/30	17/30
% 2nd pts	57%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

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