Timofey Skatov and Hynek Barton will square off in the 2^nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT CENTRE. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timofey Skatov who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.37
Hynek Barton -> 2.93

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Hynek Barton

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

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 198, Skatov reached the 2^nd round after beating Franco Agamenone 7-5 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (7-5 6-2). During the match, Skatov scored 76 points vs Agamenone’s 64. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Skatov scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 8 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 52% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Agamenone 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Skatov has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (197-156). 29-12 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Skatov has a composed169-119 record in the last 8 years on clay.

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

The Kazakhstani has an overall 36-20 win-loss record in 2024, 29-12 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Sibiu Challenger

Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.

Hynek Barton

Ranked no. 470, the Czech got to the 2^nd round after defeating Marc Popescu 6-1 6-1, Ilya Snitari 6-0 4-6 6-0 and Guy Den Ouden 7-6(3) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Hynek had a good straight sets win against Den Ouden (7-6³ 6-4). During the match Barton scored 84 points vs Den Ouden’s 73. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Barton fired 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Hynek Barton lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Barton put 55% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Barton broke Den Ouden 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Vale do Lobo.

Hynek has an aggregate 23-17 win-loss record in 2024, 17-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Barton
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	20	59
Pts	76-64	232-166
Total Points	140	398
Winners	21	83
%Winners	28%	36%

Skatov played 1 match while Barton competed in 3 matches. Barton started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Hynek Barton dropped 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Skatov has played 5 set(s) less than Barton (2 vs 7). Therefore, Skatov played 39 games less than Barton. The Kazakhstani scored 21 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech made 83 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Barton
Aces	1	14
Avg per match	1	4.7
1st in	32/62	120/196
%1st in	52%	61%
1st pts	21/32	83/120
%1st pts	66%	69%
2nd pts	15/30	40/76
%2nd pts	50%	53%

Skatov scored 1 ace . Barton also made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Skatov won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Barton won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Skatov	Barton
Won	6	16
Converted	6/14	16/32
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	7	18
Saved	4	13
% Saved	57%	72%
Times Broken	3	5

Skatov broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Timofey lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Barton broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Agamenone	Total
Score	7-5 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	76-64	76-64
Total points	140	140
Winners	21	21
%Winners	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	32/62	32/62
% 1st in	52%	52%
1st pts	21/32	21/32
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	15/30	15/30
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/14	6/14
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4/7	4
Saved %	57%	57%
Times Broken	3	3

Barton
	Q1 Popescu	Q3 Snitari	R1 Den	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-0 4-6 6-0	7-63 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	14	22	23	59
pts	57-27	91-66	84-73	232-166
Total points	84	157	157	398
Winners	23	29	31	83
%Winners	40%	32%	37%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7	14
Double Faults	1	2	4	7
1st in	33/45	45/75	42/76	120/196
% 1st in	73%	60%	55%	61%
1st pts	23/33	29/45	31/42	83/120
% 1st pts	70%	64%	74%	69%
2nd pts	6/12	18/30	16/34	40/76
% 2nd pts	50%	60%	47%	53%
Breaks
Won	6	7	3	16
Converted	6/6	7/16	3/10	16/32
Converted %	100%	44%	30%	50%
Conceded	6	5	7	18
Saved	5/6	3/5	5/7	13
Saved %	83%	60%	71%	214%
Times Broken	1	2	2	5

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