Timofey Skatov and Aslan Karatsev will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Chennai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 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 Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.38
Timofey Skatov -> 2.85

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Aslan Karatsev

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

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 202, Timofey reached the 2^nd round after beating Hynek Barton 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Barton (6-4 6-4). During the match, Skatov scored 66 points vs Barton’s 49. Timofey was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Skatov managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Timofey Skatov was quite effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Skatov broke Barton 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Skatov has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (198-162). 1-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Skatov has an overall22-25 record in the last 9 years on hard.

The Kazakhstani has an overall 1-3 win-loss record in 2025, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chennai Challenger

Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.

Aslan Karatsev

Ranked no. 225, Aslan got to the 2^nd round after defeating Corentin Denolly 7-6(4) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Aslan had a good straight sets win against Denolly (7-6⁴ 6-4). During the match Karatsev scored 79 points vs Denolly’s 73. Aslan was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

About the serving games, Karatsev managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (37/52) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karatsev broke Denolly twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Gregoire Barrere in the final 7-6(5) 7-5.

The Russian has a composed 7-2 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Karatsev
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	23
Pts	66-49	79-73
Total Points	115	152
Winners	24	37
%Winners	36%	47%

Both Skatov and Karatsev played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Skatov and Karatsev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Skatov played 3 games less than Karatsev. Skatov scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Aslan managed to score 37 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Karatsev
Aces	3	9
Avg per match	3	9
1st in	29/49	52/83
%1st in	59%	63%
1st pts	24/29	37/52
%1st pts	83%	71%
2nd pts	13/20	18/31
%2nd pts	65%	58%

Skatov made 3 aces . Karatsev recorded 9 aces . Skatov won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Skatov	Karatsev
Won	3	2
Converted	3/10	2/3
% Converted	30%	67%
Conceded	1	7
Saved	0	6
% Saved	0%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Timofey broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Karatsev broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Barton	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	66-49	66-49
Total points	115	115
Winners	24	24
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	29/49	29/49
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	24/29	24/29
% 1st pts	83%	83%
2nd pts	13/20	13/20
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/10	3/10
Converted %	30%	30%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Karatsev
	R1 Denolly	Total
Score	7-64 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	79-73	79-73
Total points	152	152
Winners	37	37
%Winners	47%	47%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	6	6
1st in	52/83	52/83
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	37/52	37/52
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	18/31	18/31
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/3	2/3
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	6/7	6
Saved %	86%	86%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger

• Elias YmerYmer – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-5 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Billy HarrisHarris – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Lloyd HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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