Billy Harris and Timofey Skatov will square off in the quarter of the Chennai Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Billy Harris who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Billy Harris is the pick to win this match.
Billy Harris -> 1.58
Timofey Skatov -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Billy Harris vs. Timofey Skatov

This will be the 2^nd time that Billy Harris and Timofey Skatov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Skatov won 4-6 6-0 6-3 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2024.

Billy Harris

Ranked no. 129, Harris got to the quarter after beating Eric Vanshelboim 7-5 6-2 and Ergi Kirkin 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Harris had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-3 6-3). During the match, Harris scored 56 points vs Kirkin’s 43. Harris was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Harris bagged 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Billy Harris lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Harris put 63% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Brit was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kirkin 4 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Harris has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (359-232). 4-4 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Harris has a compiled 153-95 record in the last years on hard.

Billy has a composed 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Chennai Challenger

Billy has never competed in this tournament before.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 202, the Kazakhstani got to the quarter after beating Hynek Barton 6-4 6-4 and Aslan Karatsev 6-4 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Timofey had a good straight sets win against Karatsev (6-4 7-5). During the match Skatov scored 75 points vs Karatsev’s 66. Skatov was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Skatov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Timofey Skatov was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (32/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Timofey broke Karatsev 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Skatov hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Timofey has a compiled 2-3 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Harris	Skatov
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	38	42
Pts	120-97	141-115
Total Points	217	256
Winners	52	56
%Winners	43%	40%

Both Harris and Skatov played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Harris and Skatov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Harris played 4 games less than Skatov. Harris scored 52 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Timofey struck 56 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Harris	Skatov
Aces	10	4
Avg per match	5	2
1st in	69/118	71/117
%1st in	58%	61%
1st pts	52/69	56/71
%1st pts	75%	79%
2nd pts	21/49	28/46
%2nd pts	43%	61%

Harris bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Skatov bagged 4 aces (2 per match). Harris won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Harris	Skatov
Won	10	6
Converted	10/11	6/18
% Converted	91%	33%
Conceded	14	7
Saved	10	5
% Saved	71%	71%
Times Broken	4	2

The Brit broke his opponents 10 times with a 91% conversion rate. Billy conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Timofey broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Harris
	R1 Vanshelboim	R2 Kirkin	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	18	38
pts	64-54	56-43	120-97
Total points	118	99	217
Winners	23	29	52
%Winners	36%	52%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	8	10
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	35/64	34/54	69/118
% 1st in	55%	63%	58%
1st pts	23/35	29/34	52/69
% 1st pts	66%	85%	75%
2nd pts	13/29	8/20	21/49
% 2nd pts	45%	40%	43%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/7	4/4	10/11
Converted %	86%	100%	91%
Conceded	8	6	14
Saved	5/8	5/6	10
Saved %	63%	83%	73%
Times Broken	3	1	4

Skatov
	R1 Barton	R2 Karatsev	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	20	22	42
pts	66-49	75-66	141-115
Total points	115	141	256
Winners	24	32	56
%Winners	36%	43%	40%
SERVE
Aces	3	1	4
Double Faults	3	2	5
1st in	29/49	42/68	71/117
% 1st in	59%	62%	61%
1st pts	24/29	32/42	56/71
% 1st pts	83%	76%	79%
2nd pts	13/20	15/26	28/46
% 2nd pts	65%	58%	61%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/10	3/8	6/18
Converted %	30%	38%	33%
Conceded	1	6	7
Saved	0/1	5/6	5
Saved %	0%	83%	42%
Times Broken	1	1	2

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