Timofey Skatov and Dimitar Kuzmanov will play each other in the quarter of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 20. 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 -> 1.7
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.05

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov

This will be the 2^nd time that Timofey Skatov and Dimitar Kuzmanov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Skatov (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Skatov won 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the Rubber 1 in 3 back in 2023.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 182, Timofey reached the quarter after beating Keegan Smith 7-6(2) 6-3 and Ryan Peniston 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Peniston (6-4 6-4). During the match, Skatov scored 75 points vs Peniston’s 68. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Skatov struck 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 55% of his first serves in, winning 61% (28/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Peniston 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Skatov hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Skatov has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (203-165). 6-6 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Skatov has a compiled27-28 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Timofey has an overall 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger

Dimitar Kuzmanov

Ranked no. 376, Dimitar reached the quarter after beating Arthur Gea 6-3 6-3 and Giovanni Fonio 2-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Fonio, Dimitar recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kuzmanov scored 87 points vs Fonio’s 85. The Bulgarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

About the serving games, Kuzmanov fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (39/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Dimitar broke Fonio 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

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

The Bulgarian has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Kuzmanov
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	42	45
Pts	155-131	149-127
Total Points	286	276
Winners	58	64
%Winners	37%	43%

Both Skatov and Kuzmanov played 2 matches. At the moment, Dimitar Kuzmanov lost 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Skatov has played 1 set(s) less than Kuzmanov (4 vs 5). Therefore, Skatov played 3 games less than Kuzmanov. The Kazakhstani scored 58 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian managed to score 64 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Kuzmanov
Aces	2	3
Avg per match	1	1.5
1st in	83/151	94/141
%1st in	55%	67%
1st pts	58/83	64/94
%1st pts	70%	68%
2nd pts	39/68	25/47
%2nd pts	57%	53%

Skatov managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Kuzmanov struck 3 aces (1.5 per match). Skatov won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 68% of the points behind 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	Kuzmanov
Won	6	9
Converted	6/16	9/18
% Converted	38%	50%
Conceded	10	18
Saved	7	12
% Saved	70%	67%
Times Broken	3	6

Skatov broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Timofey surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitar broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	R1 Smith	R2 Peniston	Total
Score	7-62 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	20	42
pts	80-63	75-68	155-131
Total points	143	143	286
Winners	30	28	58
%Winners	38%	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2
Double Faults	4	4	8
1st in	37/68	46/83	83/151
% 1st in	54%	55%	55%
1st pts	30/37	28/46	58/83
% 1st pts	81%	61%	70%
2nd pts	21/31	18/37	39/68
% 2nd pts	68%	49%	57%
Breaks
Won	1	5	6
Converted	1/10	5/6	6/16
Converted %	10%	83%	38%
Conceded	1	9	10
Saved	1/1	6/9	7
Saved %	100%	67%	84%
Times Broken	0	3	3

Kuzmanov
	R1 Gea	R2 Fonio	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	2-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	27	45
pts	62-42	87-85	149-127
Total points	104	172	276
Winners	25	39	64
%Winners	40%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3
Double Faults	0	1	1
1st in	35/55	59/86	94/141
% 1st in	64%	69%	67%
1st pts	25/35	39/59	64/94
% 1st pts	71%	66%	68%
2nd pts	11/20	14/27	25/47
% 2nd pts	55%	52%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/7	4/11	9/18
Converted %	71%	36%	50%
Conceded	5	13	18
Saved	3/5	9/13	12
Saved %	60%	69%	65%
Times Broken	2	4	6

Tennis Scores in Hersonissos 2 Challenger

• Stefanos Sakellaridis/Petros TsitsipasSakellaridis/Petros Tsitsipas – Alex Jones/Miles JonesJones/Miles Jones (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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