Timofey Skatov and Daniel Cukierman will play each other in the qualifications of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on PISTA 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 Timofey Skatov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.26
Daniel Cukierman -> 3.55
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Daniel Cukierman
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Daniel Cukierman since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-10 | 6-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-23 | 5-7 | 29-14 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 6-4 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 4-3 | 30-27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 0-2 | 33-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175, Timofey reached the qualifications after beating Arthur Gea 6-2 7-6(6).
In the qualifications, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-2 7-66). During the match, Skatov scored 70 points vs Gea’s 57. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Skatov scored 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Gea 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Skatov has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (204-167). 1-1 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Skatov has a compiled170-122 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Timofey has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Daniel Cukierman
3 - 5win/loss
676
339
LLWLWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-18 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-25 | 17-11 | 6-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 39-14 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 3-4 | 20-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 609, Cukierman reached the qualifications after defeating Valentin Vacherot 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Vacherot (6-3 6-3). During the match Cukierman scored 77 points vs Vacherot’s 62. The Israeli was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Cukierman made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniel Cukierman lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Cukierman put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Vacherot 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Cukierman has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 |
| Pts | 70-57 | 77-62 |
| Total Points | 127 | 139 |
| Winners | 29 | 34 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Skatov and Cukierman played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Skatov and Cukierman have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Skatov played 3 games more than Cukierman. The Kazakhstani scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cukierman blasted 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 42/58 | 51/79 |
| %1st in | 72% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 34/51 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Skatov struck 2 aces . Cukierman bagged 2 aces . Skatov won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Cukierman won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Cukierman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 25% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Kazakhstani broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Timofey lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Israeli broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Cukierman conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| Q1 Gea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 42/58 | 42/58 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cukierman | |||
| Q1 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 77-62 | 77-62 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 51/79 | 51/79 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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