Timofey Skatov and Radu Albot will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Girona Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on PISTA 4. 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 -> 1.4
Radu Albot -> 2.77

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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Radu Albot

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

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 175, Timofey reached the 2^nd round after beating Arthur Gea 6-2 7-6(6), Daniel Cukierman 6-0 6-3 and Hugo Dellien 6-1 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Dellien (6-1 6-3). During the match, Skatov scored 65 points vs Dellien’s 43. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Skatov made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Timofey Skatov was very effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Kazakhstani broke Dellien 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Skatov has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (206-167). 3-1 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Skatov has a compiled172-122 match record in the last 9 years on clay.

Skatov has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Girona Challenger

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 189, Albot got to the 2^nd round after defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Ramos-Vinolas, Albot recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Albot scored 97 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 89. Albot was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Albot was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Ramos-Vinolas 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

The Moldovan has a compiled 2-8 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Girona Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Skatov	Albot
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	6	3
Tot Games	52	29
Pts	198-137	97-89
Total Points	335	186
Winners	73	40
%Winners	37%	41%

Skatov played 3 matches while Albot competed in 1 match. Skatov started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Radu Albot surrendered 1 set while Timofey Skatov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Skatov has played 3 sets more than Albot (6 vs 3). Therefore, Skatov played 23 games more than Albot. Skatov scored 73 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Radu made 40 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Skatov	Albot
Aces	4	0
Avg per match	1.3	0
1st in	100/143	58/90
%1st in	70%	64%
1st pts	73/100	40/58
%1st pts	73%	69%
2nd pts	26/43	15/32
%2nd pts	60%	47%

Skatov recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Albot didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Skatov won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Skatov	Albot
Won	15	5
Converted	15/27	5/9
% Converted	56%	56%
Conceded	7	11
Saved	3	7
% Saved	43%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Timofey broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Moldovan broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Albot conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Skatov
	Q1 Gea	Q3 Cukierman	R1 Dellien	Total
Score	6-2 7-66	6-0 6-3	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	15	16	52
pts	70-57	63-37	65-43	198-137
Total points	127	100	108	335
Winners	29	16	28	73
%Winners	41%	25%	43%	37%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2	4
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	42/58	21/33	37/52	100/143
% 1st in	72%	64%	71%	70%
1st pts	29/42	16/21	28/37	73/100
% 1st pts	69%	76%	76%	73%
2nd pts	9/16	8/12	9/15	26/43
% 2nd pts	56%	67%	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	6	4	15
Converted	5/10	6/8	4/9	15/27
Converted %	50%	75%	44%	56%
Conceded	4	1	2	7
Saved	1/4	0/1	2/2	3
Saved %	25%	0%	100%	42%
Times Broken	3	1	0	4

Albot
	R1 Ramos-Vinolas	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	97-89	97-89
Total points	186	186
Winners	40	40
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	58/90	58/90
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	40/58	40/58
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	15/32	15/32
% 2nd pts	47%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/9	5/9
Converted %	56%	56%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	21%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger

• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Titouan DroguetDroguet (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Sebastian OfnerOfner – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Hugo DellienDellien (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Filip MisolicMisolic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Henri SquireSquire (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Henrique RochaRocha (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Radu AlbotAlbot – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Justin EngelEngel (6-4 3-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Federico CoriaCoria (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Benjamin HassanHassan – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Iliyan RadulovRadulov – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Radu AlbotAlbot – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Marin CilicCilic (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jesper De JongDe Jong – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction