Dusan Lajovic and Timofey Skatov will face off in the quarter of the Girona Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dusan Lajovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dusan Lajovic is the pick to win this match.
Dusan Lajovic -> 1.52
Timofey Skatov -> 2.4

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Timofey Skatov

There is no head to head record between Dusan Lajovic and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 108, the Serbian reached the quarter after beating Henri Squire 6-4 7-5 and Alejandro Moro Canas 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Dusan had a good straight sets win against Moro Canas (6-2 6-2). During the match, Lajovic scored 59 points vs Moro Canas’s 38. The Serbian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lajovic was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Dusan Lajovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 62% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Dusan broke Moro Canas 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Lajovic hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.

Lajovic has a negative record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (242-256). 3-2 on clay in 2025. . Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lajovic has an overall 136-110 record in the last years on clay.

Lajovic has an aggregate 7-10 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Girona Challenger

Lajovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 175, the Kazakhstani reached the quarter after defeating Arthur Gea 6-2 7-6(6), Daniel Cukierman 6-0 6-3, Hugo Dellien 6-1 6-3 and Radu Albot 6-4 3-6 7-6(3).

In the 2^nd round, The Kazakhstani defeated Albot (6-4 3-6 7-6³). During the match Skatov scored 124 points vs Albot’s 119. The Kazakhstani was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.

About the serving games, Skatov blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (56/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Timofey broke Albot 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Timofey started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Timofey has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajovic	Skatov
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	38	84
Pts	130-94	322-256
Total Points	224	578
Winners	52	129
%Winners	40%	40%

Lajovic played 2 matches while Skatov competed in 4 matches. Skatov started his run from the qualifications while Lajovic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Timofey Skatov dropped 1 set while Dusan Lajovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lajovic has played 5 set(s) less than Skatov (4 vs 9). Therefore, Lajovic played 46 games less than Skatov. The Serbian scored 52 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Skatov managed to score 129 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajovic	Skatov
Aces	1	6
Avg per match	0.5	1.5
1st in	67/104	181/255
%1st in	64%	71%
1st pts	52/67	129/181
%1st pts	78%	71%
2nd pts	22/37	38/74
%2nd pts	59%	51%

Lajovic bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Skatov also struck 6 aces (1.5 per match). Lajovic won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajovic	Skatov
Won	8	18
Converted	8/19	18/43
% Converted	42%	42%
Conceded	8	18
Saved	6	10
% Saved	75%	56%
Times Broken	2	8

Dusan broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Lajovic dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Timofey broke his opponents 18 times with a 42% conversion rate. Timofey conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajovic
	R1 Squire	R2 Moro	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	16	38
pts	71-56	59-38	130-94
Total points	127	97	224
Winners	27	25	52
%Winners	38%	42%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	1
Double Faults	1	1	2
1st in	38/57	29/47	67/104
% 1st in	67%	62%	64%
1st pts	27/38	25/29	52/67
% 1st pts	71%	86%	78%
2nd pts	13/19	9/18	22/37
% 2nd pts	68%	50%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/7	4/12	8/19
Converted %	57%	33%	42%
Conceded	4	4	8
Saved	2/4	4/4	6
Saved %	50%	100%	75%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Skatov
	Q1 Gea	Q3 Cukierman	R1 Dellien	R2 Albot	Total
Score	6-2 7-66	6-0 6-3	6-1 6-3	6-4 3-6 7-63
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	21	15	16	32	84
pts	70-57	63-37	65-43	124-119	322-256
Total points	127	100	108	243	578
Winners	29	16	28	56	129
%Winners	41%	25%	43%	45%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2	2	6
Double Faults	0	0	1	1	2
1st in	42/58	21/33	37/52	81/112	181/255
% 1st in	72%	64%	71%	72%	71%
1st pts	29/42	16/21	28/37	56/81	129/181
% 1st pts	69%	76%	76%	69%	71%
2nd pts	9/16	8/12	9/15	12/31	38/74
% 2nd pts	56%	67%	60%	39%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	6	4	3	18
Converted	5/10	6/8	4/9	3/16	18/43
Converted %	50%	75%	44%	19%	42%
Conceded	4	1	2	11	18
Saved	1/4	0/1	2/2	7/11	10
Saved %	25%	0%	100%	64%	95%
Times Broken	3	1	0	4	8

Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger

• Matej Vocel/Szymon WalkowVocel/Szymon Walkow – Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski (7-6⁴ ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings

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