Timofey Skatov and Filippo Romano will square off in the 2nd round of the Todi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Timofey Skatov who should win in 2 sets.
Timofey Skatov -> 1.25
Filippo Romano -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Timofey Skatov vs. Filippo Romano
There is no head to head record between Timofey Skatov and Filippo Romano since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Timofey Skatov
26 - 23win/loss
241
123
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-32 | 6-11 | 22-19 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 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. 308, the Kazakhstani got to the 2nd round after defeating Gonzalo Bueno 4-6 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round against Bueno, Timofey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Skatov scored 99 points vs Bueno’s 75. The Kazakhstani was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Skatov scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (14/33) on the 2nd serve. The Kazakhstani broke Bueno 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Skatov has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (222-182). 18-15 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Skatov has a compiled187-136 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Timofey’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Bonn Challenger.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 25-23 win-loss record in 2025, 18-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Todi Challenger
Filippo Romano
25 - 19win/loss
574
561
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-27 | 1-3 | 25-20 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 25-32 | 1-1 | 9-19 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2023 | 9-13 | 3-6 | 4-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 592, Romano reached the 2nd round after defeating Arturo Umena 6-0 6-0, Andrea Guerrieri 6-3 4-6 6-3 and Fausto Tabacco 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Romano had a good straight sets win against Tabacco (6-4 6-2). During the match Romano scored 59 points vs Tabacco’s 42. Filippo was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Romano couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Filippo Romano lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Romano put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. Romano broke Tabacco 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Filippo’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne and M25 Cervia.
Filippo has an overall 25-18 win-loss record in 2025, 23-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Skatov | Romano |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 30 |
| Pts | 99-75 | 115-62 |
| Total Points | 174 | 177 |
| Winners | 40 | 38 |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% |
Skatov played 1 match while Romano competed in 2 matches. Romano started his run from the qualifications while Skatov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Timofey Skatov lost 1 set while Filippo Romano hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Skatov has played 1 set(s) less than Romano (3 vs 4). Therefore, Skatov played 6 games less than Romano. Skatov scored 40 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Romano blasted 38 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Skatov | Romano |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 58/91 | 50/79 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 38/50 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 21/29 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 72% |
Skatov bagged 1 ace . Romano also managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Skatov won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Romano won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Skatov | Romano |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 58% | 48% |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Timofey broke his opponent 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Skatov surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Filippo broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Skatov | |||
| R1 Bueno | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 99-75 | 99-75 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/91 | 58/91 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Romano | |||||
| Q1 Umena | Q3 Guerrieri | R1 Tabacco | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 28 | 18 | 58 | |
| pts | 56-20 | – | 59-42 | 115-62 | |
| Total points | 76 | 0 | 101 | 177 | |
| Winners | 16 | 22 | 38 | ||
| %Winners | 29% | 0% | 37% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 18/30 | / | 32/49 | 50/79 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 0% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 16/18 | / | 22/32 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 0% | 69% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/12 | / | 12/17 | 21/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 0% | 71% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 6/13 | / | 4/8 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 0% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/ | 1/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger
- Gianmarco FerrariFerrari – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (4-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Eero VasaVasa (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Filippo RomanoRomano – Fausto TabaccoTabacco (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Jacopo VasamiVasami – Gabriele Maria NoceMaria Noce (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Remy BertolaBertola (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Matej DodigDodig (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Maxim MrvaMrva (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Andrea GuerrieriGuerrieri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – Pierluigi BasileBasile (6-3 6-72 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer – Juan Bautista TorresBautista Torres (6-2 4-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Tiago PereiraPereira (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-5 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Jacopo VasamiVasami – Gabriele Maria NoceMaria Noce (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo JuarezJuarez – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco FortiForti – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction