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.

As per the initial odds, Timofey Skatov is the pick to win this match.
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

Timofey Skatov

26 - 23win/loss

Hard
6-7
I Hard
0-0
Clay
19-15
Grass
1-1
Rank
241
High
123
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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

Todi Challenger
Skatov's Record

Filippo Romano

Filippo Romano

25 - 19win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
1-2
Clay
23-15
Rank
574
High
561
LWWWWLLLWL
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).

Todi Challenger
Romano's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Skatov
F.Romano
2h:31
2h:31
Time on court​
!
4h:39
4h:39
!
2h:31
2h:31
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
24
24
Games Played​
58
58
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
99
99
Total points​
207
207
99
99
Avg point​
69
69
40
40
Winners
83
83
40
40
Avg Winners​
27.7
27.7
40%
40%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
11
11
1
1
Avg Aces
3.7
3.7
4
4
Double Faults
8
8
4
4
Avg Double Faults
2.7
2.7
40/58
40/58
1st won total​
83/115
83/115
69%
69%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
14/33
14/33
2nd won total​
34/72
34/72
42%
42%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
BP won
13/26
13/26
7/12
7/12
Avg BP won
4.3/8.7
4.3/8.7
!
58%
58%
Won
50%
50%
12
12
Conceded
18
18
12
12
Avg Conceded
6
6
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
12
12

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

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