Valentin Vacherot and Timofey Skatov will square off in the semifinal of the Todi Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.615
Timofey Skatov -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Timofey Skatov

This will be the 2^nd time that Valentin Vacherot and Timofey Skatov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vacherot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Vacherot won 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in the Tunis Challenger back in 2024.

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 246, Vacherot got to the semifinal after defeating Maxim Mrva 6-2 6-1, Francesco Forti 6-4 6-2 and Nicolai Budkov Kjaer 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Budkov Kjaer (6-1 6-3). During the match, Vacherot scored 54 points vs Budkov Kjaer’s 28. The Monegasque was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vacherot blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Valentin Vacherot was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (4/7) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vacherot broke Budkov Kjaer 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Monegasque hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 62% of the points he played.

Vacherot has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (260-136). 24-11 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vacherot has an aggregate 142-77 record in the last years on clay.

Vacherot’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Francavilla Challenger.

The Monegasque has an overall 30-18 win-loss record in 2025, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Todi Challenger

Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.

Timofey Skatov

Ranked no. 308, Skatov got to the semifinal after beating Gonzalo Bueno 4-6 6-1 6-1, Filippo Romano 3-6 6-0 6-4 and Gianmarco Ferrari 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2.

In the quarter, The Kazakhstani defeated Ferrari (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2). During the match Skatov scored 102 points vs Ferrari’s 84. Timofey was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.

About the serving games, Skatov made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Timofey Skatov was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (45/55) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Kazakhstani broke Ferrari 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Kazakhstani has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Kazakhstani’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bonn Challenger.

The Kazakhstani has a compiled 27-23 win-loss record in 2025, 20-15 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vacherot	Skatov
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	9
Tot Games	49	80
Pts	179-108	283-225
Total Points	287	508
Winners	82	119
%Winners	46%	42%

Both Vacherot and Skatov played 3 matches. At the moment, Timofey Skatov dropped 3 sets while Valentin Vacherot hasn’t conceded a set so far. Vacherot has played 3 set(s) less than Skatov (6 vs 9). Therefore, Vacherot played 31 games less than Skatov. Vacherot scored 82 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani recorded 119 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vacherot	Skatov
Aces	16	9
Avg per match	5.3	3
1st in	105/146	160/244
%1st in	72%	66%
1st pts	82/105	119/160
%1st pts	78%	74%
2nd pts	23/41	48/84
%2nd pts	56%	57%

Vacherot scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Skatov recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Vacherot won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vacherot	Skatov
Won	13	15
Converted	13/22	15/32
% Converted	59%	47%
Conceded	8	20
Saved	6	15
% Saved	75%	75%
Times Broken	2	5

Valentin broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Vacherot dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Skatov broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Vacherot
	R1 Mrva	R2 Forti	1/4 Budkov	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-4 6-2	6-1 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	15	18	16	49
pts	59-37	66-43	54-28	179-108
Total points	96	109	82	287
Winners	23	30	29	82
%Winners	39%	45%	54%	46%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	4	16
Double Faults	3	0	1	4
1st in	33/50	38/55	34/41	105/146
% 1st in	66%	69%	83%	72%
1st pts	23/33	30/38	29/34	82/105
% 1st pts	70%	79%	85%	78%
2nd pts	10/17	9/17	4/7	23/41
% 2nd pts	59%	53%	57%	56%
Breaks
Won	5	4	4	13
Converted	5/8	4/9	4/5	13/22
Converted %	63%	44%	80%	59%
Conceded	3	5	0	8
Saved	2/3	4/5	0/0	6
Saved %	67%	80%	–	49%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Skatov
	R1 Bueno	R2 Romano	1/4 Ferrari	Total
Score	4-6 6-1 6-1	3-6 6-0 6-4	6-4 6-75 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	24	25	31	80
pts	99-75	82-66	102-84	283-225
Total points	174	148	186	508
Winners	40	34	45	119
%Winners	40%	41%	44%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	0	8	9
Double Faults	4	0	1	5
1st in	58/91	47/71	55/82	160/244
% 1st in	64%	66%	67%	66%
1st pts	40/58	34/47	45/55	119/160
% 1st pts	69%	72%	82%	74%
2nd pts	14/33	16/24	18/27	48/84
% 2nd pts	42%	67%	67%	57%
Breaks
Won	7	4	4	15
Converted	7/12	4/7	4/13	15/32
Converted %	58%	57%	31%	47%
Conceded	12	5	3	20
Saved	9/12	4/5	2/3	15
Saved %	75%	80%	67%	74%
Times Broken	3	1	1	5

Tennis Scores in Todi Challenger

• Juan Carlos Prado AngeloCarlos Prado Angelo – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-1) – H2H and prediction