Cristian Garin and Timofey Skatov will square off in the 1st round of the Lima 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cristian Garin is the pick to win this match.
Cristian Garin -> 1.32
Timofey Skatov -> 3.04

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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Timofey Skatov

This will be the 3rd time that Cristian Garin and Timofey Skatov square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats

), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Garin won 6-2 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2024.

Cristian Garin

Cristian Garin

42 - 21win/loss

Hard
6-6
I Hard
1-1
Clay
32-12
Grass
3-2
Rank
80
High
17
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 49-22 6-6 39-13 1-1 3-2 0-0
2024 21-24 3-6 13-14 1-1 4-3 0-0
2023 41-25 22-12 18-12 1-1 0-0 0-0
2022 18-23 4-5 9-11 1-4 4-3 0-0
2021 21-18 2-6 15-9 1-2 3-1 0-0

Ranked no. 104, Garin will start his run in the Lima 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Costa Do Sauipe Challenger where he lost 6-4 ret. to Daniel in the semifinal on the 26th of October.

Christian has a composed 42-21 win-loss record in 2025, 32-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Mauthausen Challenger where he beat Tomas Barrios Vera in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4 and the Oeiras 5 Challenger where he defeated Mitchell Krueger in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-2 and the Antofagasta Challenger where he beat Facundo Diaz Acosta in the final 2-6 6-3 6-3.

Talking about his overall career, Christian has an overall 452-299 record. He has a positive 341-192 record on clay.

Previously in the Lima 3 Challenger

Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2018. See his history.

Lima 3 Challenger
Garin's Record

Timofey Skatov

Timofey Skatov

29 - 30win/loss

Hard
6-11
I Hard
0-1
Clay
22-17
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. 237, the Kazakhstani will start his run in the Lima 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Lima 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-1 to Villanueva in the 1st round on the 27th of October.

Skatov has a compiled 29-30 win-loss record in 2025, 22-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Todi Challenger where he beat Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 0-6 6-2.

In terms of his career, Timofey has an overall 226-189 record. He has a positive 191-138 record on clay.

Lima 3 Challenger
Skatov's Record

Tennis Scores in Lima 3 Challenger

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