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Stefanos Sakellaridis #133Greece2Timofey Skatov #201Kazakhstan0

Sets 6-2 · 6-2Tue 27 Oct 2026, 06:45 Predictions gradedFirst RoundHard

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Player Profiles

Ranking advantageStefanos Sakellaridis · 68 places

Stefanos Sakellaridis

Greece

Sakellaridis reached a career-best ATP singles ranking of No. 146 on 22 June 2026. ITF lists a 31–16 professional record in 2026, including 16–7 on clay and 11–6 on hard courts; no reliable current injury or decline signal surfaced.

Current ranking: #133
Peak ranking: #146 · 2026
Current age: 21
Preferred surface: Hard
Hand: Right handed
Height: 198 cm

Timofey Skatov

Kazakhstan

Skatov reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 123 on 11 September 2023. Reliable current sources identify him as a right-handed player from Kazakhstan; no official preferred-surface designation was found.

Current ranking: #201
Peak ranking: #123 · 2023
Current age: 25
Preferred surface: Clay
Hand: Right handed
Height: 173 cm

Quick Take

Pre-match view

Context last updated 26 Oct 2026, 03:30 · Europe/Bucharest

Sixty-eight ranking places separate them, but the fresher evidence points to the lower-ranked man: Skatov beat Sakellaridis 6-3, 6-2 in Shanghai qualifying 22 days ago.

Sakellaridis's serve numbers are better, so it is not one-way. Skatov at 2.2 to win, 2.2 for the first set and 3.5 for a 2-0 win all offer something at those prices; Sakellaridis at 1.6 is paying for form the record does not show.

Context

The Seoul meeting comes 22 days after Skatov’s straight-set win over Sakellaridis on a hard court in Shanghai qualifying. That provides a recent direct reference between these players on the same broad surface category. Shanghai was a Masters qualifying match rather than this Seoul Challenger round of 32, so venue and event conditions differ.
- Skatov defeated Sakellaridis 6-3, 6-2 in Shanghai qualifying .
ConfirmedSources checked 26 Oct 2026, 03:28 · Europe/BucharestTennisTaletennistale.com · 5 Oct 2026
The listing identifies the match as a hard-court opening-round fixture in Seoul. That surface aligns with Sakellaridis’s structured preferred-surface designation, while Skatov’s is clay. The direct Shanghai meeting was also on hard court, although its event setting was different.
- The fixture was listed as a Seoul Challenger men’s singles hard-court round-of-32 match.
ReportedSources checked 26 Oct 2026, 03:28 · Europe/BucharestFlashscorewww.flashscore.co.uk · 26 Oct 2026
Sakellaridis's hard-court sample runs to nine matches from late August to mid-October 2026.
Sakellaridis has averaged 4.89 first-set games won and 5.67 lost across that nine-match hard-court sample, with four tiebreaks, so opening sets have tended to stay tight. The catch is that he still lost six of those nine first sets. A close opener looks more likely here than an early blowout in either direction.
- Nine completed hard-court matches, 22 August to 19 October 2026: first sets averaged 10.56 total games, with four tiebreaks.
- In the same nine-match sample, Sakellaridis averaged 4.89 first-set games won and 5.67 lost, with a 3-6 first-set record.
Skatov's most recent completed match in the sample came against an opponent ranked well above him.
He lost both sets by a single break, 5-7 and 6-7, winning 11 games to 14 against a player 137 ranking places higher. It shows he can stay with a top-64 opponent indoors, but one tight two-set defeat is a thin basis for expecting a repeat against Sakellaridis. It is a note on competitiveness, not a form trend.
- Skatov lost 5-7, 6-7 to Fabian Marozsan, ranked 64, on 20 October 2026 in an indoor hard-court match, winning 11 games to 14.

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Result0 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Market price 2.20
The read
The direct hard-court win and stronger break-point defence give Skatov a modest edge in a close match.
- Skatov beat Sakellaridis 6-3 6-2 on hard in their confirmed Shanghai qualifying meeting.
- Skatov is 2-5 on hard in the current sample; Sakellaridis is 3-6.
- Skatov has saved 72.7% of break points on hard in this sample, against 60.0% for Sakellaridis.
BetBugs · Match WinnerlostTimofey SkatovEstimated chance58%

Games1 of 2 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
First-set game totals sit above the line for both players, with several tiebreaks in the samples.
- Sakellaridis's hard-court first sets average 10.56 total games; Skatov's average 11.0.
- Sakellaridis has four first-set tiebreaks in nine hard matches; Skatov has two in seven.
- The direct first set was 6-3.
BetBugs · Set 1 Total GameslostOver 9.5Estimated chance63%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
Short straight-set scorelines and low second-set game totals make under 21.5 slightly more likely.
- The confirmed meeting finished 6-3 6-2, only 17 games.
- Sakellaridis's hard-court second sets average 9.89 total games; Skatov's average 9.57.
- Both players' hard-court samples average just over two sets per match.
BetBugs · Total GameswonUnder 21.5Estimated chance52%

Sets1 of 2 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Strong lean · Not priced
The read
Both recent hard-court records point strongly to a straight-set finish.
- 14 of 16 combined hard-court matches in the samples finished in two sets.
- Average sets per match: 2.11 for Sakellaridis and 2.14 for Skatov on hard.
- The confirmed head-to-head ended 6-3 6-2.
BetBugs · Total SetswonUnder 2.5Estimated chance75%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Market price 2.20
The read
Skatov's first-set numbers and direct win give him a small edge to take the opening set.
- Skatov has a 3-4 first-set record on hard; Sakellaridis is 3-6.
- Skatov averaged 5.71 first-set games won to 5.29 lost; Sakellaridis 4.89 to 5.67.
- Skatov won the first set 6-3 in their confirmed meeting.
BetBugs · Set 1 WinnerlostTimofey SkatovEstimated chance56%

Match stats1 of 1 landed

Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Lean · Not priced
The read
The combined double-fault rate sits below 6.5, especially if the match is straight sets.
- Combined hard-court double-fault average is 5.5 per match.
- Sakellaridis averages 2.4 double faults on hard; Skatov 3.1.
- Both players' average hard-court match length is around two sets.
BetBugs · Total Double Faultsnot gradableUnder 6.5Estimated chance59%
Signal quality Medium · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
The combined ace average is above the line, led by Sakellaridis's serve.
- Sakellaridis averages 6.4 aces per hard-court match; Skatov averages 4.6.
- Combined hard-court average is 11.0 aces per match.
- Sakellaridis has a higher first-serve points-won rate, 72.9%, than Skatov's 68.4%.
BetBugs · Total Acesnot gradableOver 9.5Estimated chance57%
Signal quality Low · Uncertainty band Slight lean · Not priced
The read
No tiebreak is slightly more likely given the direct meeting and the modest tiebreak counts.
- The confirmed meeting finished 6-3 6-2 without a tiebreak.
- Sakellaridis has had a tiebreak in 5 of 9 hard matches; Skatov in 3 of 7.
- Both players' first-set tiebreak counts are moderate.
BetBugs · Tiebreak in MatchwonNoEstimated chance53%

Stefanos Sakellaridis

5W 10L

7-6(4) 7-6(3)#389Mikhail Kukushkin

7-6(4) 6-4#108Alexander Shevchenko

6-2 6-3#327Petr Bar Biryukov

7-6(5) 3-6 6-3#196Keegan Smith

6-3 6-2#201Timofey Skatov

7-6(11) 6-2#376Yuta Shimizu

6-4 7-6(4)#362Norbert Gombos

6-1 6-1#80Alex Molcan

6-1 5-7 7-5#136Laslo Djere

7-6(1) 2-6 6-4#341Duje Ajdukovic

6-4 6-4#270Mili Poljicak

2-6 6-3 7-6(2)#237Andrej Nedic

6-3 6-3#117Christopher O'Connell

6-1 6-4#48Luca Van Assche

6-4 7-6(8)#179Taro Daniel

Timofey Skatov

6W 9L

7-5 7-6(4)#64Fabian Marozsan

7-5 6-4#180Bernard Tomic

6-3 6-2#133Stefanos Sakellaridis

7-6(2) 6-4#284Yanki Erel

7-6(5) 6-4#123Grigor Dimitrov

6-4 6-2#408Gilles Arnaud Bailly

2-6 6-2 6-3#178Gauthier Onclin

7-6(4) 6-2#212Alex Barrena

6-4 6-4#204Juan Pablo Varillas

6-2 6-4#121Otto Virtanen

6-1 7-6(8)#321Thomas Faurel

6-1 6-1#22Andrey Rublev

1-6 6-4 6-3#102Jesper De Jong

6-3 6-2#125Pedro Martinez Portero

6-4 6-7(5) 6-4#578Joao Domingues

Stat Battle

Last 15 match performance, compared side by side.

SSStefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis

Last 15

5–2

9 core stats · 2 even

Timofey SkatovSkatovTS

Stefanos Sakellaridis carries the stronger recent form — Timofey Skatov's route runs through return.

Serve · 3–1 · 1 even

1st Serve In13/15 · 15/1559.1%+3.6pp62.7%

1st Serve Won13/15 · 15/1570.9%+4.4pp66.5%

2nd Serve Won13/15 · 15/1554.2%+5.0pp49.2%

Aces / Match13/15 · 15/156.2+3.13.1

Double Faults / Match13/15 · 15/153.0—3.1

Return · 0–1

Return Pts Won13/15 · 15/1532.9%+5.2pp38.1%

Pressure · 2–0

Break Pts Converted13/15 · 15/1542.6%+2.0pp40.6%

Break Pts Saved13/15 · 15/1564.8%+7.3pp57.5%

Points · 0–0 · 1 even

Total Pts Won13/15 · 15/1548.7%—49.2%

Serve · 3–1 · 1 even

59.1%1st Serve In13/15 · 15/15+3.6pp62.7%

70.9%1st Serve Won13/15 · 15/15+4.4pp66.5%

54.2%2nd Serve Won13/15 · 15/15+5.0pp49.2%

6.2Aces / Match13/15 · 15/15+3.13.1

3.0Double Faults / Match13/15 · 15/15—3.1

Return · 0–1

32.9%Return Pts Won13/15 · 15/15+5.2pp38.1%

Pressure · 2–0

42.6%Break Pts Converted13/15 · 15/15+2.0pp40.6%

64.8%Break Pts Saved13/15 · 15/15+7.3pp57.5%

Points · 0–0 · 1 even

48.7%Total Pts Won13/15 · 15/15—49.2%

Stefanos Sakellaridis

Timofey Skatov

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