| Timofey Skatov Тимофей Скатов | |
| Fullname: | Timofey Dmitriyevich Skatov |
| Country: | (2015-18) (2018-) |
| Residence: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Birth Date: | 2001 1, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Petropavl, Kazakhstan |
| Height: | 1.75m (05.74feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 2019 |
| Coach: | Johan Örtegren |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | US $663,864 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 123 (11 September 2023) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 201 (9 September 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | 1R (2022) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2023) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q3 (2023, 2024) |
| Usopenresult: | 1R (2023, 2024) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 627 (17 July 2023) |
| Updated: | 9 September 2024 |
Timofey Dmitriyevich Skatov (ru|Тимофей Дмитриевич Скатов; born 21 January 2001) is a Kazakhstani tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 123, achieved on 11 September 2023 and No. 627 in doubles, achieved on 17 July 2023. Skatov had a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 achieved on 1 January 2018.[1] He is the current No. 5 Kazakh player.[2]
Skatov made his ATP debut at the 2020 Astana Open in Nur-Sultan as a wildcard where he lost to Emil Ruusuvuori.
In June 2021, he reached his first Challenger final as a wildcard in Almaty where he lost to Zizou Bergs.
He won his first ATP match also as a wildcard at the 2021 Astana Open in Kazakhstan defeating Andreas Seppi.[3] [4]
Skatov made his first Grand Slam main draw appearance after successfully making it all the way through in the 2022 Australian Open qualifications, defeating Hugo Grenier, Dane Sweeny, and Gastão Elias.[5] He lost in the first round to Slovakian qualifier Norbert Gombos.[6]
He won his second Challenger title as an alternate at the 2022 Parma Challenger. As a result, he moved 57 positions up and reached a new career-high just outside the top 150 at No. 152 on 10 October 2022.[7]
He reached the top 125 on 13 February 2023 after making the Concepción final in January, losing against Federico Coria.
He made his 2023 French Open main draw debut after defeating Gabriel Diallo, Otto Virtanen and Felipe Meligeni Alves, where he lost against Grigor Dimitrov in the first round.[8] He also made his debut at the 2023 US Open defeating twelfth seed James Duckworth in the last round of the qualifying competition.
In May 2024, he won his second Challenger title at the 2024 Schwaben Open with a win over Elmer Møller and returned to the top 200 in the rankings at No. 199 on 27 May 2024.[9]
Ranked No. 189, he qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open for a second consecutive year defeating seventh seed Billy Harris in the last round of the qualifying competition.
Skatov was born in Petropavl, Kazakhstan to Russian parents, and moved to Tula, Russia at the age of 1. He represented Russia internationally from 2015 to 2018.[10] In May 2018, Skatov switched nationalities to represent his birth country, Kazakhstan. He lives in Valencia and has been training at the Lozano Altur Tennis Academy in Valencia since 2017.[11]
Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Win % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
| French Open | Q2 | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||
| US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | |||
| Year-end ranking | 146 | 222 | |||||||
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay |  Zizou Bergs | 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Parma, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Jozef Kovalík | 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Concepción, Chile | Challenger | Clay |  Federico Coria | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Augsburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Elmer Møller | 3–6, 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 2–3 | Troyes, France | Challenger | Clay |  Gabriel Debru | 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | M25 Dénia, Spain | WTT | Clay |  Carlos Alcaraz | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | M15 Melilla, Spain | WTT | Clay | Ricardo Ojeda Lara | 5–7, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 1–2 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay |  Miljan Zekić | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | M15 Bucharest, Romania | WTT | Clay |  Franco Agamenone | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3–2 | M15 Melilla, Spain | WTT | Clay | Holger Rune | 3–6, 6–0, 6–1 |