

What Time Will Tallon Griekspoor Play Against Timofey Skatov?
Griekspoor and Skatov are on the Day 4 Schedule at Nordea Open 2024 on Thursday 18 July 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Match Preview: Tallon Griekspoor (NED) vs [Q] Timofey Skatov (KAZ)
This will be the first meeting between Tallon Griekspoor and Timofey Skatov. Griekspoor, aged 28, is currently ranked 27th in the world and has achieved a career-high ranking of 21. In 2024, he holds a record of 21 wins and 16 losses, with two semifinal appearances. Griekspoor had an impressive year in 2023, earning a personal-best of 36 wins and winning his first ATP Tour title in Pune. He reached a career-high ranking of 21 in November 2023. Griekspoor’s notable victories include coming from a set down to defeat the then-ranked No. 8, Hubert Hurkacz, en route to the 2024 Rotterdam semifinals. He has also rallied from a set down against top-ranked players such as Stan Wawrinka, Karen Khachanov, Aslan Karatsev, Alexander Zverev, and Alex de Minaur, earning him 5 of his 11 career Top-20 wins on home soil. Griekspoor had an impressive record of 8-0 in finals and 42-7 overall on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2021. He set a single-season record for most titles and ended the season with 25 consecutive wins. Griekspoor, who is aiming to reach his 4th ATP Tour quarterfinal on clay, has previously reached the quarterfinals at the 2022 Geneva, 2024 Geneva, and 2023 Marrakech
tournaments. He has a solid opening-round record in 2024, with 11 wins and 3 losses, and is hoping to become the first Dutch Bastad quarterfinalist since de Bakker in 2013.
On the other hand, Timofey Skatov is 23 years old and currently ranked 223rd in the world. He achieved a career-high ranking of 123 in September 2023. Skatov, a former World No. 1 junior, broke into the Top 200 in March 2022. He made his ATP Tour debut as a wild card at the 2020 Astana tournament, where he defeated Andreas Seppi for his first ATP Tour win. Skatov also had success on the ITF Junior Circuit, with a record of 90 wins and 33 losses. He has notable victories over future Top-50 ATP players such as Jack Draper, Lorenzo Musetti, and Brandon Nakashima. Skatov is aiming to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal, having previously lost to Ivashka in his only previous Round of 16 match at the 2021 Astana tournament. He has a 2-2 record against the Top 50, with wins over Federico Cerundolo and Francisco Cerundolo in Davis Cup clay-court matches earlier in 2024.
The match will take place at the Bastad Tenisstadion in Bastad, Sweden, from 15th to 21st July 2024. Griekspoor and Skatov have both shown promise in their careers and will look to make their mark in this tournament.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Griekspoor will win.
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