2020–21: ATP debut & first win, First Challenger final, Top 250 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.
2022: Major and top 150 debuts, Maiden Challenger title 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. He lost in the first round to Slovakian qualifier
Norbert Gombos. 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.
2023–24: Third Challenger final, Top 125 debut 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. He also made his debut at the
2023 US Open defeating twelfth seed
James Duckworth in the last round of the qualifying competition. He lost to another Australian
Alex de Minaur in the first round in four sets. 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. Ranked No. 189, he qualified for the main draw of the
2024 US Open for a second consecutive year, but lost to
Hubert Hurkacz in the first round. ==Personal life==