Norbert Gombos and Kacper Zuk will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kacper Zuk who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kacper Zuk is the pick to win this match.
Kacper Zuk -> 1.75
Norbert Gombos -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Kacper Zuk
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Kacper Zuk since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Norbert Gombos
Ranked no. 89, Norbert reached the 2nd round after beating Henri Laaksonen 6-76 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round against Laaksonen, Gombos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-4 6-3). During the match Gombos scored 122 points vs Laaksonen’s 109. Gombos was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gombos struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (43/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (29/50) on the 2nd serve. Gombos broke Laaksonen 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).
Gombos has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (367-273). 5-4 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has a 160-110 record in the last years on clay.
Norbert has a 6-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See his history.
Kacper Zuk
Ranked no. 176, Kacper reached the 2nd round after beating Patrik Rikl 4-6 7-63 6-3, Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-2 6-3 and Mario Vilella Martinez 7-65 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Zuk defeated Vilella Martinez (7-65 2-6 7-5).-96) than Vilella Martinez. In fact, the world no. 89 won 96 points vs Vilella Martinez’s. That means that Zuk was more focused during the important points. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Zuk fired 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Kacper Zuk was very efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 51% (27/53) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Pole broke Vilella Martinez 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Zuk’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger and the Split 2 Challenger.
Zuk has a 26-6 win-loss record in 2021, 13-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 82 |
| Pts | 122-109 | 257-228 |
| Total Points | 231 | 485 |
| Winners | 43 | 102 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Gombos played 1 match while Zuk competed in 3 matches. Zuk started his run from the qualifications while Gombos had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Norbert Gombos dropped 1 set, while Kacper Zuk surrendered 2 sets. Gombos has played 5 set(s) less than Zuk (3 vs 8). Therefore, Gombos played 50 games less than Zuk. Gombos scored 43 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Kacper made 102 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 61/111 | 136/255 |
| %1st in | 55% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 102/136 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 29/50 | 65/119 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 55% |
Gombos managed to score 3 aces . Zuk made 21 aces (7 per match). Gombos won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Zuk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/18 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 22% | 53% |
| Conceded | 6 | 20 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Norbert broke his opponent 4 times with a 22% conversion rate. Norbert conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kacper broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | |||
| R1 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 122-109 | 122-109 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 61/111 | 61/111 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/18 | 4/18 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zuk | |||||
| Q1 Rikl |
Q3 Martin |
R1 Vilella Martinez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-65 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 17 | 33 | 82 | |
| pts | 100-86 | 61-39 | 96-103 | 257-228 | |
| Total points | 186 | 100 | 199 | 485 | |
| Winners | 37 | 26 | 39 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 9 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 31/53 | 55/108 | 136/255 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 51% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 26/31 | 39/55 | 102/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 71% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 13/22 | 27/53 | 65/119 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 59% | 51% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/7 | 3/4 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 75% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 10 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 2/2 | 6/10 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 210% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
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