Roberto Carballes Baena and Norbert Gombos will face off in the quarter of the Nordea Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.73
Norbert Gombos -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Roberto Carballes Baena and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Carballes Baena
Ranked no. 97, Carballes Baena reached the quarter after beating Facundo Bagnis 6-2 6-4 and Fabio Fognini 6-3 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Carballes Baena defeated Fognini (6-3 1-6 6-4). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 80 points vs Fognini’s 75. Roberto was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 53% of his first serves in, winning 61% (25/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Carballes Baena broke Fognini 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roberto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Carballes Baena has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (415-280). 22-15 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Carballes Baena has a composed 373-229 record in the last years on clay.
Roberto’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Belgrade Challenger.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 25-19 win-loss record in 2021, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bastad
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Norbert Gombos
Ranked no. 99, Norbert reached the quarter after defeating Pablo Cuevas 1-6 7-64 6-2 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-2 6-4). During the match Gombos scored 63 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 48. Gombos was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Norbert Gombos conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 72% of his first serves in, winning 85% (33/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Norbert started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Norbert’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague Challenger.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 15-18 win-loss record in 2021, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 46 |
| Pts | 145-131 | 150-134 |
| Total Points | 276 | 284 |
| Winners | 55 | 73 |
| %Winners | 38% | 49% |
Both Carballes Baena and Gombos played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Carballes Baena lost 1 set, while Norbert Gombos lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Carballes Baena and Gombos have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Carballes Baena played 2 games less than Gombos. The Spaniard scored 55 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Gombos struck 73 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 84/138 | 91/134 |
| %1st in | 61% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 55/84 | 73/91 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 17/43 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 40% |
Carballes Baena recorded 3 aces (1.5 per match). Gombos bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Carballes Baena won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 56% | 43% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Norbert broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Norbert conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | ||||
| R1 Bagnis |
R2 Fognini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 65-56 | 80-75 | 145-131 | |
| Total points | 121 | 155 | 276 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 31% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 41/77 | 84/138 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 53% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 25/41 | 55/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 61% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/18 | 20/36 | 26/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 56% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/6 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 10 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Cuevas |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-64 6-2 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| pts | 87-86 | 63-48 | 150-134 | |
| Total points | 173 | 111 | 284 | |
| Winners | 40 | 33 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 39/54 | 91/134 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 33/39 | 73/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 85% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/28 | 7/15 | 17/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 47% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/5 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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