Emilio Gomez and Zsombor Piros will clash against each other in the final of the Gwangju Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.88
Emilio Gomez -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Gomez vs. Zsombor Piros
There is no head to head record between Emilio Gomez and Zsombor Piros since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Emilio Gomez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-28 | 8-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-26 | 38-15 | 1-3 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-33 | 25-15 | 9-11 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 2-5 | 4-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102 (career-high), Gomez got to the final after defeating Ben Patael 7-67 6-2, Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-2, Ji Sung Nam 6-1 1-6 6-1 and Marc Polmans 6-3 1-6 7-63.
In the semifinal, Emilio defeated Polmans (6-3 1-6 7-63).During the match, Gomez scored less points (2) than Polmans. In fact, the world no. 102 won 86 points vs Polmans’s. That means that Gomez was more focused during the important points. Emilio was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gomez recorded 11 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Emilio Gomez lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Gomez put 61% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Polmans twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gomez has dropped 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Gomez has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (350-244). 35-12 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gomez has a composed 177-99 match record in the last years on hard.
The Ecuadorian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Salinas Challenger,the Malaga Challenger,the Winnipeg Challenger,the Lexington Challenger and the Columbus 2 Challenger.
Emilio has an aggregate 43-21 win-loss record in 2022, 35-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
The Ecuadorian has never competed in this tournament before.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 160, the Hungarian reached the final after beating Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 4-6 6-2, Li Tu 6-4 6-4, Rinky Hijikata 6-2 6-1 and Christopher Eubanks 6-2 6-76 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Hungarian defeated Eubanks (6-2 6-76 6-2). During the match Piros scored 101 points vs Eubanks’s 84. Piros was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Piros fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zsombor Piros was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (50/70) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Piros broke Eubanks 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Hungarian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Hungarian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Split Challenger and the Tampere Challenger.
Zsombor has an aggregate 37-20 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gomez | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 89 | 92 |
| Pts | 313-271 | 336-274 |
| Total Points | 584 | 610 |
| Winners | 127 | 137 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Gomez and Piros played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Emilio Gomez surrendered 2 sets, while Zsombor Piros dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Gomez and Piros have played the same amount of sets 10. However, Gomez played 3 games less than Piros. Emilio scored 127 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian made 137 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gomez | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 1.8 |
| 1st in | 178/277 | 199/311 |
| %1st in | 64% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 127/178 | 137/199 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 55/99 | 71/112 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 63% |
Gomez recorded 17 aces (4.3 per match). Piros fired 7 aces (1.8 per match). Gomez won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gomez | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 15 |
| Converted | 13/34 | 15/34 |
| % Converted | 38% | 44% |
| Conceded | 16 | 20 |
| Saved | 9 | 18 |
| % Saved | 56% | 90% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Emilio broke his opponents 13 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gomez dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Piros broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. Piros conceded his serve twice and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gomez | ||||||
| R1 Fatael |
R2 Kumar Mukund |
1/4 Sung Nam |
1/2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 1-6 6-1 | 6-3 1-6 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 18 | 21 | 29 | 89 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 68-51 | 85-72 | 86-88 | 313-271 | |
| Total points | 134 | 119 | 157 | 174 | 584 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 31 | 35 | 127 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 36% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 34/50 | 49/75 | 51/84 | 178/277 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 65% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 30/34 | 31/49 | 35/51 | 127/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 88% | 63% | 69% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 7/16 | 15/26 | 20/33 | 55/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 58% | 61% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/7 | 4/12 | 2/10 | 13/34 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 43% | 33% | 20% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/0 | 7/9 | 0/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 78% | 0% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Piros | ||||||
| R1 Coppejans |
R2 Tu |
1/4 Hijikata |
1/2 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 6-76 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 15 | 29 | 92 | |
| pts | 91-83 | 78-64 | 66-43 | 101-84 | 336-274 | |
| Total points | 174 | 142 | 109 | 185 | 610 | |
| Winners | 39 | 30 | 18 | 50 | 137 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 38% | 27% | 50% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 58/97 | 43/68 | 28/47 | 70/99 | 199/311 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 63% | 60% | 71% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 30/43 | 18/28 | 50/70 | 137/199 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 70% | 64% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/39 | 17/25 | 14/19 | 19/29 | 71/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 68% | 74% | 66% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/8 | 5/12 | 4/8 | 15/34 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 25% | 42% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4/4 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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