Gael Monfils and Norbert Gombos will play each other in the quarter of the Open Sud de France for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on COURT PATRICE DOMINGUEZ. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.36
Norbert Gombos -> 3.20
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 9, Gael got to the quarter after defeating Adrian Mannarino 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Mannarino, Monfils recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Monfils scored 93 points vs Mannarino’s 79. Gael was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils blasted 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Gael Monfils was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Monfils broke Mannarino 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Monfils has a a superlative record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (367-161). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Monfils has a 297-153 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
The French Player has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Montpellier
Monfils didn’t play in Montpellier in 2019.
Norbert Gombos
Ranked no. 104, Norbert reached the quarter after beating Pablo Carreno-Busta 3-6 6-4 6-3 and Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (7-5 6-4). During the match Gombos scored 64 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 60. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gombos was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ruusuvuori 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Gombos has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (356-257). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gombos has a 233-195 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Norbert has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Montpellier
Gombos didn’t compete in Montpellier in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 50 |
| Pts | 93-79 | 146-134 |
| Total Points | 172 | 280 |
| Winners | 38 | 78 |
| %Winners | 41% | 53% |
Monfils played 1 match while Gombos competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gael Monfils conceded 1 set, while Norbert Gombos dropper 1 set. Monfils has played 2 sets less than Gombos (3 vs 5). Therefore, Monfils played 23 games less than Gombos. The French Player scored 38 winners (41% on total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 78 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 53/86 | 107/146 |
| %1st in | 62% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 78/107 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 46% |
Monfils blasted 6 aces . Gombos blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Monfils won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 36% | 58% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 25% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Monfils broke his opponent 5 times with 36% conversion rate. Monfils conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 7 times with 58% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Monfils | |||
| R2 Mannarino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 93-79 | 93-79 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 53/86 | 53/86 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Carreno-Busta |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| pts | 82-74 | 64-60 | 146-134 | |
| Total points | 156 | 124 | 280 | |
| Winners | 41 | 37 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 58% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/77 | 50/69 | 107/146 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 72% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 37/50 | 78/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 10/19 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 53% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/3 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 100% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 67% | 107% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 100 | |
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