Norbert Gombos and Tallon Griekspoor will play each other in the semifinal of the Prague Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.8
Tallon Griekspoor -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Tallon Griekspoor

This will be the 3rd time that Norbert Gombos and Tallon Griekspoor square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Gombos won 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in the Budapest Challenger back in 2019.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 89, the Slovakian reached the semifinal after beating Henri Laaksonen 6-76 6-4 6-3, Kacper Zuk 6-3 6-71 6-3 and Sumit Nagal 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-4 6-2). During the match Gombos scored 72 points vs Nagal’s 53. Norbert was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (28/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (7/22) on the 2nd serve. Norbert broke Nagal 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gombos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Gombos has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (369-273). 7-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has a 162-110 match record in the last years on clay.

Norbert has a 8-10 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Prague Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See his history.

Prague Challenger
Gombos's Record

Tallon Griekspoor

Ranked no. 143, Tallon got to the semifinal after defeating Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-0, Renzo Olivo 6-3 7-63 and Frederico Ferreira Silva 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Ferreira Silva (6-2 6-4). During the match Griekspoor scored 64 points vs Ferreira Silva’s 48. Griekspoor was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Griekspoor bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 60% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Griekspoor broke Ferreira Silva 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Dutch started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

The Dutch has a 15-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Prague Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2020. See his history.

Prague Challenger
Griekspoor's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Gombos
T.Griekspoor
5h:53
5h:53
Time on court​
4h:05
4h:05
1h:22
1h:22
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
3
3
Match played
3
3
81
81
Games Played​
55
55
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
295
295
Total points​
224
224
98.3
98.3
Avg point​
74.7
74.7
110
110
Winners
89
89
36.7
36.7
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
37%
37%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
13
13
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
4.3
4.3
8
8
Double Faults
10
10
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
110/153
110/153
1st won total​
89/121
89/121
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72%
72%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
58/109
58/109
2nd won total​
38/74
38/74
53%
53%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
15/35
15/35
BP won
13/27
13/27
5/11.7
5/11.7
Avg BP won
4.3/9
4.3/9
43%
43%
Won
48%
48%
22
22
Conceded
15
15
7.3
7.3
Avg Conceded
5
5
6
6
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
16
16
Saved
11
11
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gombos Griekspoor
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 81 55
Pts 295-256 224-170
Total Points 551 394
Winners 110 89
%Winners 37% 40%

Both Gombos and Griekspoor played 3 matches. At the moment, Norbert Gombos dropped 2 sets while Tallon Griekspoor hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gombos has played 2 sets more than Griekspoor (8 vs 6). Therefore, Gombos played 26 games more than Griekspoor. Gombos scored 110 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Griekspoor struck 89 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gombos Griekspoor
Aces 10 13
Avg per match 3.3 4.3
1st in 153/262 121/195
%1st in 58% 62%
1st pts 110/153 89/121
%1st pts 72% 74%
2nd pts 58/109 38/74
%2nd pts 53% 51%

Gombos managed to score 10 aces (3.3 per match). Griekspoor managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Gombos won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gombos Griekspoor
Won 15 13
Converted 15/35 13/27
% Converted 43% 48%
Conceded 22 15
Saved 16 11
% Saved 73% 73%
Times Broken 6 4

The Slovakian broke his opponents 15 times with a 43% conversion rate. Norbert surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Tallon broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Gombos
R1
Laaksonen		 R2
Zuk		 1/4
Nagal		 Total
Score 6-76 6-4 6-3 6-3 6-71 6-3 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 32 31 18 81
pts 122-109 101-94 72-53 295-256
Total points 231 195 125 551
Winners 43 39 28 110
%Winners 35% 39% 39% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 5 2 10
Double Faults 3 4 1 8
1st in 61/111 55/92 37/59 153/262
% 1st in 55% 60% 63% 58%
1st pts 43/61 39/55 28/37 110/153
% 1st pts 70% 71% 76% 72%
2nd pts 29/50 22/37 7/22 58/109
% 2nd pts 58% 59% 32% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 5 6 15
Converted 4/18 5/8 6/9 15/35
Converted % 22% 63% 67% 43%
Conceded 6 7 9 22
Saved 4/6 6/7 6/9 16
Saved % 67% 86% 67% 73%
Times Broken 2 1 3 6
Griekspoor
R1
Rosol		 R2
Olivo		 1/4
Ferreira Silva		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0 6-3 7-63 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 15 22 18 55
pts 73-51 87-71 64-48 224-170
Total points 124 158 112 394
Winners 29 36 24 89
%Winners 40% 41% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 8 2 3 13
Double Faults 7 0 3 10
1st in 42/67 47/75 32/53 121/195
% 1st in 63% 63% 60% 62%
1st pts 29/42 36/47 24/32 89/121
% 1st pts 69% 77% 75% 74%
2nd pts 12/25 16/28 10/21 38/74
% 2nd pts 48% 57% 48% 51%
Breaks
Won 6 2 5 13
Converted 6/10 2/7 5/10 13/27
Converted % 60% 29% 50% 48%
Conceded 10 2 3 15
Saved 9/10 1/2 1/3 11
Saved % 90% 50% 33% 58%
Times Broken 1 1 2 4

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