Norbert Gombos and Sergiy Stakhovsky will clash against each other in the quarter of the Pau Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.38
Sergiy Stakhovsky -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky
This will be the 5th time that Norbert Gombos and Sergiy Stakhovsky square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Gombos won 7-6(4) 4-6 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Pau Challenger back in 2019.
Norbert Gombos
Ranked no. 119, Gombos got to the quarter after beating Gabriel Debru 6-4 6-1 and Pavel Kotov 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-3 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 64 points vs Kotov’s 50. Norbert was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos managed to score 7 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Norbert broke Kotov twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gombos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Gombos has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (387-292). 12-7 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has an overall 128-89 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Norbert’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Captif Challenger.
Gombos has a composed 26-29 win-loss record in 2021, 12-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ranked no. 233, the Ukrainian reached the quarter after beating Dennis Novak 6-3 6-1 and Dan Added 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Ukrainian defeated Added (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Stakhovsky scored 89 points vs Added’s 83. The Ukrainian was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Stakhovsky managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sergiy Stakhovsky lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Stakhovsky put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. Sergiy broke Added 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stakhovsky started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Stakhovsky’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Porto Challenger.
Sergiy has a compiled 24-21 win-loss record in 2021, 7-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Stakhovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 46 |
| Pts | 134-99 | 157-131 |
| Total Points | 233 | 288 |
| Winners | 61 | 70 |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% |
Both Gombos and Stakhovsky played 2 matches. At the moment, Sergiy Stakhovsky conceded 1 set while Norbert Gombos hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gombos has played 1 set(s) less than Stakhovsky (4 vs 5). Therefore, Gombos played 10 games less than Stakhovsky. Norbert scored 61 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Stakhovsky blasted 70 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Stakhovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 78/124 | 97/160 |
| %1st in | 63% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 61/78 | 70/97 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 26/46 | 29/63 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 46% |
Gombos blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Stakhovsky managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gombos won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Stakhovsky won 72% of the points on 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 | Gombos | Stakhovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 31% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 15 |
| Saved | 11 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Norbert pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 11 break points. Sergiy broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Debru |
R2 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 64-50 | 134-99 | |
| Total points | 119 | 114 | 233 | |
| Winners | 33 | 28 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/67 | 35/57 | 78/124 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 28/35 | 61/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 80% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 14/22 | 26/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 64% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/7 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 29% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 3/3 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stakhovsky | ||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Added |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 | 46 | |
| pts | 68-48 | 89-83 | 157-131 | |
| Total points | 116 | 172 | 288 | |
| Winners | 28 | 42 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 59/97 | 97/160 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 42/59 | 70/97 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 15/38 | 29/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 39% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/9 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 55% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
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