Zsombor Piros and Michael Vrbensky will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Forli 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 2 sets.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.333
Michael Vrbensky -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 6-4 | 26-8 | 7-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-29 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 13-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 288, Piros reached the 2nd round after defeating Louis Wessels 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-4 6-4). During the match, Piros scored 73 points vs Wessels’s 53. Zsombor was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Piros scored 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Zsombor Piros was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Piros broke Wessels twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Piros has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (147-82). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has a composed17-11 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The Hungarian has a composed 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 1 Challenger
Zsombor has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Vrbensky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-30 | 4-3 | 19-20 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 372, Michael reached the 2nd round after beating Pietro Buscaglione 6-1 6-1, Marco Miceli 2-6 6-4 7-5 and Matteo Viola 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Viola (6-4 6-2). During the match Vrbensky scored 59 points vs Viola’s 49. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Vrbensky recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Vrbensky conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 69% of his first serves in, winning 75% (30/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The Czech was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Viola 3 times.
Michael has an aggregate 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 62 |
| Pts | 73-53 | 227-192 |
| Total Points | 126 | 419 |
| Winners | 25 | 88 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Piros played 1 match while Vrbensky competed in 3 matches. Vrbensky started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Michael Vrbensky lost 1 set while Zsombor Piros hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Piros has played 5 set(s) less than Vrbensky (2 vs 7). Therefore, Piros played 42 games less than Vrbensky. Zsombor scored 25 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech blasted 88 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 122/212 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 88/122 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 41/90 |
| %2nd pts | 79% | 46% |
Piros managed to score 5 aces . Vrbensky scored 15 aces (5 per match). Piros won 93% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 79% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky 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 | Piros | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 14 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 14/27 |
| % Converted | 25% | 52% |
| Conceded | 0 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 12 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The Hungarian broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Zsombor quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Michael broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Wessels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-53 | 73-53 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 27/46 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 25/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Vrbensky | |||||
| Q1 Buscaglione | Q3 Miceli | R1 Viola | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 2-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 30 | 18 | 62 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 108-111 | 59-49 | 227-192 | |
| Total points | 92 | 219 | 108 | 419 | |
| Winners | 20 | 38 | 30 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 35% | 51% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 58/108 | 40/58 | 122/212 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 54% | 69% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 38/58 | 30/40 | 88/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 66% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 19/50 | 9/18 | 41/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 38% | 50% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/14 | 3/3 | 14/27 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 100% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 | 2 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 8/14 | 2/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 57% | 100% | 257% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
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- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-0 2-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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