Norbert Gombos and Timofey Skatov will square off in the 1st round of the Australian Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 12. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.52
Timofey Skatov -> 2.6
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Timofey Skatov
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Timofey Skatov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-17 | 1-2 | 21-11 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-23 | 13-3 | 10-13 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-23 | 2-4 | 11-10 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-28 | 7-3 | 28-17 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-30 | 0-9 | 13-10 | 12-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 117, Norbert reached the 1st round after defeating Andrey Kuznetsov 7-5 6-74 6-2, Renzo Olivo 6-0 3-6 7-66 and Matthew Ebden 6-73 7-65 7-68.
In the qualifications against Ebden, Norbert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-65 7-68).During the match, Gombos scored less points (1) than Ebden. In fact, the world no. 117 won 141 points vs Ebden’s. That means that Gombos was more focused during the important points. Norbert was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (55/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (28/58) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Ebden 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gombos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 3 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Gombos has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (335-262). 3-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has an overall 67-63 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Norbert has a compiled 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Timofey Skatov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-19 | 6-7 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-23 | 5-7 | 29-14 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-29 | 6-4 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 4-3 | 30-27 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 0-2 | 33-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253, Skatov reached the 1st round after defeating Hugo Grenier 6-3 6-2, Dane Sweeny 6-4 6-2 and Gastao Elias 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, Skatov had a good straight sets win against Elias (6-4 7-65). During the match Skatov scored 71 points vs Elias’s 64. The Kazakhstani was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Skatov was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Timofey Skatov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Skatov put 84% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the 2nd serve. Skatov broke Elias 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Kazakhstani started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
The Kazakhstani has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the Australian Open
Timofey has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 100 | 58 |
| Pts | 366-341 | 210-174 |
| Total Points | 707 | 384 |
| Winners | 157 | 102 |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% |
Both Gombos and Skatov played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Norbert Gombos dropped 3 sets while Timofey Skatov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gombos has played 3 sets more than Skatov (9 vs 6). Therefore, Gombos played 42 games more than Skatov. Gombos scored 157 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani blasted 102 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 0 |
| 1st in | 218/355 | 149/181 |
| %1st in | 61% | 82% |
| 1st pts | 157/218 | 102/149 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 63/137 | 21/32 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 66% |
Gombos scored 23 aces (7.7 per match). Skatov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gombos won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Skatov won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Skatov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 10 |
| Converted | 12/32 | 10/29 |
| % Converted | 38% | 34% |
| Conceded | 26 | 8 |
| Saved | 19 | 5 |
| % Saved | 73% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Gombos broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gombos lost his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 10 times with a 34% conversion rate. Skatov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | |||||
| Q1 Kuznetsov |
Q2 Olivo |
Q3 Ebden |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-74 6-2 | 6-0 3-6 7-66 | 6-73 7-65 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 28 | 39 | 100 | |
| pts | 126-115 | 99-84 | 141-142 | 366-341 | |
| Total points | 241 | 183 | 283 | 707 | |
| Winners | 66 | 36 | 55 | 157 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 36% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 15 | 4 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 85/129 | 50/85 | 83/141 | 218/355 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 59% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 66/85 | 36/50 | 55/83 | 157/218 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 72% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 16/35 | 28/58 | 63/137 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 46% | 48% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/11 | 4/14 | 12/32 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 45% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 3/6 | 7/11 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 64% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Skatov | |||||
| Q1 Grenier |
Q2 Sweeny |
Q3 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 18 | 23 | 58 | |
| pts | 60-48 | 79-62 | 71-64 | 210-174 | |
| Total points | 108 | 141 | 135 | 384 | |
| Winners | 33 | 32 | 37 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 41% | 52% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/59 | 43/55 | 56/67 | 149/181 | |
| % 1st in | 85% | 78% | 84% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 32/43 | 37/56 | 102/149 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 66% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 8/12 | 6/11 | 21/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 67% | 55% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/13 | 4/7 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 23% | 57% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/1 | 2/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 40% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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