Norbert Gombos and Matteo Gigante will face off in the 2nd round of the Verona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on CENTER. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.63
Matteo Gigante -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Matteo Gigante
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Matteo Gigante 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-21 | 13-3 | 10-13 | 0-5 | 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 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 112, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 7-69 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Zeppieri (7-69 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 92 points vs Zeppieri’s 90. Norbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Zeppieri 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Gombos has a good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (354-277). 18-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has a composed 153-108 record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.
Norbert has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2022, 18-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Norbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Gigante
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-22 | 24-8 | 11-10 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-29 | 10-5 | 19-18 | 1-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 9-1 | 27-15 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-15 | 2-2 | 16-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 1-1 | 2-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 296 (career-high), the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-4 6-3, Francesco Forti 6-2 6-2 and Luca Nardi 6-4 3-6 7-60.
In the 1st round, Matteo defeated Nardi (6-4 3-6 7-60). During the match Gigante scored 107 points vs Nardi’s 97. Matteo was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Gigante managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Matteo Gigante was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (40/53) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Gigante broke Nardi 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Gigante’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gigante has a compiled 30-13 win-loss record in 2022, 19-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 67 |
| Pts | 92-90 | 245-198 |
| Total Points | 182 | 443 |
| Winners | 39 | 88 |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% |
Gombos played 1 match while Gigante competed in 3 matches. Gigante started his run from the qualifications while Gombos had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matteo Gigante dropped 1 set while Norbert Gombos hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gombos has played 5 set(s) less than Gigante (2 vs 7). Therefore, Gombos played 44 games less than Gigante. Gombos scored 39 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 88 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 119/192 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 88/119 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 44/73 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 60% |
Gombos managed to score 3 aces . Gigante blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Gombos won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gigante won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Gigante |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/13 | 11/35 |
| % Converted | 23% | 31% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 67% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Gombos broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. Gombos dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 31% conversion rate. Gigante conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | |||
| R1 Zeppieri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 52/79 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 13/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gigante | |||||
| Q1 Oradini |
Q3 Forti |
R1 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 16 | 32 | 67 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 72-51 | 107-97 | 245-198 | |
| Total points | 116 | 123 | 204 | 443 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 40 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | 37% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 34/51 | 53/95 | 119/192 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 67% | 56% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/32 | 25/34 | 40/53 | 88/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 74% | 75% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/14 | 11/17 | 22/42 | 44/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 65% | 52% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/12 | 3/12 | 11/35 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 25% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 12 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/3 | 9/12 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 75% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (1-1) – H2H and prediction
