Norbert Gombos and Sebastian Ofner will square off in the quarter of the Verona Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 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 -> 1.85
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Sebastian Ofner
This will be the 3rd time that Norbert Gombos and Sebastian Ofner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Gombos and Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Ofner won 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in the Lille Challenger back in 2019.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 9-9 | 0-2 | 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, Gombos got to the quarter after defeating Giulio Zeppieri 7-69 6-4 and Matteo Gigante 7-62 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Gigante (7-62 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 78 points vs Gigante’s 69. Norbert was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 69% of his first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Norbert broke Gigante 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Gombos has a good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (355-277). 19-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gombos has an overall 154-108 match record in the last years on clay.
Norbert’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.
Norbert has an aggregate 23-16 win-loss record in 2022, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Verona Challenger
Gombos has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-21 | 6-7 | 7-10 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 230, Sebastian reached the quarter after defeating Alessandro Giannessi 6-3 6-3 and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Stebe (6-4 7-65). During the match Ofner scored 80 points vs Stebe’s 69. Ofner was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Ofner made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Sebastian Ofner was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 64% (25/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ofner broke Stebe twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prague 1 Challenger.
The Austrian has an aggregate 15-8 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 41 |
| Pts | 170-159 | 145-113 |
| Total Points | 329 | 258 |
| Winners | 76 | 48 |
| %Winners | 45% | 33% |
Both Gombos and Ofner played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Ofner have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gombos played 5 games more than Ofner. Gombos scored 76 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian managed to score 48 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 111/164 | 62/123 |
| %1st in | 68% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 76/111 | 48/62 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 25/53 | 40/61 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 66% |
Gombos made 4 aces (2 per match). Ofner blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gombos won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 77% of the points on 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 | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/20 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 35% | 42% |
| Conceded | 16 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 7 |
| % Saved | 69% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Gombos broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Ofner broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Ofner conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Zeppieri |
R2 Gigante |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-4 | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 78-69 | 170-159 | |
| Total points | 182 | 147 | 329 | |
| Winners | 39 | 37 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/79 | 59/85 | 111/164 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 69% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 37/59 | 76/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 63% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/27 | 12/26 | 25/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 46% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 4/7 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 57% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 7/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 70% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Giannessi |
R2 Stebe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 80-69 | 145-113 | |
| Total points | 109 | 149 | 258 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 28/50 | 34/73 | 62/123 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 47% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 25/34 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 25/39 | 40/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 64% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/6 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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