Norbert Gombos and Francesco Passaro will face off in the quarter of the Trieste Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on CENTER COURT GIORGI. 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 -> 1.71
Francesco Passaro -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Francesco Passaro
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Francesco Passaro since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-28 | 5-6 | 27-15 | 9-7 | 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. 116, Norbert reached the quarter after defeating Federico Gaio 6-2 6-1 and Andrea Collarini 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Collarini (6-3 6-2). During the match, Gombos scored 54 points vs Collarini’s 34. Gombos was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gombos broke Collarini 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Norbert hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 65% of the points he played.
Gombos has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (357-278). 21-11 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has an aggregate 156-109 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.
Gombos has an overall 25-17 win-loss record in 2022, 21-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Trieste Challenger
Norbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Francesco Passaro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-27 | 8-5 | 23-14 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-25 | 4-5 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-35 | 8-11 | 18-20 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 12-6 | 35-18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-27 | 4-5 | 39-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 187 (career-high), Francesco reached the quarter after defeating Nikola Milojevic 7-5 6-1 and Mattia Bellucci 7-62 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Passaro had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (7-62 6-1). During the match Passaro scored 83 points vs Bellucci’s 56. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Passaro scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Francesco Passaro was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Bellucci 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Passaro hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Francesco’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,the Sanremo Challenger,the Forli 6 Challenger and the Milan Challenger.
Passaro has an aggregate 34-17 win-loss record in 2022, 25-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 39 |
| Pts | 106-58 | 154-106 |
| Total Points | 164 | 260 |
| Winners | 45 | 48 |
| %Winners | 42% | 31% |
Both Gombos and Passaro played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Passaro have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gombos played 7 games less than Passaro. Norbert scored 45 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Passaro struck 48 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 51/85 | 64/115 |
| %1st in | 60% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 45/51 | 48/64 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 30/51 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 59% |
Gombos bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Passaro scored 2 aces (1 per match). Gombos won 88% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Passaro won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Passaro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/10 | 10/21 |
| % Converted | 80% | 48% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Norbert broke his opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Gombos lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Francesco conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Gaio |
R2 Collarini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| pts | 52-24 | 54-34 | 106-58 | |
| Total points | 76 | 88 | 164 | |
| Winners | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 27/47 | 51/85 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 57% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 23/27 | 45/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 85% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 11/20 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 55% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Passaro | ||||
| R1 Milojevic |
R2 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 83-56 | 154-106 | |
| Total points | 121 | 139 | 260 | |
| Winners | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 34/59 | 64/115 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 26/34 | 48/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 14/25 | 30/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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