Carlos Alcaraz and Norbert Gombos will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Plava Laguna Croatia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:00 pm on GORAN IVANISEVIC STADION. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.094
Norbert Gombos -> 7.8

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Norbert Gombos

There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

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Rank
1
High
1
LWWWWLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 71-9 28-4 22-1 10-3 11-1 0-0
2024 54-13 22-5 17-4 7-3 8-1 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 5 (career-high), Alcaraz will start his run in Umag after he played his last match in Hamburg where he lost 6-4 6-7(6) 6-4 to Musetti in the final on the 24th of July.

Alcaraz has a compiled 39-6 win-loss record in 2022, 24-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the season was winning the title in in Rio de Janeiro where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-4 6-2 and in in Miami where he overcame Casper Ruud in the final 7-5 6-4 and in in Barcelona where he beat Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 6-3 6-2 and in in Madrid where he overcame Alexander Zverev in the final 6-3 6-1.

Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 150-44 record. He has a positive 96-27 record on clay.

Previously in Umag

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.

Umag
Alcaraz's Record

Norbert Gombos

Norbert Gombos

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Rank
292
High
80
LWLLWLWWWL
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. 117, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Fernando Romboli 6-1 6-2 and Federico Delbonis 6-4 5-7 6-4

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In the 1st round, The Slovakian defeated Delbonis (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match Gombos scored 89 points vs Delbonis’s 86. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Gombos blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was very effective on serve to win 82% (37/45) of his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gombos broke Delbonis 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Norbert’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.

Gombos has an overall 27-19 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Umag

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See his history.

Umag
Gombos's Record

Tennis Scores in Umag

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