Norbert Gombos and Sebastian Ofner will fight against each other in the quarter of the Tulln Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.79
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Sebastian Ofner
This will be the 4th time that Norbert Gombos and Sebastian Ofner square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ofner won 3-6 7-6(3) 6-3 in the quarter in the Verona Challenger back in July 2022.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 18-11 | 6-4 | 2-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-5 6-4 and Gianluca Mager 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Mager (6-4 7-5). During the match, Gombos scored 64 points vs Mager’s 56. Gombos was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gombos made 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Norbert Gombos was very effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gombos broke Mager twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gombos hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Gombos has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (366-283). 27-15 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gombos has a compiled 162-113 record in the last years on clay.
Gombos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.
The Slovakian has a compiled 34-22 win-loss record in 2022, 27-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
Norbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 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. 218, the Austrian got to the quarter after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-4 6-4 and Lucas Miedler 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Miedler (7-5 6-2). During the match Ofner scored 65 points vs Miedler’s 45. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner made 7 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Sebastian Ofner was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ofner broke Miedler 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Sebastian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prague 1 Challenger.
Ofner has an overall 24-15 win-loss record in 2022, 19-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tulln Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
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 | 44 | 40 |
| Pts | 140-121 | 131-98 |
| Total Points | 261 | 229 |
| Winners | 55 | 50 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Gombos and Ofner played 2 matches. Both players have not lost 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 4 games more than Ofner. The Slovakian scored 55 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Ofner scored 50 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 72/124 | 63/111 |
| %1st in | 58% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 55/72 | 50/63 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 35/52 | 28/48 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Gombos bagged 11 aces (5.5 per match). Ofner bagged 13 aces (6.5 per match). Gombos won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 45% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 80% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Slovakian dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Ofner broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Agustin |
R2 Mager |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 64-56 | 140-121 | |
| Total points | 141 | 120 | 261 | |
| Winners | 26 | 29 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 9 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 34/59 | 72/124 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 29/34 | 55/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 16/25 | 35/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 64% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/5 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Stebe |
R2 Miedler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 65-45 | 131-98 | |
| Total points | 119 | 110 | 229 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 31/50 | 63/111 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 62% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 25/31 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 81% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 11/19 | 28/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/11 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 45% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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