Norbert Gombos and Arthur Fils will square off in the 2^nd round of the Orleans Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 pm on CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.444
Arthur Fils -> 2.69

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Arthur Fils

There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 98, Norbert reached the 2^nd round after beating Ulises Blanch 7-6⁴ 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Norbert defeated Blanch (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 108 points vs Blanch’s 97. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Gombos broke Blanch 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Gombos has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (368-285). 1-4 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gombos has an overall 124-92 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Gombos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Murcia Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.

The Slovakian has an overall 36-24 win-loss record in 2022, 1-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Arthur Fils

Ranked no. 332, Fils reached the 2^nd round after beating Rudolf Molleker 4-6 7-6⁵ 7-5, Clement Tabur 6-3 7-6³ and Skander Mansouri 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Fils had a good straight sets win against Mansouri (6-4 6-2). During the match Fils scored 67 points vs Mansouri’s 50. Fils was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Fils scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Fils was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fils broke Mansouri 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Arthur has a compiled 36-20 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Orleans Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gombos	Fils
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	7
Tot Games	33	75
Pts	108-97	247-218
Total Points	205	465
Winners	48	111
%Winners	44%	45%

Gombos played 1 match while Fils competed in 3 matches. Fils started his run from the qualifications while Gombos had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Norbert Gombos dropped 1 set, while Arthur Fils dropped 1 set. Gombos has played 4 set(s) less than Fils (3 vs 7). Therefore, Gombos played 42 games less than Fils. The Slovakian scored 48 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Arthur managed to score 111 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gombos	Fils
Aces	8	20
Avg per match	8	6.7
1st in	64/101	143/232
%1st in	63%	62%
1st pts	48/64	111/143
%1st pts	75%	78%
2nd pts	19/37	52/89
%2nd pts	51%	58%

Gombos blasted 8 aces . Fils bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Gombos won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Fils won 78% 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	Fils
Won	3	7
Converted	3/9	7/16
% Converted	33%	44%
Conceded	4	10
Saved	1	7
% Saved	25%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Gombos broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Gombos surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Arthur conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Gombos
	R1 Blanch	Total
Score	7-64 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	33	33
pts	108-97	108-97
Total points	205	205
Winners	48	48
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	64/101	64/101
% 1st in	63%	63%
1st pts	48/64	48/64
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	19/37	19/37
% 2nd pts	51%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Fils
	Q1 Molleker	Q3 Tabur	R1 Mansouri	Total
Score	4-6 7-65 7-5	6-3 7-63	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	35	22	18	75
pts	108-101	72-67	67-50	247-218
Total points	209	139	117	465
Winners	46	43	22	111
%Winners	43%	60%	33%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	6	4	20
Double Faults	5	3	2	10
1st in	61/101	54/80	28/51	143/232
% 1st in	60%	68%	55%	62%
1st pts	46/61	43/54	22/28	111/143
% 1st pts	75%	80%	79%	78%
2nd pts	23/40	13/26	16/23	52/89
% 2nd pts	58%	50%	70%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	1	3	7
Converted	3/3	1/3	3/10	7/16
Converted %	100%	33%	30%	44%
Conceded	5	4	1	10
Saved	2/5	4/4	1/1	7
Saved %	40%	100%	100%	240%
Times Broken	3	0	0	3

Tennis Scores in Orleans Challenger

• Quentin HalysHalys – Nerman FaticFatic (6-7³ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Lukas RosolRosol – Maxime JanvierJanvier (4-2 ret.) – See score progression
• Arthur FilsFils – Skander MansouriMansouri (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Hugo GastonGaston – Daniel MasurMasur (6-0 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (6-3 7-6³) – See score progression
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-7³ 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Ulises BlanchBlanch (7-6⁴ 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 5-7 7-6¹¹) – See score progression
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (7-6³ 6-3) – See score progression
• Evan FurnessFurness – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Richard GasquetGasquet – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-6(3) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Adrian AndreevAndreev – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Nerman FaticFatic (6-7(3) 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Harold MayotMayot (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jack SockSock – Lukas RosolRosol (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Laurent LokoliLokoli – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jurij RodionovRodionov – Evan FurnessFurness (0-0) – H2H and prediction