Norbert Gombos and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.78
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
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. 112, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after defeating Henri Squire 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 6-3). During the match, Gombos scored 68 points vs Squire’s 55. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos fired 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (34/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Norbert broke Squire 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Gombos has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (372-287). 5-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has a compiled 128-94 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Norbert’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Murcia Challenger and the Salzburg Challenger.
Norbert has a composed 40-26 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 23-17 | 11-3 | 5-9 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 137 (career-high), Geoffrey reached the 2nd round after defeating Zsombor Piros 6-2 6-0.
In the 1st round, Geoffrey had a good straight sets win against Piros (6-2 6-0). During the match Blancaneaux scored 53 points vs Piros’s 23. The French player was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Blancaneaux scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 88% (7/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Blancaneaux broke Piros 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Blancaneaux’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo.
Blancaneaux has a composed 40-35 win-loss record in 2022, 8-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 |
| Pts | 68-55 | 53-23 |
| Total Points | 123 | 76 |
| Winners | 34 | 22 |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% |
Both Gombos and Blancaneaux played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gombos played 5 games more than Blancaneaux. Norbert scored 34 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Geoffrey made 22 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 27/35 |
| %1st in | 69% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 22/27 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 7/8 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 88% |
Gombos recorded 8 aces . Blancaneaux scored 1 ace . Gombos won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 88% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 71% |
| Conceded | 9 | 0 |
| Saved | 8 | 0 |
| % Saved | 89% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Gombos broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Norbert lost his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Gombos | |||
| R1 Squire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-55 | 68-55 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 45/65 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R1 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-23 | 53-23 | |
| Total points | 76 | 76 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/35 | 27/35 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 88% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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