Norbert Gombos and Kacper Zuk will face off in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:30 am 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 -> 1.63
Kacper Zuk -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Kacper Zuk
This will be the 2nd time that Norbert Gombos and Kacper Zuk square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Gombos won 6-3 6-7(1) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Prague Challenger back in 2021.
Norbert Gombos
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 142, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after beating Flavio Cobolli 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Norbert defeated Cobolli (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Gombos scored 78 points vs Cobolli’s 63. Gombos was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 51% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (16/38) on the 2nd serve. Gombos was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cobolli 5 times.
Gombos has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (319-265). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gombos has an aggregate 126-99 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Gombos has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Norbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Kacper Zuk
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 5-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
2023 | 26-29 | 7-9 | 5-8 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
2022 | 35-27 | 12-7 | 6-9 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 5-1 |
2021 | 41-25 | 5-5 | 17-8 | 15-8 | 2-2 | 2-2 |
2020 | 31-9 | 6-2 | 10-4 | 15-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 268, the Pole reached the 2nd round after defeating Max Hans Rehberg 6-4 6-3, Nino Serdarusic 2-6 6-4 6-3 and Mariano Navone 6-4 7-68.
In the 1st round, Kacper had a good straight sets win against Navone (6-4 7-68). During the match Zuk scored 82 points vs Navone’s 76. The Pole was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Zuk couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kacper Zuk lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zuk put 54% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Navone 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Kacper’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Trimbach.
Zuk has a composed 12-10 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Gombos | Zuk |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
Tot Games | 23 | 69 |
Pts | 78-63 | 247-226 |
Total Points | 141 | 473 |
Winners | 31 | 90 |
%Winners | 40% | 36% |
Gombos played 1 match while Zuk competed in 3 matches. Zuk 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 lost 1 set, while Kacper Zuk lost 1 set. Gombos has played 4 set(s) less than Zuk (3 vs 7). Therefore, Gombos played 46 games less than Zuk. The Slovakian scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Zuk made 90 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Gombos | Zuk |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 5 |
Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
1st in | 40/78 | 127/222 |
%1st in | 51% | 57% |
1st pts | 31/40 | 90/127 |
%1st pts | 78% | 71% |
2nd pts | 16/38 | 47/95 |
%2nd pts | 42% | 49% |
Gombos fired 2 aces . Zuk managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Gombos won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Zuk won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Gombos | Zuk |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 11 |
Converted | 5/5 | 11/26 |
% Converted | 100% | 42% |
Conceded | 9 | 23 |
Saved | 7 | 16 |
% Saved | 78% | 70% |
Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Norbert broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Pole broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Pole conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
Gombos | |||
R1 Cobolli |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
Total points | 141 | 141 | |
Winners | 31 | 31 | |
%Winners | 40% | 40% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 40/78 | 40/78 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
1st pts | 31/40 | 31/40 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
2nd pts | 16/38 | 16/38 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Zuk | |||||
Q1 Hans |
Q3 Serdarusic |
R1 Navone |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-68 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 23 | 69 | |
pts | 78-61 | 87-89 | 82-76 | 247-226 | |
Total points | 139 | 176 | 158 | 473 | |
Winners | 29 | 34 | 27 | 90 | |
%Winners | 37% | 39% | 33% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 41/60 | 47/90 | 39/72 | 127/222 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 52% | 54% | 57% | |
1st pts | 29/41 | 34/47 | 27/39 | 90/127 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 72% | 69% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 8/19 | 23/43 | 16/33 | 47/95 | |
% 2nd pts | 42% | 53% | 48% | 49% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 | |
Converted | 5/14 | 2/5 | 4/7 | 11/26 | |
Converted % | 36% | 40% | 57% | 42% | |
Conceded | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 8/10 | 4/7 | 16 | |
Saved % | 67% | 80% | 57% | 204% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Split Challenger
- Kacper ZukZuk – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Dane SweenySweeny (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-73 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Evan FurnessFurness (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Lukas KleinKlein (3-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Gabriel DebruDebru (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Dane SweenySweeny (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Evan FurnessFurness (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-4 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-7(3) 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Nerman FaticFatic (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Manuel GuinardGuinard – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Norbert GombosGombos (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction