Norbert Gombos and Kacper Zuk will face off in the 2^nd round of the Split Challenger for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd round in the Prague Challenger back in 2021.

Norbert Gombos

Norbert Gombos

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	8-11	0-0	8-9	0-2	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

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Ranked no. 142, the Slovakian reached the 2^nd round after beating Flavio Cobolli 6-1 3-6 6-1.

In the 1^st 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.

Split Challenger

Gombos's Record

Kacper Zuk

Kacper Zuk

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	5-7	0-0	4-4	1-2	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

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Ranked no. 268, the Pole reached the 2^nd 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 1^st 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.

Split Challenger

Zuk's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

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

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

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.

Head 2 Head

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532

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643

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Win Loss

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8 - 11

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1-2

8-9

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4-4

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

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