Otto Virtanen and Norbert Gombos will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Otto Virtanen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Otto Virtanen is the pick to win this match.
Otto Virtanen -> 1.45
Norbert Gombos -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Otto Virtanen vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Otto Virtanen and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Otto Virtanen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-10 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-31 | 4-6 | 4-10 | 22-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-31 | 4-1 | 7-12 | 25-13 | 8-3 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 40-21 | 2-2 | 16-11 | 19-6 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 24-9 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 21-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, Otto will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Nottingham Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(6) to Loffhagen in the 1st round on the 13th of June.
The Finn has an aggregate 18-17 win-loss record in 2023, 0-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Cem Ilkel in the final 6-4 7-6(5) and the Lille Challenger where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, The Finn has an overall 147-94 record. He has a positive 8-5 record on grass.
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Virtanen has never competed in this tournament before.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 150, the Slovakian will start his run in the Ilkley Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he lost 6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(7) to Kym in the 2nd round on the 14th of June.
Gombos has a compiled 12-11 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on grass.
Gombos’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Split Challenger.
In terms of his career, Gombos has an overall 440-332 record. He has a negative 8-12 record on grass.
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