Zsombor Piros and Alex Bolt will face off in the 2nd round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.79
Zsombor Piros -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 1-4 | 10-11 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Piros got to the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-79 6-3 7-67.
In the 1st round against Kovacevic, Piros recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-79 6-3 7-67). During the match, Piros scored 130 points vs Kovacevic’s 122. Zsombor was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about the service games, Piros fired 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (57/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (26/54) on the 2nd serve. Zsombor broke Kovacevic 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Piros has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (211-121). 1-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has a composed3-1 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Split Challenger where he beat Norbert Gombos in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(9) and the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he beat Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-4.
Zsombor has an overall 27-16 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-14 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 17-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 363, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Bu Yunchaokete 6-1 6-3, Jesper De Jong 6-3 7-65 and Toby Samuel 2-6 7-66 7-5.
In the 1st round against Samuel, Bolt recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-66 7-5).During the match Bolt scored less points (2) than Samuel. In fact, the world no. 123 won 108 points vs Samuel’s. That means that Bolt was more focused during the important points. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (55/76) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alex broke Samuel once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).
Bolt’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie,M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Bakersfield.
The Australian has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 71 |
| Pts | 130-122 | 230-200 |
| Total Points | 252 | 430 |
| Winners | 57 | 112 |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% |
Piros played 1 match while Bolt competed in 3 matches. Bolt started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Zsombor Piros lost 1 set, while Alex Bolt conceded 1 set. Piros has played 4 set(s) less than Bolt (3 vs 7). Therefore, Piros played 36 games less than Bolt. Zsombor scored 57 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alex recorded 112 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 81/135 | 147/201 |
| %1st in | 60% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 57/81 | 112/147 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 34/54 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 63% |
Piros made 13 aces . Bolt struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Piros won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 8/21 |
| % Converted | 44% | 38% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 12 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Zsombor broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Zsombor surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Bolt broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Bolt conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 130-122 | 130-122 | |
| Total points | 252 | 252 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 81/135 | 81/135 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 57/81 | 57/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 26/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bolt | |||||
| Q1 Yunchaokete |
Q3 De |
R1 Samuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 7-65 | 2-6 7-66 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 33 | 71 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 65-56 | 108-110 | 230-200 | |
| Total points | 91 | 121 | 218 | 430 | |
| Winners | 21 | 36 | 55 | 112 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 55% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/41 | 43/59 | 76/101 | 147/201 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 73% | 75% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 36/43 | 55/76 | 112/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 84% | 72% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/13 | 8/16 | 15/25 | 34/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 85% | 50% | 60% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/3 | 1/9 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 100% | 11% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/1 | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Ilkley Challenger
- Alex BoltBolt – Toby SamuelSamuel (2-6 7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-79 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Charles BroomBroom – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Norbert GombosGombos (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-61 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- David GoffinGoffin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Charles BroomBroom (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Harry WendelkenWendelken (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Sebastian OfnerOfner (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
