Zsombor Piros and Charles Broom will clash against each other in the quarter of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 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 Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.46
Charles Broom -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Charles Broom
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Charles Broom 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 | 17-16 | 1-4 | 9-10 | 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, Zsombor got to the quarter after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-79 6-3 7-67 and Alex Bolt 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Piros defeated Bolt (6-4 1-6 6-3).During the match, Piros scored less points (2) than Bolt. In fact, the world no. 123 won 77 points vs Bolt’s. That means that Piros was more focused during the important points. The Hungarian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros recorded 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Bolt 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Piros has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (212-121). 2-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Piros has an aggregate4-1 record in the last 8 years on grass.
His best result of the current season 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 overcame Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Hungarian has a compiled 28-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Piros has never competed in this tournament before.
Charles Broom
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 7-6 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 8-7 | 0-4 | 20-15 | 11-6 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 6-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-10 | 20-6 | 8-3 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 435, Charles reached the quarter after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-2 3-0 ret., Dennis Novak 7-61 6-75 7-66, Gijs Brouwer 7-65 6-2 and Raul Brancaccio 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-1 6-4). During the match Broom scored 65 points vs Brancaccio’s 48. Broom was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Broom recorded 15 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Charles Broom lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Broom put 62% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Charles broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Charles started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Charles’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Sheffield.
Charles has a composed 16-17 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Broom |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 88 |
| Pts | 207-201 | 318-267 |
| Total Points | 408 | 585 |
| Winners | 92 | 145 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Piros played 2 matches while Broom competed in 4 matches. Broom 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 dropped 2 sets, while Charles Broom surrendered 1 set. Piros has played 4 set(s) less than Broom (6 vs 10). Therefore, Piros played 27 games less than Broom. The Hungarian scored 92 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Charles recorded 145 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Broom |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 36 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 9 |
| 1st in | 131/221 | 192/299 |
| %1st in | 59% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 92/131 | 145/192 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 45/90 | 51/107 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
Piros fired 20 aces (10 per match). Broom managed to score 36 aces (9 per match). Piros won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Broom won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Broom |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 14 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 47% | 47% |
| Conceded | 24 | 21 |
| Saved | 18 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 |
The Hungarian broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Piros conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Broom conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | ||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-3 7-67 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 26 | 61 | |
| pts | 130-122 | 77-79 | 207-201 | |
| Total points | 252 | 156 | 408 | |
| Winners | 57 | 35 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 81/135 | 50/86 | 131/221 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 57/81 | 35/50 | 92/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 19/36 | 45/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 53% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 9 | 24 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 6/9 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Broom | ||||||
| Q1 Agamenone |
Q3 Novak |
R1 Brouwer |
R2 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-0 ret. | 7-61 6-75 7-66 | 7-65 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 88 | |
| pts | 39-23 | 141-134 | 73-62 | 65-48 | 318-267 | |
| Total points | 62 | 275 | 135 | 113 | 585 | |
| Winners | 16 | 59 | 38 | 32 | 145 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 52% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 83/132 | 46/67 | 40/65 | 192/299 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 63% | 69% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 59/83 | 38/46 | 32/40 | 145/192 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 71% | 83% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 23/49 | 12/21 | 10/25 | 51/107 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 47% | 57% | 40% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/12 | 2/7 | 4/6 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 33% | 29% | 67% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 21 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/8 | 4/4 | 7/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 100% | 88% | 119% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
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