Sebastian Ofner and Zsombor Piros will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.49
Zsombor Piros -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Zsombor Piros
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Zsombor Piros clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Piros (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Piros won 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in the Oeiras 3 Challenger back in April 2023.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-21 | 6-7 | 7-10 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 81 (career-high), Sebastian got to the semifinal after defeating Laurent Lokoli 6-3 6-2, Otto Virtanen 6-4 1-6 6-4 and Denis Kudla 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-2 6-2). During the match, Ofner scored 56 points vs Kudla’s 33. Sebastian was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ofner made 7 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Ofner was very effective on serve to win 85% (17/20) of his 1st serve and 75% (15/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Austrian broke Kudla 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sebastian has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (278-198). 3-0 on grass in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ofner has an overall21-12 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
Ofner’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger,the Antalya Challenger,the Zadar Challenger and the Prague 1 Challenger.
Sebastian has a compiled 41-16 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
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, Piros reached the semifinal after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-79 6-3 7-67, Alex Bolt 6-4 1-6 6-3 and Charles Broom 6-73 6-3 7-62.
In the quarter against Broom, The Hungarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-3 7-62). During the match Piros scored 114 points vs Broom’s 108. The Hungarian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 58 winners.
About the serving games, Piros bagged 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zsombor Piros was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (58/77) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Hungarian broke Broom twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Piros has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Split Challenger where he overcame Norbert Gombos in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(9) and the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Hungarian has an overall 29-16 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Piros has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 96 |
| Pts | 190-150 | 321-309 |
| Total Points | 340 | 630 |
| Winners | 80 | 150 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Both Ofner and Piros played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner lost 1 set, while Zsombor Piros surrendered 3 sets. Ofner has played 2 set(s) less than Piros (7 vs 9). Therefore, Ofner played 36 games less than Piros. Sebastian scored 80 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Zsombor made 150 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 11 |
| 1st in | 100/178 | 208/341 |
| %1st in | 56% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 80/100 | 150/208 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 47/78 | 67/133 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 50% |
Ofner managed to score 24 aces (8 per match). Piros recorded 33 aces (11 per match). Ofner won 80% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/15 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 60% | 45% |
| Conceded | 8 | 28 |
| Saved | 5 | 21 |
| % Saved | 63% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Ofner surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Piros broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Zsombor conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | |||||
| R1 Lokoli |
R2 Virtanen |
1/4 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 16 | 60 | |
| pts | 54-37 | 80-80 | 56-33 | 190-150 | |
| Total points | 91 | 160 | 89 | 340 | |
| Winners | 20 | 43 | 17 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 54% | 30% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 11 | 7 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 58/92 | 20/40 | 100/178 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 43/58 | 17/20 | 80/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 74% | 85% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/34 | 15/20 | 47/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 47% | 75% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 67% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/8 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 63% | – | 21% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Piros | |||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Bolt |
1/4 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-3 7-67 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | 6-73 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 26 | 35 | 96 | |
| pts | 130-122 | 77-79 | 114-108 | 321-309 | |
| Total points | 252 | 156 | 222 | 630 | |
| Winners | 57 | 35 | 58 | 150 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 7 | 13 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 8 | 3 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 81/135 | 50/86 | 77/120 | 208/341 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 57/81 | 35/50 | 58/77 | 150/208 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/54 | 19/36 | 22/43 | 67/133 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 53% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 9 | 4 | 28 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 6/9 | 3/4 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 67% | 75% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Juncheng ShangShang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Charles BroomBroom (6-73 6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Denis KudlaKudla (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Juncheng ShangShang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Denis KudlaKudla (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Charles BroomBroom (6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-1) – H2H and prediction
