Norbert Gombos and Toby Alex Kodat will square off in the 2^nd round of the Liberec Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on SYNER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.36
Toby Alex Kodat -> 2.96

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Toby Alex Kodat

There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Toby Alex Kodat since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 217, the Slovakian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Giovanni Fonio 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Norbert had a good straight sets win against Fonio (7-6⁵ 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 71 points vs Fonio’s 62. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Norbert Gombos lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 49% of his first serves in, winning 88% (29/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Gombos broke Fonio 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Gombos has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (328-275). 9-8 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has an aggregate 134-107 match record in the last years on clay.

Gombos’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Split Challenger.

The Slovakian has a compiled 14-15 win-loss record in 2023, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Liberec Challenger

Toby Alex Kodat

Ranked no. 481, Alex got to the 2^nd round after beating Oleg Prihodko 6-4 6-4, Matyas Cerny 6-0 6-2 and Timo Stodder 3-6 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Stodder, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Alex scored 88 points vs Stodder’s 81. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Alex fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Toby Alex Kodat was quite effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Toby broke Stodder 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Toby’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Calabasas,M25 Poprad and M25 Klosters.

The American has a composed 26-16 win-loss record in 2023, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Liberec Challenger

Toby has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gombos	Alex
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	7
Tot Games	23	61
Pts	71-62	212-166
Total Points	133	378
Winners	29	83
%Winners	41%	39%

Gombos played 1 match while Alex competed in 3 matches. Alex started his run from the qualifications while Gombos had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Toby Alex Kodat lost 1 set while Norbert Gombos hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gombos has played 5 set(s) less than Alex (2 vs 7). Therefore, Gombos played 38 games less than Alex. Norbert scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Toby made 83 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gombos	Alex
Aces	5	7
Avg per match	5	2.3
1st in	33/67	108/188
%1st in	49%	57%
1st pts	29/33	83/108
%1st pts	88%	77%
2nd pts	17/34	41/80
%2nd pts	50%	51%

Gombos struck 5 aces . Alex made 7 aces (2.3 per match). Gombos won 88% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Alex won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gombos	Alex
Won	3	13
Converted	3/6	13/21
% Converted	50%	62%
Conceded	3	17
Saved	1	13
% Saved	33%	76%
Times Broken	2	4

Gombos broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Toby conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Gombos
	R1 Fonio	Total
Score	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	71-62	71-62
Total points	133	133
Winners	29	29
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/67	33/67
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	29/33	29/33
% 1st pts	88%	88%
2nd pts	17/34	17/34
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/6	3/6
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

Alex
	Q1 Prihodko	Q3 Cerny	R1 Stodder	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	6-0 6-2	3-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	14	27	61
pts	64-54	60-31	88-81	212-166
Total points	118	91	169	378
Winners	25	24	34	83
%Winners	39%	40%	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	3	7
Double Faults	4	2	1	7
1st in	33/65	28/42	47/81	108/188
% 1st in	51%	67%	58%	57%
1st pts	25/33	24/28	34/47	83/108
% 1st pts	76%	86%	72%	77%
2nd pts	17/32	5/14	19/34	41/80
% 2nd pts	53%	36%	56%	51%
Breaks
Won	3	6	4	13
Converted	3/5	6/8	4/8	13/21
Converted %	60%	75%	50%	62%
Conceded	5	4	8	17
Saved	4/5	3/4	6/8	13
Saved %	80%	75%	75%	230%
Times Broken	1	1	2	4

Tennis Scores in Liberec Challenger

• Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Timo StodderStodder (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Jakub MensikMensik (6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (3-6 7-6⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Valentin RoyerRoyer (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Sumit NagalNagal – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (6-0 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Jiri VeselyVesely (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Kirill KivattsevKivattsev (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Giovanni FonioFonio (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Hynek BartonBarton (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Max HoukesHoukes (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sumit NagalNagal – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francisco ComesanaComesana – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel MichalskiMichalski – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction