Zsombor Piros and Andrew Paulson will play each other in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.27
Andrew Paulson -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Andrew Paulson
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Andrew Paulson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-25 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 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. 110, Piros got to the 2nd round after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 81 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 68. Zsombor was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Zsombor Piros lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 57% of his first serves in, winning 59% (24/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Piros has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (226-130). 32-17 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Piros has an overall149-72 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning 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.
Zsombor has an overall 42-25 win-loss record in 2023, 32-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrew Paulson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344 (career-high), Paulson got to the 2nd round after beating Alexandru Gliga 6-1 6-2, Juan Pablo Paz 6-1 7-5 and Nino Serdarusic 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Paulson had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (6-2 6-1). During the match Paulson scored 53 points vs Serdarusic’s 29. Paulson was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Paulson blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Andrew Paulson was very efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Andrew broke Serdarusic 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Poprad,M25+H Kassel and M25 Lodz.
The Czech has an aggregate 27-15 win-loss record in 2023, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 49 |
| Pts | 81-68 | 197-127 |
| Total Points | 149 | 324 |
| Winners | 24 | 62 |
| %Winners | 30% | 31% |
Piros played 1 match while Paulson competed in 3 matches. Paulson started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Piros has played 4 set(s) less than Paulson (2 vs 6). Therefore, Piros played 31 games less than Paulson. Zsombor scored 24 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Paulson scored 62 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 83/149 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 24/41 | 62/83 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 42/66 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 64% |
Piros didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Paulson scored 12 aces (4 per match). Piros won 59% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Paulson won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 15/30 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Piros broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Zsombor lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 81-68 | 81-68 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Paulson | |||||
| Q1 Gliga |
Q3 Pablo Paz |
R1 Serdarusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 15 | 49 | |
| pts | 65-37 | 79-61 | 53-29 | 197-127 | |
| Total points | 102 | 140 | 82 | 324 | |
| Winners | 21 | 20 | 21 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 25% | 40% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 26/42 | 32/66 | 25/41 | 83/149 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 48% | 61% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 20/32 | 21/25 | 62/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 63% | 84% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 21/34 | 9/16 | 42/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 62% | 56% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/14 | 5/6 | 15/30 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 43% | 83% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 7/9 | 1/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 78% | 100% | 278% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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