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H2H, prediction of Illya Marchenko vs Norbert Gombos in Bratislava 2 Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 12th October 2023

PREVIEW. Bratislava 2 Challenger. Marchenko and Gombos will face off in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 12th of October

Mark Hall

11 October 2023

Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Norbert Gombos

Illya Marchenko and Norbert Gombos will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTRE 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.73
Illya Marchenko -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Illya Marchenko vs. Norbert Gombos

This will be the 5^th time that Illya Marchenko and Norbert Gombos square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they locked horns, Gombos won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in the Brest Challenger back in 2019.

Illya Marchenko

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Rank
240

High
49

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	4-10	2-6	0-0	2-4	0-0	0-0
2023	42-22	17-5	6-6	18-10	1-1	0-0
2022	21-25	9-10	3-4	8-9	1-2	0-0
2021	37-28	5-7	2-5	26-12	4-4	0-0
2020	15-14	0-3	0-2	15-8	0-0	0-1

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Ranked no. 271, Illya reached the 2^nd round after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-2 7-6⁸, Kacper Zuk 7-5 7-5 and Dennis Novak 7-6⁶ 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Illya had a good straight sets win against Novak (7-6⁶ 6-0). During the match, Marchenko scored 69 points vs Novak’s 53. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Marchenko recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Illya Marchenko was quite effective on serve to win 78% (29/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Novak 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Marchenko has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (291-223). 8-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marchenko has an overall 120-69 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Salinas Challenger where he beat Matija Pecotic in the final 6-4 6-4.

Illya has a composed 32-18 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger

Bratislava 2 Challenger

Marchenko's Record

Norbert Gombos

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Rank
499

High
80

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Year	Total	Hard	Clay	I.hard	Grass	Carpet
2024	2-5	0-0	2-3	0-2	0-0	0-0
2023	18-23	2-4	11-10	4-7	1-2	0-0
2022	41-28	7-3	28-17	6-8	0-0	0-0
2021	26-30	0-9	13-10	12-8	1-3	0-0
2020	18-11	6-4	2-1	10-6	0-0	0-0

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Ranked no. 289, the Slovakian reached the 2^nd round after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 7-6⁵.

In the 1^st round, Norbert had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (6-4 7-6⁵). During the match Gombos scored 92 points vs Bonzi’s 82. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about serving, Gombos scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Norbert Gombos was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (39/54) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gombos broke Bonzi once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).

The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Split Challenger.

Norbert has a compiled 18-20 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Bratislava 2 Challenger

Gombos's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

I.Marchenko

N.Gombos

4h:50

Time on court

1h:57

1h:22

Last match

1h:57

Match played

Games Played

Set played

229

Total points

76.3

Avg point

100

Winners

33.3

Avg Winners

44%

Ratio winners

42%

-- Serve --

Aces

4.7

Avg Aces

Double Faults

1.3

Avg Double Faults

100/125

1st won total

39/54

80%

1st won %

72%

43/76

2nd won total

20/29

57%

2nd won %

69%

-- Break Points --

9/21

BP won

1/8

3/7

Avg BP won

1/8

43%

Won

13%

Conceded

2.3

Avg Conceded

Broken

0.7

Avg Broken

Saved

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Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Marchenko	Gombos
Match played	3	1
Tot Set	6	2
Tot Games	64	23
Pts	229-189	92-82
Total Points	418	174
Winners	100	39
%Winners	44%	42%

Marchenko played 3 matches while Gombos competed in 1 match. Marchenko started his run from the qualifications while Gombos had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Marchenko has played 4 sets more than Gombos (6 vs 2). Therefore, Marchenko played 41 games more than Gombos. The Ukrainian scored 100 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gombos fired 39 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Marchenko	Gombos
Aces	14	5
Avg per match	4.7	5
1st in	125/201	54/83
%1st in	62%	65%
1st pts	100/125	39/54
%1st pts	80%	72%
2nd pts	43/76	20/29
%2nd pts	57%	69%

Marchenko managed to score 14 aces (4.7 per match). Gombos made 5 aces . Marchenko won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Marchenko	Gombos
Won	9	1
Converted	9/21	1/8
% Converted	43%	13%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	5	5
% Saved	71%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

Marchenko broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Marchenko conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Gombos broke his opponent once with a 13% conversion rate. Norbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

	Q1 Karlovskiy	Q3 Zuk	R1 Novak	Total
Marchenko
Score	6-2 7-6⁸	7-5 7-5	7-6⁶ 6-0
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	24	19	64
pts	76-69	84-67	69-53	229-189
Total points	145	151	122	418
Winners	34	37	29	100
%Winners	45%	44%	42%	44%
SERVE
Aces	5	4	5	14
Double Faults	1	1	2	4
1st in	44/75	44/67	37/59	125/201
% 1st in	59%	66%	63%	62%
1st pts	34/44	37/44	29/37	100/125
% 1st pts	77%	84%	78%	80%
2nd pts	19/31	12/23	12/22	43/76
% 2nd pts	61%	52%	55%	57%
Breaks
Won	2	3	4	9
Converted	2/4	3/8	4/9	9/21
Converted %	50%	38%	44%	43%
Conceded	4	2	1	7
Saved	4/4	1/2	0/1	5
Saved %	100%	50%	0%	50%
Times Broken	0	1	1	2

	R1 Bonzi	Total
Gombos
Score	6-4 7-6⁵
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	92-82	92-82
Total points	174	174
Winners	39	39
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	54/83	54/83
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	39/54	39/54
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	20/29	20/29
% 2nd pts	69%	69%
Breaks
Won	1	1
Converted	1/8	1/8
Converted %	13%	13%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	33%
Times Broken	0	0