Zsombor Piros and Nikolay Vylegzhanin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.3
Nikolay Vylegzhanin -> 3.24
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Nikolay Vylegzhanin
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Nikolay Vylegzhanin 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 | 31-29 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 13-5 | 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. 128, the Hungarian got to the quarter after beating Lorenzo Rottoli 6-1 6-2 and Mattia Bellucci 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-3 7-5). During the match, Piros scored 73 points vs Bellucci’s 62. Piros was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Piros scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Bellucci 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Hungarian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (237-137). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has a composed35-26 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Piros has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Zsombor has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolay Vylegzhanin
10 - 4win/loss
546
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WWLWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-26 | 19-8 | 2-7 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 38-23 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 22-8 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2022 | 34-19 | 18-8 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 557 (career-high), the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Luka Mikrut 6-1 6-2, Florent Bax 7-5 4-6 6-3, Martin Damm 7-64 6-1 and Jules Marie 1-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Marie, Vylegzhanin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Vylegzhanin and Marie scored the same amount of points (75). However, the world no. 128 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Nikolay was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Vylegzhanin blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nikolay Vylegzhanin lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vylegzhanin put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Marie 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Vylegzhanin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The Russian has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 90 |
| Pts | 128-90 | 289-242 |
| Total Points | 218 | 531 |
| Winners | 55 | 151 |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% |
Piros played 2 matches while Vylegzhanin competed in 4 matches. Vylegzhanin started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Nikolay Vylegzhanin dropped 2 sets while Zsombor Piros hasn’t lost a set so far. Piros has played 6 set(s) less than Vylegzhanin (4 vs 10). Therefore, Piros played 54 games less than Vylegzhanin. Piros scored 55 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolay blasted 151 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 75/109 | 201/281 |
| %1st in | 69% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 55/75 | 151/201 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 41/80 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 51% |
Piros managed to score 8 aces (4 per match). Vylegzhanin recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Piros won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Vylegzhanin won 75% of the points behind 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 | Piros | Vylegzhanin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 56% | 54% |
| Conceded | 7 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Zsombor broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Piros dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Vylegzhanin broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | ||||
| R1 Rottoli |
R2 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 55-28 | 73-62 | 128-90 | |
| Total points | 83 | 135 | 218 | |
| Winners | 24 | 31 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/43 | 44/66 | 75/109 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 31/44 | 55/75 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 12/22 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 55% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/8 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vylegzhanin | ||||||
| Q1 Mikrut |
Q3 Bax |
R1 Damm |
R2 Marie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | 7-64 6-1 | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 31 | 20 | 24 | 90 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 84-77 | 69-53 | 75-75 | 289-242 | |
| Total points | 98 | 161 | 122 | 150 | 531 | |
| Winners | 33 | 45 | 35 | 38 | 151 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | 51% | 51% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 44/52 | 55/83 | 43/65 | 59/81 | 201/281 | |
| % 1st in | 85% | 66% | 66% | 73% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 45/55 | 35/43 | 38/59 | 151/201 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 82% | 81% | 64% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/8 | 18/28 | 9/22 | 11/22 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 64% | 41% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 4/7 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 60% | 57% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/2 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 134% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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