Zsombor Piros and Nikolay Vylegzhanin will fight against each other in the quarter of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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

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