Zsombor Piros and Matej Dodig will square off in the semifinal of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.615
Matej Dodig -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Matej Dodig
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Matej Dodig 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 | 15-11 | 1-4 | 7-6 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 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. 114, Zsombor reached the semifinal after beating Nerman Fatic 4-6 6-3 6-1, Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-2 and Filip Misolic 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Misolic (6-4 6-1). During the match, Piros scored 67 points vs Misolic’s 51. Zsombor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zsombor Piros was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Piros broke Misolic 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Hungarian has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (246-142). 6-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has an aggregate158-76 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.
Zsombor has a composed 14-8 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-5 | 12-2 | 12-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 420, Dodig reached the semifinal after defeating Alex Molcan 6-2 6-4, Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 6-4 and Elmer Moller 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, Dodig had a good straight sets win against Moller (6-2 6-0). During the match Dodig scored 59 points vs Moller’s 32. Dodig was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Dodig recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matej Dodig lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Dodig put 59% of his first serves in, winning 81% (22/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Matej broke Moller 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dodig hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Matej’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
The Croatian has a composed 21-3 win-loss record in 2024, 9-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Matej has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 52 |
| Pts | 212-165 | 195-137 |
| Total Points | 377 | 332 |
| Winners | 90 | 73 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Piros and Dodig played 3 matches. At the moment, Zsombor Piros lost 1 set while Matej Dodig hasn’t lost a set so far. Piros has played 1 set more than Dodig (7 vs 6). Therefore, Piros played 8 games more than Dodig. The Hungarian scored 90 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian blasted 73 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 120/181 | 96/150 |
| %1st in | 66% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 90/120 | 73/96 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 32/61 | 28/54 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Piros recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Dodig recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Piros won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 14 |
| Converted | 13/30 | 14/31 |
| % Converted | 43% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 64% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Piros broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Piros surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Dodig broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Matej conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||||
| R1 Fatic |
R2 Neumayer |
1/4 Misolic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 17 | 17 | 60 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 56-40 | 67-51 | 212-165 | |
| Total points | 163 | 96 | 118 | 377 | |
| Winners | 40 | 29 | 21 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% | 31% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 57/78 | 36/49 | 27/54 | 120/181 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | 50% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 29/36 | 21/27 | 90/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 81% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/13 | 16/27 | 32/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 62% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 3/4 | 4/13 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 75% | 31% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 50% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dodig | |||||
| R1 Molcan |
R2 Kasnikowski |
1/4 Moller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 14 | 52 | |
| pts | 68-48 | 68-57 | 59-32 | 195-137 | |
| Total points | 116 | 125 | 91 | 332 | |
| Winners | 24 | 27 | 22 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 39/57 | 27/46 | 96/150 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 68% | 59% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 27/39 | 22/27 | 73/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 69% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 9/18 | 9/19 | 28/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 50% | 47% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | 6/9 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | 67% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 80% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWWWLW Tennis Scores in Split Challenger
- Matej DodigDodig – Elmer MollerMoller (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Henri SquireSquire (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Bergevi/Mick VeldheerBergevi/Mick Veldheer – Roman Jebavy/Philipp OswaldJebavy/Philipp Oswald (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
