Andrea Picchione and Norbert Gombos will square off in the 1st round of the Augsburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrea Picchione who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrea Picchione is the pick to win this match.
Andrea Picchione -> 1.58
Norbert Gombos -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Andrea Picchione vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Andrea Picchione and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Andrea Picchione
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-16 | 0-0 | 28-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-31 | 16-9 | 30-19 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-31 | 10-5 | 32-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-21 | 6-4 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 420, Andrea reached the 1st round after beating Jose Pereira 6-1 6-0 and Tibo Colson 6-1 7-63.
In the qualifications, Picchione had a good straight sets win against Pereira (6-1 6-0). During the match, Picchione scored 55 points vs Pereira’s 28. Andrea was very aggressive to blast 12 winners.
Regarding the service games, Picchione fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrea Picchione was quite effective on serve to win 86% (12/14) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Pereira 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Picchione has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (193-120). 19-7 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Picchione has an aggregate149-87 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Picchione’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15+H Bagnoles de l’Orne and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Picchione has an overall 21-11 win-loss record in 2024, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Augsburg Challenger
Picchione has never competed in this tournament before.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 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 |
Ranked no. 547, the Slovakian reached the 1st round after beating Henri Laaksonen 6-2 6-4 and Mateus Alves 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications against Alves, Norbert recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Gombos scored 70 points vs Alves’s 54. Gombos was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Gombos made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Norbert broke Alves 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Norbert started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2024, 4-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Picchione | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 42 |
| Pts | 123-78 | 130-95 |
| Total Points | 201 | 225 |
| Winners | 37 | 53 |
| %Winners | 30% | 41% |
Both Picchione and Gombos played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Norbert Gombos lost 1 set while Andrea Picchione hasn’t conceded a set so far. Picchione has played 1 set(s) less than Gombos (4 vs 5). Therefore, Picchione played 9 games less than Gombos. The Italian scored 37 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 53 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Picchione | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 47/81 | 64/107 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 37/47 | 53/64 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 23/34 | 28/43 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 65% |
Picchione struck 2 aces (1 per match). Gombos blasted 9 aces (4.5 per match). Picchione won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Picchione | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 53% | 62% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Picchione broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Gombos broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Picchione | |||
| Q1 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-28 | 55-28 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 22% | 22% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 14/32 | 14/32 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 12/14 | 12/14 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gombos | ||||
| Q1 Laaksonen |
Q3 Alves |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 | 42 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 70-54 | 130-95 | |
| Total points | 101 | 124 | 225 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 35/62 | 64/107 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 27/35 | 53/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 77% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 18/27 | 28/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/8 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 63% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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