Henrique Rocha and Norbert Gombos will fight against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT . In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henrique Rocha who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henrique Rocha is the pick to win this match.
Henrique Rocha -> 1.85
Norbert Gombos -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Henrique Rocha vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Henrique Rocha and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Henrique Rocha
17 - 14win/loss
171
158
LWWLLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-33 | 10-7 | 27-22 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-27 | 47-11 | 17-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 199, Rocha reached the quarter after defeating Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 6-4 and Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-66 5-7 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Rocha defeated Ramos-Vinolas (7-66 5-7 6-1). During the match, Rocha scored 114 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 103. Rocha was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rocha recorded 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Henrique Rocha lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 47% of his first serves in, winning 76% (39/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (28/57) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke Ramos-Vinolas 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rocha has dropped 1 set in this event to win 53% of the points he played.
Rocha has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (103-71). 10-8 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Rocha has a compiled38-36 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.
Rocha has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 13-3 | 10-13 | 0-7 | 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. 557, Gombos got to the quarter after beating Gerard Campana Lee 6-2 5-7 6-4 and Alexey Zakharov 7-65 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Zakharov (7-65 7-65). During the match Gombos scored 86 points vs Zakharov’s 83. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Gombos blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Norbert Gombos was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gombos broke Zakharov twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gombos has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rocha | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 56 |
| Pts | 188-166 | 177-162 |
| Total Points | 354 | 339 |
| Winners | 66 | 68 |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% |
Both Rocha and Gombos played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Henrique Rocha surrendered 1 set, while Norbert Gombos conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Rocha and Gombos have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Rocha played 4 games less than Gombos. Henrique scored 66 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Gombos scored 68 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rocha | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 84/179 | 89/182 |
| %1st in | 47% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 66/84 | 68/89 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 47/95 | 49/93 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Rocha struck 12 aces (6 per match). Gombos struck 11 aces (5.5 per match). Rocha won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rocha | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/19 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 42% | 64% |
| Conceded | 23 | 14 |
| Saved | 18 | 9 |
| % Saved | 78% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Henrique broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Rocha lost his serve 5 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Norbert broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rocha | ||||
| R1 Alberto |
R2 Ramos-Vinolas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-66 5-7 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 114-103 | 188-166 | |
| Total points | 137 | 217 | 354 | |
| Winners | 27 | 39 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 34% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 33/71 | 51/108 | 84/179 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 39/51 | 66/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 28/57 | 47/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 5/16 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 31% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 12 | 23 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 8/12 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 67% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Gombos | ||||
| R1 Campana |
R2 Zakharov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-4 | 7-65 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 56 | |
| pts | 91-79 | 86-83 | 177-162 | |
| Total points | 170 | 169 | 339 | |
| Winners | 33 | 35 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/91 | 46/91 | 89/182 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 51% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 35/46 | 68/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 24/45 | 49/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 5/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 71% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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