Edas Butvilas and Norbert Gombos will face off in the qualifications of the Blois Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.74
Edas Butvilas -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Edas Butvilas vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Edas Butvilas and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Edas Butvilas
30 - 13win/loss
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WWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-14 | 11-6 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 9-9 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 449 (career-high), the Lithuanian got to the qualifications after beating Thomas Yaka Kofi Setodji 6-1 6-77 6-1.
In the qualifications, Butvilas defeated Yaka Kofi Setodji (6-1 6-77 6-1). During the match, Butvilas scored 110 points vs Yaka Kofi Setodji’s 83. Butvilas was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Butvilas blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Edas Butvilas was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (53/66) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Lithuanian broke Yaka Kofi Setodji 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Butvilas has a winning win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (67-51). 19-7 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Butvilas has an aggregate31-24 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Butvilas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Heraklion,M15 Kursumlijska Banja and M25 La Nucia.
Edas has an aggregate 30-13 win-loss record in 2024, 19-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Blois Challenger
Edas 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. 539, Norbert reached the qualifications after defeating Jose Statham 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Norbert had a good straight sets win against Statham (6-2 6-3). During the match Gombos scored 53 points vs Statham’s 33. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Gombos scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Statham 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Slovakian has an aggregate 8-10 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Butvilas | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 17 |
| Pts | 110-83 | 53-33 |
| Total Points | 193 | 86 |
| Winners | 53 | 22 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Both Butvilas and Gombos played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Edas Butvilas surrendered 1 set while Norbert Gombos hasn’t dropped a set so far. Butvilas has played 1 set more than Gombos (3 vs 2). Therefore, Butvilas played 10 games more than Gombos. Butvilas scored 53 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian managed to score 22 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Butvilas | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 66/95 | 25/40 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 22/25 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 11/15 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 73% |
Butvilas recorded 6 aces . Gombos struck 5 aces . Butvilas won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Butvilas | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Butvilas broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Lithuanian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Slovakian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Norbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Butvilas | |||
| Q1 Yaka Kofi Setodji |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-77 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 110-83 | 110-83 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/95 | 66/95 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 53/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Statham |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 53-33 | 53-33 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/15 | 11/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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