Paul Jubb and Norbert Gombos will square off in the 1^st round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Paul Jubb who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Paul Jubb is the pick to win this match.
Paul Jubb -> 1.24
Norbert Gombos -> 3.78

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Prediction and head to head Paul Jubb vs. Norbert Gombos

There is no head to head record between Paul Jubb and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Paul Jubb

Ranked no. 192 (career-high), Jubb will start his run in the Shanghai Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3 to Virtanen in the qualifications on the 21^st of August.

The Brit has a compiled 43-22 win-loss record in 2024, 25-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Brit’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Glasgow Challenger and M25 Nottingham.

Talking about his overall career, Jubb has an overall 212-93 record. He has a positive 118-46 record on hard.

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Paul has never competed in this tournament before.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 584, the Slovakian got to the 1^st round after defeating Philip Henning 3-6 6-1 7-5 and Federico Agustin Gomez 6-2 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Agustin Gomez (6-2 6-4). During the match Gombos scored 62 points vs Agustin Gomez’s 53. Norbert was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Gombos fired 7 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Norbert Gombos conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Agustin Gomez 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

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 55% of the points he played.

Norbert’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.

The Slovakian has a compiled 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Shanghai Challenger

• Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁴ 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yan BaiBai (7-5 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Rigele TeTe (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Norbert GombosGombos – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Blake MottMott – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christian GarinGarin – Kris Van WykVan Wyk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ryan PenistonPeniston – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Fajing SunSun (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yibing WuWu – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Ajeet RaiRai (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Marc PolmansPolmans (1-0) – H2H and prediction