H2H, prediction of Marc Polmans vs Norbert Gombos in Shanghai Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 5th September 2024

PREVIEW. Shanghai Challenger. Polmans and Gombos will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 5th of September

Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Norbert Gombos

Marc Polmans and Norbert Gombos will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.75
Marc Polmans -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Norbert Gombos

This will be the 2nd time that Marc Polmans and Norbert Gombos square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gombos won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in the Split Challenger back in 2023.

Marc Polmans

Marc Polmans
Marc Polmans

14 - 21win/loss

Hard
8-12
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-4
Grass
2-5
Rank
250
High
116
LWLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-27 18-18 4-4 0-0 2-5 0-0
2023 50-35 32-23 14-9 2-1 2-2 0-0
2022 18-13 14-12 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-28 1-6 8-13 2-6 4-3 0-0
2020 11-16 2-6 5-4 4-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 203, Marc got to the 2nd round after defeating Bu Yunchaokete 6-3 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Yunchaokete (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Polmans scored 90 points vs Yunchaokete’s 76. Polmans was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Regarding the service games, Polmans fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 73% of his first serves in, winning 83% (49/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Polmans broke Yunchaokete twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Polmans has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (312-245). 8-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has a composed 180-138 match record in the last years on hard.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sarasota Challenger.

Marc has a composed 14-21 win-loss record in 2024, 8-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Polmans
Shanghai Challenger
Polmans's Record

Norbert Gombos

Norbert Gombos
Norbert Gombos

21 - 17win/loss

Hard
11-2
I Hard
0-2
Clay
10-13
Rank
425
High
80
LLLLLLWWWW
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. 584, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Philip Henning 3-6 6-1 7-5, Federico Agustin Gomez 6-2 6-4 and Paul Jubb 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Jubb (6-4 6-2). During the match Gombos scored 67 points vs Jubb’s 50. Gombos was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Gombos recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gombos broke Jubb 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Gombos’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.

The Slovakian has a compiled 21-17 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Shanghai Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2012 and 2016. See his history.

Gombos
Shanghai Challenger
Gombos's Record
Bonus
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H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Polmans
N.Gombos
2h:08
2h:08
Time on court​
!
4h:57
4h:57
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
1h:37
1h:37
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
27
27
Games Played​
64
64
3
3
Set played​​
7
7
90
90
Total points​
213
213
90
90
Avg point​
71
71
49
49
Winners
95
95
49
49
Avg Winners​
31.7
31.7
54%
54%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
11
11
Aces
18
18
!
11
11
Avg Aces
6
6
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
49/59
49/59
1st won total​
95/124
95/124
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
10/22
10/22
2nd won total​
45/73
45/73
45%
45%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
BP won
10/22
10/22
2/10
2/10
Avg BP won
3.3/7.3
3.3/7.3
!
20%
20%
Won
45%
45%
2
2
Conceded
9
9
2
2
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
1
1
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Polmans Gombos
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 3 7
Tot Games 27 64
Pts 90-76 213-170
Total Points 166 383
Winners 49 95
%Winners 54% 45%

Polmans played 1 match while Gombos competed in 3 matches. Gombos started his run from the qualifications while Polmans had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Marc Polmans lost 1 set, while Norbert Gombos dropped 1 set. Polmans has played 4 set(s) less than Gombos (3 vs 7). Therefore, Polmans played 37 games less than Gombos. Polmans scored 49 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Norbert scored 95 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Polmans Gombos
Aces 11 18
Avg per match 11 6
1st in 59/81 124/197
%1st in 73% 63%
1st pts 49/59 95/124
%1st pts 83% 77%
2nd pts 10/22 45/73
%2nd pts 45% 62%

Polmans blasted 11 aces . Gombos fired 18 aces (6 per match). Polmans won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Polmans Gombos
Won 2 10
Converted 2/10 10/22
% Converted 20% 45%
Conceded 2 9
Saved 1 7
% Saved 50% 78%
Times Broken 1 2

The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Gombos broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Polmans
R1
Yunchaokete
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 27 27
pts 90-76 90-76
Total points 166 166
Winners 49 49
%Winners 54% 54%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 59/81 59/81
% 1st in 73% 73%
1st pts 49/59 49/59
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 10/22 10/22
% 2nd pts 45% 45%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/10 2/10
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 1/2 1
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 1 1
Gombos
Q1
Henning
Q3
Agustin
R1
Jubb
Total
Score 3-6 6-1 7-5 6-2 6-4 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 28 18 18 64
pts 84-67 62-53 67-50 213-170
Total points 151 115 117 383
Winners 36 27 32 95
%Winners 43% 44% 48% 45%
SERVE
Aces 8 7 3 18
Double Faults 0 0 1 1
1st in 44/70 39/62 41/65 124/197
% 1st in 63% 63% 63% 63%
1st pts 36/44 27/39 32/41 95/124
% 1st pts 82% 69% 78% 77%
2nd pts 17/26 15/23 13/24 45/73
% 2nd pts 65% 65% 54% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 3 3 10
Converted 4/11 3/4 3/7 10/22
Converted % 36% 75% 43% 45%
Conceded 3 2 4 9
Saved 1/3 2/2 4/4 7
Saved % 33% 100% 100% 233%
Times Broken 2 0 0 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Polmans
LWLWWWLWWW
Gombos
LLLLLLWWWW
2024 2023 2022
24 - 27
23 - 22
18-18
Hard
13-3
4-4
Clay
10-13
2-5
Grass
0-0

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