Alibek Kachmazov and Norbert Gombos will square off in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.81
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Norbert Gombos
There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Norbert Gombos since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alibek Kachmazov
25 - 20win/loss
194
179
LLWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-28 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 259, Kachmazov got to the quarter after beating Nerman Fatic 6-3 7-6(7) and Maxime Cressy 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Cressy, Kachmazov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 6-3). During the match, Kachmazov scored 111 points vs Cressy’s 102. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kachmazov bagged 16 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kachmazov put 57% of his first serves in, winning 80% (51/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Cressy twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Kachmazov has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (178-112). 12-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kachmazov has an overall76-55 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Kachmazov’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Saint Dizier.
The Russian has an overall 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
Alibek has never competed in this tournament before.
Norbert Gombos
22 - 17win/loss
431
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 reached the quarter after beating Philip Henning 3-6 6-1 7-5, Federico Agustin Gomez 6-2 6-4, Paul Jubb 6-4 6-2 and Marc Polmans 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Norbert had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-4 6-2). During the match Gombos scored 62 points vs Polmans’s 40. Gombos was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Gombos bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gombos broke Polmans 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gombos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Zhangjiagang Challenger.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2024, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 54 | 82 |
| Pts | 189-168 | 275-210 |
| Total Points | 357 | 485 |
| Winners | 82 | 121 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Kachmazov played 2 matches while Gombos competed in 4 matches. Gombos started his run from the qualifications while Kachmazov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alibek Kachmazov conceded 1 set, while Norbert Gombos conceded 1 set. Kachmazov has played 4 set(s) less than Gombos (5 vs 9). Therefore, Kachmazov played 28 games less than Gombos. The Russian scored 82 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Norbert scored 121 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 6 |
| 1st in | 100/183 | 153/243 |
| %1st in | 55% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 82/100 | 121/153 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 43/83 | 56/90 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 62% |
Kachmazov scored 26 aces (13 per match). Gombos scored 24 aces (6 per match). Kachmazov won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 79% of the points behind 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 | Kachmazov | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 13 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 8 |
| % Saved | 77% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Norbert broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | ||||
| R1 Fatic |
R2 Cressy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | 4-6 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 | 54 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 111-102 | 189-168 | |
| Total points | 144 | 213 | 357 | |
| Winners | 31 | 51 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 16 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 36/71 | 64/112 | 100/183 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 57% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 51/64 | 82/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 24/48 | 43/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/6 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 7/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 78% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Gombos | ||||||
| Q1 Henning |
Q3 Agustin |
R1 Jubb |
R2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-5 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 82 | |
| pts | 84-67 | 62-53 | 67-50 | 62-40 | 275-210 | |
| Total points | 151 | 115 | 117 | 102 | 485 | |
| Winners | 36 | 27 | 32 | 26 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% | 48% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/70 | 39/62 | 41/65 | 29/46 | 153/243 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 27/39 | 32/41 | 26/29 | 121/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 69% | 78% | 90% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 15/23 | 13/24 | 11/17 | 56/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | 54% | 65% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/4 | 3/7 | 3/4 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 75% | 43% | 75% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 167% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
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