Alibek Kachmazov and Norbert Gombos will square off in the quarter of the Shanghai Challenger for the 1^st 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

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 2^nd 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

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 2^nd 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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