Zsombor Piros and Matej Dodig will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT BELEM. 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 Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.8
Matej Dodig -> 1.93

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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Matej Dodig

This will be the 2^nd time that Zsombor Piros and Matej Dodig play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Piros (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Piros won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Split Challenger back in April 2024.

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 249, the Hungarian got to the 2^nd round after defeating Daniel Rincon 7-6(2) 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Rincon (7-6² 6-4). During the match, Piros scored 79 points vs Rincon’s 73. Zsombor was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Piros blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (38/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Rincon 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Piros has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (256-158). 16-16 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has a compiled168-89 record in the last 9 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he defeated Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.

Zsombor has a composed 24-24 win-loss record in 2024, 16-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lisbon Challenger

Zsombor has never competed in this tournament before.

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 275 (career-high), Matej reached the 2^nd round after beating Sandro Kopp 6-3 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Dodig had a good straight sets win against Kopp (6-3 6-3). During the match Dodig scored 64 points vs Kopp’s 49. Dodig was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Dodig struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Matej Dodig was very effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dodig broke Kopp 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Dodig’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

Dodig has an overall 43-20 win-loss record in 2024, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Piros	Dodig
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	18
Pts	79-73	64-49
Total Points	152	113
Winners	38	19
%Winners	48%	30%

Both Piros and Dodig played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Piros and Dodig have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Piros played 5 games more than Dodig. Piros scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian recorded 19 winners (30%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Piros	Dodig
Aces	2	6
Avg per match	2	6
1st in	55/81	24/47
%1st in	68%	51%
1st pts	38/55	19/24
%1st pts	69%	79%
2nd pts	12/26	15/23
%2nd pts	46%	65%

Piros bagged 2 aces . Dodig managed to score 6 aces . Piros won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Piros	Dodig
Won	3	4
Converted	3/5	4/13
% Converted	60%	31%
Conceded	7	1
Saved	5	0
% Saved	71%	0%
Times Broken	2	1

Zsombor broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Piros surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Dodig broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Matej conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Piros
	R1 Rincon	Total
Score	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	23	23
pts	79-73	79-73
Total points	152	152
Winners	38	38
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	55/81	55/81
% 1st in	68%	68%
1st pts	38/55	38/55
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	12/26	12/26
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Dodig
	R1 Kopp	Total
Score	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	64-49	64-49
Total points	113	113
Winners	19	19
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	24/47	24/47
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	19/24	19/24
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	15/23	15/23
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Lisbon Challenger

• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Jaime FariaFaria (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-6² 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-4 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Inigo Cervantes/Daniel RinconCervantes/Daniel Rincon – Marco Bortolotti/Ryan SeggermanBortolotti/Ryan Seggerman (7-6⁶ 6-4) – See score progression
• Luis David Martinez/David Vega HernandezDavid Martinez/David Vega Hernandez – Jaime Faria/Henrique RochaFaria/Henrique Rocha (6-2 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Francisco Cabral/Andrea PellegrinoCabral/Andrea Pellegrino – Vlad Victor Cornea/Denys MolchanovVictor Cornea/Denys Molchanov (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Romain Arneodo/Theo ArribageArneodo/Theo Arribage – Gastao Elias/Goncalo FalcaoElias/Goncalo Falcao (6-1 7-6²) – See score progression
• George Goldhoff/Fernando RomboliGoldhoff/Fernando Romboli – Sergio Martos Gornes/Szymon WalkowMartos Gornes/Szymon Walkow (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Zsombor PirosPiros – Daniel RinconRincon (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Dennis NovakNovak (7-6⁴ 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Clement TaburTabur – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Elmer MollerMoller – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Matej DodigDodig – Sandro KoppKopp (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Timofey SkatovSkatov (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Arthur GeaGea (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (4-6 6-4 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Raphael CollignonCollignon – Gastao EliasElias (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Duarte ValeVale (7-6⁵ 6-1) – See score progression
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Jaime FariaFaria (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-6(2) 4-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Vilius GaubasGaubas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Luka PavlovicPavlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Clement TaburTabur – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction