Zsombor Piros and Matej Dodig will face off in the 2nd round of the Lisbon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT BELEM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
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 2nd time that Zsombor Piros and Matej Dodig face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Piros (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Piros won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Split Challenger back in April 2024.
Zsombor Piros
24 - 24win/loss
249
106
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-24 | 1-6 | 16-16 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 249, Zsombor got to the 2nd round after beating Daniel Rincon 7-6(2) 6-4.
In the 1st 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. The Hungarian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros managed to score 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 win-loss 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 competition, Piros has a compiled168-89 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he beat Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.
Piros has a compiled 24-24 win-loss record in 2024, 16-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
The Hungarian has never competed in this tournament before.
Matej Dodig
43 - 20win/loss
275
275
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-20 | 14-3 | 28-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 275 (career-high), the Croatian reached the 2nd round after beating Sandro Kopp 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Matej had a good straight sets win against Kopp (6-3 6-3). During the match Dodig scored 64 points vs Kopp’s 49. Matej was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Dodig managed to score 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. The Croatian broke Kopp 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Dodig’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
Dodig has a compiled 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 dropped 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. The Hungarian scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Dodig 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 recorded 2 aces . Dodig recorded 6 aces . Piros won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 79% of the points on 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 lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Croatian broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Dodig 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
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Dennis NovakNovak (7-64 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Sandro KoppKopp (6-3 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
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Daniel RinconRincon (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Timofey SkatovSkatov (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Gastao EliasElias (7-5 6-3) – 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
- Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Duarte ValeVale (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
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