H2H, prediction of Norbert Gombos vs Anton Matusevich in Nottingham Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 9th January 2025

PREVIEW. Nottingham Challenger. Gombos and Matusevich will square off in the quarter of the Nottingham Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 9th of January

Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Anton Matusevich

Norbert Gombos and Anton Matusevich will fight against each other in the quarter of the Nottingham Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Anton Matusevich who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Anton Matusevich is the pick to win this match.
Anton Matusevich -> 1.86
Norbert Gombos -> 1.86

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Anton Matusevich

There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Anton Matusevich since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Norbert Gombos

Norbert Gombos
Norbert Gombos

3 - 1win/loss

Rank
433
High
80
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 3-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 433, Norbert reached the quarter after defeating Felix Corwin 7-6(3) 2-6 6-4, Jay Clarke 2-6 7-5 6-2 and Luka Mikrut 6-4 6-2.

In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Mikrut (6-4 6-2). During the match, Gombos scored 65 points vs Mikrut’s 45. Gombos was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos blasted 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Norbert Gombos was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gombos broke Mikrut 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Norbert started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Gombos has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (266-234). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has an overall 90-74 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Gombos has an aggregate 3-1 win-loss record in 2025, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham Challenger

The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.

Gombos
Nottingham Challenger
Gombos's Record

Anton Matusevich

Anton Matusevich
Anton Matusevich

2 - 0win/loss

Rank
461
High
388
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 0-0 0-0
2024 31-21 3-1 14-12 12-6 0-1 2-1
2023 33-17 1-3 12-7 17-5 0-0 3-2
2022 24-20 8-6 7-6 8-6 1-2 0-0
2021 19-10 14-5 0-1 1-1 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 461, Matusevich reached the quarter after defeating Jules Marie 6-3 6-3 and Dino Prizmic 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Anton had a good straight sets win against Prizmic (6-3 6-4). During the match Matusevich scored 63 points vs Prizmic’s 50. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Matusevich scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Anton Matusevich was very efficient on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Anton broke Prizmic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brit hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Matusevich has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

Matusevich
Nottingham Challenger
Matusevich's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

N.Gombos
A.Matusevich
!
5h:42
5h:42
Time on court​
2h:18
2h:18
1h:14
1h:14
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
!
4
4
Match played
2
2
100
100
Games Played​
37
37
10
10
Set played​​
4
4
254
254
Total points​
121
121
63.5
63.5
Avg point​
60.5
60.5
102
102
Winners
54
54
25.5
25.5
Avg Winners​
27
27
40%
40%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
21
21
Aces
13
13
5.3
5.3
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
7
7
Double Faults
1
1
1.8
1.8
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
102/151
102/151
1st won total​
54/68
54/68
68%
68%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
40/76
40/76
2nd won total​
23/38
23/38
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
14/25
14/25
BP won
6/9
6/9
3.5/6.3
3.5/6.3
Avg BP won
3/4.5
3/4.5
!
56%
56%
Won
!
67%
67%
19
19
Conceded
5
5
4.8
4.8
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
11
11
Broken
1
1
2.8
2.8
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
8
8
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gombos Matusevich
Match played 3 2
Tot Set 8 4
Tot Games 77 37
Pts 254-230 121-91
Total Points 484 212
Winners 102 54
%Winners 40% 45%

Gombos played 3 matches while Matusevich competed in 2 matches. Gombos started his run from the qualifications while Matusevich had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Norbert Gombos dropped 2 sets while Anton Matusevich hasn’t conceded a set so far. Gombos has played 4 sets more than Matusevich (8 vs 4). Therefore, Gombos played 40 games more than Matusevich. The Slovakian scored 102 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Anton fired 54 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gombos Matusevich
Aces 21 13
Avg per match 7 6.5
1st in 151/227 68/106
%1st in 67% 64%
1st pts 102/151 54/68
%1st pts 68% 79%
2nd pts 40/76 23/38
%2nd pts 53% 61%

Gombos recorded 21 aces (7 per match). Matusevich fired 13 aces (6.5 per match). Gombos won 68% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Matusevich won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gombos Matusevich
Won 14 6
Converted 14/25 6/9
% Converted 56% 67%
Conceded 19 5
Saved 8 4
% Saved 42% 80%
Times Broken 11 1

Norbert broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded. Matusevich broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Gombos
Q1
Corwin
Q3
Gautier
R1
Clarke
R2
Mikrut
Total
Score 7-63 2-6 6-4 7-64 6-4 2-6 7-5 6-2 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 3 2 10
Tot Games 31 23 28 18 100
pts 104-100 85-85 65-45 254-230
Total points 204 0 170 110 484
Winners 39 37 26 102
%Winners 38% 0% 44% 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 5 0 8 8 21
Double Faults 3 3 1 7
1st in 59/92 / 58/81 34/54 151/227
% 1st in 64% 0% 72% 63% 67%
1st pts 39/59 / 37/58 26/34 102/151
% 1st pts 66% 0% 64% 76% 68%
2nd pts 20/33 / 8/23 12/20 40/76
% 2nd pts 61% 0% 35% 60% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 7 4 14
Converted 3/7 / 7/13 4/5 14/25
Converted % 43% 0% 54% 80% 56%
Conceded 5 10 4 19
Saved 1/5 0/ 4/10 3/4 8
Saved % 20% 40% 75% 34%
Times Broken 4 6 1 11
Matusevich
R1
Marie
R2
Prizmic
Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 19 37
pts 58-41 63-50 121-91
Total points 99 113 212
Winners 29 25 54
%Winners 50% 40% 45%
SERVE
Aces 11 2 13
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 35/47 33/59 68/106
% 1st in 74% 56% 64%
1st pts 29/35 25/33 54/68
% 1st pts 83% 76% 79%
2nd pts 7/12 16/26 23/38
% 2nd pts 58% 62% 61%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/4 3/5 6/9
Converted % 75% 60% 67%
Conceded 0 5 5
Saved 0/0 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 20%
Times Broken 0 1 1

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Gombos
WWLW
Matusevich
WW
2025 2024 2023
3 - 1
2 - 0
3-1
I Hard
2-0
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