Norbert Gombos and Oleksii Krutykh will square off in the qualifications of the Hersonissos 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.53
Oleksii Krutykh -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Oleksii Krutykh

There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Oleksii Krutykh since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 402, Gombos reached the qualifications after beating Szymon Kielan 7-5 6-4.

In the qualifications, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Kielan (7-5 6-4). During the match, Gombos scored 71 points vs Kielan’s 56. Norbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Norbert Gombos was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 76% (19/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gombos broke Kielan 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Gombos has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (270-238). 1-1 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gombos has a compiled 65-56 record in the last years on hard.

Gombos has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 2 Challenger

Oleksii Krutykh

Ranked no. 537, Krutykh got to the qualifications after beating Anthony Genov 6-2 6-2.

In the qualifications, Krutykh had a good straight sets win against Genov (6-2 6-2). During the match Krutykh scored 61 points vs Genov’s 39. Krutykh was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Krutykh scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 51% of his first serves in, winning 84% (21/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Oleksii broke Genov 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Krutykh’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Antalya and M15 Monastir.

Oleksii has an aggregate 9-4 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gombos	Krutykh
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	16
Pts	71-56	61-39
Total Points	127	100
Winners	24	21
%Winners	34%	34%

Both Gombos and Krutykh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Krutykh have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gombos played 6 games more than Krutykh. Norbert scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Oleksii scored 21 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gombos	Krutykh
Aces	0	1
Avg per match	0	1
1st in	31/56	25/49
%1st in	55%	51%
1st pts	24/31	21/25
%1st pts	77%	84%
2nd pts	19/25	10/24
%2nd pts	76%	42%

Gombos didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Krutykh scored 1 ace . Gombos won 77% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 76% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gombos	Krutykh
Won	3	6
Converted	3/8	6/10
% Converted	38%	60%
Conceded	2	3
Saved	1	1
% Saved	50%	33%
Times Broken	1	2

Norbert broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Gombos lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Oleksii broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Gombos
	Q1 Kielan	Total
Score	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	22	22
pts	71-56	71-56
Total points	127	127
Winners	24	24
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	31/56	31/56
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	24/31	24/31
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	19/25	19/25
% 2nd pts	76%	76%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Krutykh
	Q1 Genov	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	61-39	61-39
Total points	100	100
Winners	21	21
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	25/49	25/49
% 1st in	51%	51%
1st pts	21/25	21/25
% 1st pts	84%	84%
2nd pts	10/24	10/24
% 2nd pts	42%	42%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/10	6/10
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	1/3	1
Saved %	33%	33%
Times Broken	2	2

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