Borna Coric and Zsombor Piros will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL C.MADRID. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Borna Coric who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.3
Zsombor Piros -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Borna Coric vs. Zsombor Piros
There is no head to head record between Borna Coric and Zsombor Piros since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Borna Coric
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-8 | 1-2 | 15-4 | 10-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-27 | 8-13 | 3-7 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-19 | 10-10 | 9-5 | 3-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-17 | 10-5 | 10-9 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 97, Coric got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Blockx 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Blockx (6-1 6-4). During the match, Coric scored 55 points vs Blockx’s 33. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coric blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Borna Coric was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Borna broke Blockx 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Coric has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (230-179). 7-1 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coric has an overall 69-52 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Lugano Challenger where he defeated Raphael Collignon in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Thionville Challenger where he beat Arthur Bouquier in the final 6-4 6-4 and the Zadar Challenger where he beat Valentin Royer in the final 3-6 6-2 6-3.
The Croatian has an aggregate 18-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
The Croatian has never competed in this tournament before.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-9 | 3-3 | 15-4 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-29 | 1-6 | 17-17 | 13-5 | 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 |
Ranked no. 250, the Hungarian reached the 2nd round after defeating Sergi Perez Contri 6-3 5-7 6-1, Ryan Nijboer 7-6(6) 6-2 and Daniel Rincon 7-6(2) 3-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Piros defeated Rincon (7-62 3-6 7-5). During the match Piros scored 101 points vs Rincon’s 94. Piros was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Piros managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Rincon 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Zsombor’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Zsombor has an overall 17-8 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coric | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 83 |
| Pts | 55-33 | 275-233 |
| Total Points | 88 | 508 |
| Winners | 19 | 102 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Coric played 1 match while Piros competed in 3 matches. Piros started his run from the qualifications while Coric had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Zsombor Piros conceded 2 sets while Borna Coric hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Coric has played 6 set(s) less than Piros (2 vs 8). Therefore, Coric played 66 games less than Piros. Borna scored 19 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Zsombor managed to score 102 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coric | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 148/243 |
| %1st in | 50% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 102/148 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 18/23 | 63/95 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 66% |
Coric struck 4 aces . Piros blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Coric won 83% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Piros won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coric | Piros |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 75% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 15 |
| % Saved | 0% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
The Croatian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Coric extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Zsombor broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Hungarian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Coric | |||
| R1 Blockx |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 55-33 | 55-33 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/23 | 18/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Piros | |||||
| Q1 Perez Contri |
Q3 Nijboer |
R1 Rincon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-1 | 7-66 6-2 | 7-62 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 21 | 34 | 83 | |
| pts | 99-79 | 75-60 | 101-94 | 275-233 | |
| Total points | 178 | 135 | 195 | 508 | |
| Winners | 34 | 31 | 37 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 42/68 | 54/91 | 148/243 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 31/42 | 37/54 | 102/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 74% | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/32 | 17/26 | 24/37 | 63/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 65% | 65% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/6 | 4/10 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 50% | 40% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 7 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 7/8 | 3/7 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 88% | 43% | 202% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jakub PaulPaul (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Daniel RinconRincon (7-62 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Billy HarrisHarris (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Hugo DellienDellien (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vilius GaubasGaubas – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (4-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Miguel DamasDamas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 6-75 7-63) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Alexander BlockxBlockx (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Marin CilicCilic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Valentin RoyerRoyer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
