Alexander Shevchenko and Norbert Gombos will face off in the 2nd round of the Madrid Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL C.MADRID. 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 Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Shevchenko is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.43
Norbert Gombos -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Shevchenko vs. Norbert Gombos
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Shevchenko and Norbert Gombos fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Shevchenko (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Shevchenko won 7-6(5) 7-6(4) in the semifinal in the Bratislava Challenger back in 2022.
Alexander Shevchenko
6 - 13win/loss
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LLWLWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-16 | 3-7 | 4-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 22-35 | 8-13 | 6-12 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-34 | 16-15 | 19-13 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-33 | 2-4 | 41-23 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-27 | 8-4 | 33-17 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 106, Shevchenko reached the 2nd round after beating Tristan Boyer 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Kazakhstani had a good straight sets win against Boyer (7-5 6-3). During the match, Shevchenko scored 78 points vs Boyer’s 70. The Kazakhstani was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Shevchenko blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Shevchenko lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Shevchenko put 71% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Shevchenko broke Boyer 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Shevchenko has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (258-183). 2-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Shevchenko has a composed172-105 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Alexander’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Australia.
Alexander has an aggregate 6-12 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18-10 | 1-2 | 11-4 | 6-4 | 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. 397, Norbert reached the 2nd round after beating Ivan Gakhov 6-4 6-7(0) 6-3, Nick Hardt 6-3 6-4 and Miguel Damas 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-4 6-3). During the match Gombos scored 62 points vs Damas’s 47. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Norbert Gombos was very effective on serve to win 83% (29/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gombos broke Damas 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Norbert has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Shevchenko | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 70 |
| Pts | 78-70 | 230-193 |
| Total Points | 148 | 423 |
| Winners | 35 | 120 |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% |
Shevchenko played 1 match while Gombos competed in 3 matches. Gombos started his run from the qualifications while Shevchenko had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Norbert Gombos dropped 1 set while Alexander Shevchenko hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Shevchenko has played 5 set(s) less than Gombos (2 vs 7). Therefore, Shevchenko played 49 games less than Gombos. Alexander scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Norbert managed to score 120 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Shevchenko | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 51/72 | 151/215 |
| %1st in | 71% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 120/151 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 34/64 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 53% |
Shevchenko managed to score 4 aces . Gombos scored 23 aces (7.7 per match). Shevchenko won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Shevchenko | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Alexander broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Gombos was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Shevchenko | |||
| R1 Boyer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-70 | 78-70 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/72 | 51/72 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gombos | |||||
| Q1 Gakhov |
Q3 Hardt |
R1 Damas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-70 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 19 | 70 | |
| pts | 106-102 | 62-44 | 62-47 | 230-193 | |
| Total points | 208 | 106 | 109 | 423 | |
| Winners | 64 | 27 | 29 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 60% | 44% | 47% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 8 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 82/117 | 34/51 | 35/47 | 151/215 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 67% | 74% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 64/82 | 27/34 | 29/35 | 120/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 79% | 83% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/35 | 14/17 | 7/12 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 82% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/3 | 3/6 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/8 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Madrid Challenger
- Norbert GombosGombos – Miguel DamasDamas (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Hugo DellienDellien (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Valentin RoyerRoyer – Nick HardtHardt (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 6-4) – 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
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jakub PaulPaul (6-2 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
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-5 6-3) – 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
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
