Kimmer Coppejans and Norbert Gombos will play each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2 DECATHLON. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimmer Coppejans who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kimmer Coppejans is the pick to win this match.
Kimmer Coppejans -> 1.58
Norbert Gombos -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Kimmer Coppejans vs. Norbert Gombos
This will be the 6th time that Kimmer Coppejans and Norbert Gombos face off. The head to head is 4-1 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Coppejans won 3-5 ret. in the quarter in the Banja Luka Challenger back in 2023.
Kimmer Coppejans
21 - 9win/loss
275
97
LLWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-11 | 14-6 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-8 | 22-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 4-5 | 24-19 | 0-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-28 | 6-8 | 30-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-5 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 286, Coppejans reached the qualifications after beating Tiago Pereira 1-6 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications against Pereira, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Coppejans scored 86 points vs Pereira’s 78. Coppejans was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Coppejans scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kimmer Coppejans lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Coppejans put 60% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Kimmer broke Pereira 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Coppejans has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (315-235). 7-3 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Coppejans has an overall 214-148 record in the last years on clay.
Kimmer’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger and the Murcia Challenger.
The Belgian has a composed 21-9 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 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. 336, Gombos got to the qualifications after defeating Pedro Araujo 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Araujo (6-2 6-2). During the match Gombos scored 67 points vs Araujo’s 42. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Norbert Gombos was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Araujo 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Coppejans | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 16 |
| Pts | 86-78 | 67-42 |
| Total Points | 164 | 109 |
| Winners | 26 | 19 |
| %Winners | 30% | 28% |
Both Coppejans and Gombos played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kimmer Coppejans surrendered 1 set while Norbert Gombos hasn’t lost a set so far. Coppejans has played 1 set more than Gombos (3 vs 2). Therefore, Coppejans played 8 games more than Gombos. The Belgian scored 26 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Gombos blasted 19 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Coppejans | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 22/40 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 19/22 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 13/18 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 72% |
Coppejans fired 4 aces . Gombos bagged 5 aces . Coppejans won 62% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Coppejans | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 44% |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 |
| Saved | 6 | 0 |
| % Saved | 60% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Coppejans dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Norbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Coppejans | |||
| Q1 Pereira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 86-78 | 86-78 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Araujo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-42 | 67-42 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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