Norbert Gombos and Michael Vrbensky will square off in the qualifications of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Norbert Gombos who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.39
Michael Vrbensky -> 2.81
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Norbert Gombos
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-14 | 1-2 | 18-8 | 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, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after defeating Dominik Kellovsky 6-2 4-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian defeated Kellovsky (6-2 4-6 7-5). During the match, Gombos scored 97 points vs Kellovsky’s 85. Norbert was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gombos scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 50% of his first serves in, winning 81% (35/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Norbert broke Kellovsky 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Gombos has positive record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (278-242). 8-3 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gombos has an aggregate 111-96 match record in the last years on clay.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 15-9 win-loss record in 2025, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Michael Vrbensky
8 - 10win/loss
472
277
LWWLLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-16 | 0-1 | 12-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 387, Vrbensky got to the qualifications after defeating Guy Den Ouden 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Czech defeated Den Ouden (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Vrbensky scored less points (11) than Den Ouden. In fact, the world no. 336 won 89 points vs Den Ouden’s. That means that Vrbensky was more focused during the important points. Vrbensky was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Vrbensky wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 57% of his first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. Vrbensky broke Den Ouden 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Michael’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Opatija.
The Czech has a composed 8-10 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 28 |
| Pts | 97-85 | 89-100 |
| Total Points | 182 | 189 |
| Winners | 35 | 33 |
| %Winners | 36% | 37% |
Both Gombos and Vrbensky played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Norbert Gombos lost 1 set, while Michael Vrbensky conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Vrbensky have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gombos played 2 games more than Vrbensky. The Slovakian scored 35 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech recorded 33 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 43/86 | 57/100 |
| %1st in | 50% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 33/57 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 47% |
Gombos recorded 1 ace . Vrbensky didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gombos won 81% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 58% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 6 |
| % Saved | 57% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Kellovsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 97-85 | 97-85 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/86 | 43/86 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 35/43 | 35/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Den |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 89-100 | 89-100 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/100 | 57/100 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/57 | 33/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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