Vitaliy Sachko and Norbert Gombos will square off in the qualifications of the Prague Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vitaliy Sachko is the pick to win this match.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.76
Norbert Gombos -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Norbert Gombos
This will be the 4th time that Vitaliy Sachko and Norbert Gombos clash against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), but Sachko leads 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Sachko won 5-7 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in the Ostrava Challenger back in 2024.
Vitaliy Sachko
23 - 11win/loss
209
156
LLWWWLLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-17 | 2-2 | 20-10 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-28 | 3-5 | 14-17 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 253, Vitaliy reached the qualifications after beating Jakub Nicod 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications, Vitaliy had a good straight sets win against Nicod (7-5 7-5). During the match, Sachko scored 91 points vs Nicod’s 77. Sachko was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sachko wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 9 double faults. Vitaliy Sachko lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sachko put 41% of his first serves in, winning 63% (19/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (23/44) on the 2nd serve. Vitaliy broke Nicod 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Sachko has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (290-209). 12-4 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sachko has a composed 173-120 record in the last years on clay.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Barletta Challenger and the Monza Challenger.
Sachko has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2025, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Norbert Gombos
18 - 10win/loss
328
80
LLWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-15 | 1-2 | 18-9 | 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 Oriol Roca Batalla 7-6(6) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Roca Batalla (7-66 6-3). During the match Gombos scored 80 points vs Roca Batalla’s 69. Norbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Gombos bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 48% of his first serves in, winning 76% (32/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (19/46) on the 2nd serve. Norbert broke Roca Batalla 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
Gombos has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2025, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 22 |
| Pts | 91-77 | 80-69 |
| Total Points | 168 | 149 |
| Winners | 19 | 32 |
| %Winners | 21% | 40% |
Both Sachko and Gombos played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sachko and Gombos have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sachko played 2 games more than Gombos. Vitaliy scored 19 winners (21% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian blasted 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/74 | 42/88 |
| %1st in | 41% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 19/30 | 32/42 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 19/46 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 41% |
Sachko didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gombos recorded 4 aces . Sachko won 63% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sachko | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 55% | 71% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 10 |
| % Saved | 33% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Sachko lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Norbert broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Gombos conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sachko | |||
| Q1 Nicod |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 91-77 | 91-77 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 21% | 21% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/74 | 30/74 | |
| % 1st in | 41% | 41% | |
| 1st pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/44 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Roca Batalla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-69 | 80-69 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/88 | 42/88 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 32/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/46 | 19/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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