Norbert Gombos and Stefan Popovic will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. 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 Norbert Gombos who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.33
Stefan Popovic -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Stefan Popovic
There is no head to head record between Norbert Gombos and Stefan Popovic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Norbert Gombos
19 - 11win/loss
332
80
LWWWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-13 | 1-2 | 16-7 | 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. 328, Norbert reached the qualifications after beating Vito Tonejc 6-2 5-7 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian defeated Tonejc (6-2 5-7 6-3). During the match, Gombos scored 97 points vs Tonejc’s 78. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gombos bagged 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (46/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Norbert broke Tonejc 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Gombos has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (282-244). 12-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gombos has a compiled 115-98 match record in the last years on clay.
Gombos’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
The Slovakian has a compiled 19-11 win-loss record in 2025, 12-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Norbert has never competed in this tournament before.
Stefan Popovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 16-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-26 | 0-0 | 44-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 42-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-26 | 1-2 | 34-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 519, the Serbian got to the qualifications after defeating Bor Artnak 1-6 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications against Artnak, Popovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Popovic scored 82 points vs Artnak’s 75. Popovic was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Popovic was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Popovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Popovic put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Artnak 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Popovic’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
Stefan has a compiled 14-10 win-loss record in 2025, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 |
| Pts | 97-78 | 82-75 |
| Total Points | 175 | 157 |
| Winners | 46 | 32 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Both Gombos and Popovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Norbert Gombos conceded 1 set, while Stefan Popovic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Popovic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gombos played 6 games more than Popovic. Gombos scored 46 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Stefan bagged 32 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 47/70 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 32/47 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 9/23 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 39% |
Gombos recorded 6 aces . Popovic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gombos won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Popovic won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Popovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 63% | 71% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Norbert dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Stefan broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Popovic conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Tonejc |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 97-78 | 97-78 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 60/93 | 60/93 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 46/60 | 46/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Popovic | |||
| Q1 Artnak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-75 | 82-75 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/23 | 9/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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