Norbert Gombos and Mats Rosenkranz will play each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm 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 Norbert Gombos who should win in 2 sets.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.3
Mats Rosenkranz -> 3.28
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Mats Rosenkranz
This will be the 2nd time that Norbert Gombos and Mats Rosenkranz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Gombos won 6-4 7-6(4) in the semifinal in the Captif Challenger back in 2021.
Norbert Gombos
24 - 13win/loss
292
80
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41-28 | 5-6 | 27-15 | 9-7 | 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. 315, the Slovakian reached the qualifications after defeating Michal Krajci 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications, Gombos had a good straight sets win against Krajci (7-63 6-3). During the match, Gombos scored 74 points vs Krajci’s 61. Norbert was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gombos blasted 5 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Krajci twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Gombos has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (287-246). 17-7 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gombos has an aggregate 120-100 match record in the last years on clay.
Norbert’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
The Slovakian has an aggregate 24-13 win-loss record in 2025, 17-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Mats Rosenkranz
20 - 14win/loss
254
254
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44-33 | 12-14 | 5-6 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2024 | 36-23 | 7-4 | 13-7 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
| 2023 | 35-34 | 4-9 | 4-10 | 22-12 | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 31-36 | 2-4 | 7-14 | 14-13 | 2-4 | 6-1 |
| 2021 | 42-30 | 1-1 | 20-18 | 15-9 | 5-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 365, Rosenkranz got to the qualifications after beating Pawel Juszczak 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Rosenkranz had a good straight sets win against Cias (6-1 6-2). During the match Rosenkranz scored 59 points vs Cias’s 35. Mats was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Rosenkranz bagged 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mats Rosenkranz was very efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rosenkranz broke Cias 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Rosenkranz’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Oberhaching.
Rosenkranz has an aggregate 20-14 win-loss record in 2025, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Rosenkranz has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Rosenkranz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 |
| Pts | 74-61 | 59-35 |
| Total Points | 135 | 94 |
| Winners | 31 | 22 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Gombos and Rosenkranz played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Rosenkranz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gombos played 7 games more than Rosenkranz. Norbert scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Rosenkranz made 22 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Rosenkranz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 29/41 |
| %1st in | 66% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/23 | 10/12 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 83% |
Gombos fired 5 aces . Rosenkranz struck 3 aces . Gombos won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Rosenkranz won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Rosenkranz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 22% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Norbert broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Norbert dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Rosenkranz broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Krajci | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 74-61 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 45/68 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/23 | 18/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Rosenkranz | |||
| Q1 Cias | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-35 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Bratislava 1 Challenger
- Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (6-4 3-6 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
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