Norbert Gombos and Toby Alex Kodat will face off in the qualifications of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 11. 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.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.35
Toby Alex Kodat -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Toby Alex Kodat
This will be the 3rd time that Norbert Gombos and Toby Alex Kodat fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Gombos and Alex (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gombos won 7-5 6-3 in the qualifications in the Prostejov Challenger back in June 2025.
Norbert Gombos
28 - 17win/loss
297
80
LWLLWLWWWL | 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. 328, Gombos reached the qualifications after defeating Mariano Dedura-Palomero 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Dedura-Palomero (6-3 6-1). During the match, Gombos scored 56 points vs Dedura-Palomero’s 39. Gombos was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gombos scored 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Norbert Gombos conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 61% of his first serves in, win 93% (25/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (7/17) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Dedura-Palomero 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Gombos has good record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (291-250). 21-11 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gombos has an aggregate 124-104 match record in the last years on clay.
Gombos’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.
Gombos has a composed 28-17 win-loss record in 2025, 21-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Toby Alex Kodat
19 - 13win/loss
661
308
LWWLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-20 | 5-4 | 20-13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-37 | 11-9 | 35-21 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-23 | 4-5 | 28-14 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-11 | 3-3 | 6-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-24 | 5-6 | 19-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 376, Alex reached the qualifications after beating Jannik Opitz 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Opitz, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Alex scored 91 points vs Opitz’s 83. Toby was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Alex scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Toby Alex Kodat was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (47/61) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Opitz twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The American has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2025, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gombos | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 |
| Pts | 56-39 | 91-83 |
| Total Points | 95 | 174 |
| Winners | 25 | 47 |
| %Winners | 45% | 52% |
Both Gombos and Alex played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Toby Alex Kodat surrendered 1 set while Norbert Gombos hasn’t lost a set so far. Gombos has played 1 set(s) less than Alex (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gombos played 14 games less than Alex. Gombos scored 25 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Toby bagged 47 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gombos | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 61/81 |
| %1st in | 61% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 47/61 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 65% |
Gombos struck 5 aces . Alex blasted 4 aces . Gombos won 93% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Alex won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gombos | Alex |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 40% | 25% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Norbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Dedura-Palomero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-39 | 56-39 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/27 | 25/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/17 | 7/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alex | |||
| Q1 Opitz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 91-83 | 91-83 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/81 | 61/81 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 47/61 | 47/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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