Mark Lajal and Norbert Gombos will face off in the 1st round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mark Lajal who should win in 2 sets.
Mark Lajal -> 1.32
Norbert Gombos -> 3.18
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Prediction and head to head Mark Lajal vs. Norbert Gombos
This will be the 2nd time that Mark Lajal and Norbert Gombos fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Lajal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Lajal won 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in the Zhangjiagang Challenger back in 2024.
Mark Lajal
42 - 22win/loss
146
145
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-25 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 14-8 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 38-30 | 18-14 | 0-3 | 15-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 25-16 | 5-2 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 35-12 | 2-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Mark will start his run in the Bratislava 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brest Challenger where he lost 3-6 6-1 6-3 to Spizzirri in the 2nd round on the 23rd of October.
Mark has an overall 42-22 win-loss record in 2025, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he defeated Andres Martin in the final 6-7(7) 7-5 7-6(9).
Talking about his overall career, The Estonian has an overall 177-112 record. He has a positive 51-33 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Mark has never competed in this tournament before.
Norbert Gombos
40 - 26win/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. 303, Norbert will start his run in the Bratislava 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Brest Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Fery in the qualifications on the 20th of October.
The Slovakian has an overall 40-26 win-loss record in 2025, 8-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Norbert’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger and the Liberec Challenger.
In terms of his career, Norbert has an overall 509-393 record. He has a positive 146-117 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2016 and 2019. See his history
.Tennis Scores in Bratislava 2 Challenger
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laslo DjereDjere – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Filip MisolicMisolic (1-6 7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Billy HarrisHarris – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- David PichlerPichler – Sascha Gueymard WayenburgGueymard Wayenburg (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Lukas KleinKlein (3-6 6-3 7-6(1)) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-63 3-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Colton SmithSmith (6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-6 6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jaime FariaFaria (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Chris RodeschRodesch (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Titouan DroguetDroguet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – David PichlerPichler (0-0) – H2H and prediction