Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Norbert Gombos will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Norbert Gombos who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Norbert Gombos is the pick to win this match.
Norbert Gombos -> 1.65
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Geoffrey Blancaneaux vs. Norbert Gombos
This will be the 3rd time that Geoffrey Blancaneaux and Norbert Gombos play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Gombos won 1-6 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in the Liberec Challenger back in July 2025.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
27 - 32win/loss
256
134
LWLLWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-36 | 0-5 | 24-23 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-33 | 6-5 | 13-19 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-37 | 7-10 | 14-18 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-38 | 17-10 | 14-15 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-31 | 8-6 | 17-19 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 253, Geoffrey got to the qualifications after beating Oskari Eerola 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Eerola (6-1 6-3). During the match, Blancaneaux scored 55 points vs Eerola’s 39. Geoffrey was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blancaneaux scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Geoffrey broke Eerola 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Blancaneaux has winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (330-285). 4-5 on indoor hard courts in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has an overall 55-69 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Brazzaville Challenger where he beat Calvin Hemery in the final 6-3 6-4.
The French player has a compiled 27-32 win-loss record in 2025, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Norbert Gombos
41 - 27win/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. 303, Gombos reached the qualifications after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-4 6-3). During the match Gombos scored 75 points vs Yevseyev’s 69. Gombos was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Gombos recorded 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Norbert Gombos conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 62% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Yevseyev 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Norbert’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger and the Liberec Challenger.
Norbert has a composed 41-27 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2014. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blancaneaux | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 |
| Pts | 55-39 | 75-69 |
| Total Points | 94 | 144 |
| Winners | 20 | 34 |
| %Winners | 36% | 45% |
Both Blancaneaux and Gombos 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, Blancaneaux and Gombos have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Blancaneaux played 3 games less than Gombos. Geoffrey scored 20 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 34 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blancaneaux | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 24/50 | 47/76 |
| %1st in | 48% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 34/47 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 45% |
Blancaneaux recorded 3 aces . Gombos made 7 aces . Blancaneaux won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gombos won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blancaneaux | Gombos |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 67% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Geoffrey broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The French player pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Norbert broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Norbert was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points.
| Blancaneaux | |||
| Q1 Eerola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-39 | 55-39 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 24/50 | 24/50 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 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 | |
| Gombos | |||
| Q1 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 75-69 | 75-69 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/76 | 47/76 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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