Norbert Gombos and Mate Valkusz will clash against each other in the quarter of the Split Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mate Valkusz who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.84
Norbert Gombos -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Norbert Gombos vs. Mate Valkusz

This will be the 2^nd time that Norbert Gombos and Mate Valkusz play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gombos (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Gombos won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Budapest Challenger back in 2017.

Norbert Gombos

Ranked no. 142, Gombos reached the quarter after defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-1 3-6 6-1 and Kacper Zuk 6-3 3-6 7-6⁶.

In the 2^nd round, The Slovakian defeated Zuk (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶). During the match, Gombos scored 99 points vs Zuk’s 96. Norbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gombos made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Norbert Gombos lost the Serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gombos put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (50/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (20/46) on the 2nd serve. Gombos was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Zuk 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Gombos has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (320-265). 2-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gombos has an overall 127-99 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

The Slovakian has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.

Mate Valkusz

Ranked no. 271, Valkusz got to the quarter after beating Lukas Klein 3-6 6-3 7-6⁵ and Francesco Maestrelli 6-2 1-6 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Mate defeated Maestrelli (6-2 1-6 6-2). During the match Valkusz scored 92 points vs Maestrelli’s 81. The Hungarian was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Valkusz couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mate Valkusz lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 63% of his first serves in, winning 60% (36/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Mate broke Maestrelli 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Valkusz has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Valkusz’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.

The Hungarian has a compiled 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Gombos and Valkusz played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Norbert Gombos conceded 2 sets, while Mate Valkusz lost 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Gombos and Valkusz have played the same amount of sets 6. They also played the same amount of games (54). Norbert scored 81 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Hungarian recorded 74 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Gombos bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Valkusz recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Gombos won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 58% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Norbert broke his opponents 8 times with a 100% conversion rate. Norbert lost his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Mate conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.