Norbert Gombos Explained

Norbert Gombos
Residence:	Bratislava, Slovakia
Birth Date:	13 August 1990
Birth Place:	Galanta, Czechoslovakia
Height:	1.93m (06.33feet)
Turnedpro:	2009
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	US$ 2,239,228
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 80 (2 October 2017)
Currentsinglesranking:	No. 563 (5 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:	2R (2022)
Frenchopenresult:	3R (2020)
Wimbledonresult:	1R (2017, 2018, 2021)
Usopenresult:	2R (2020)
Doublesrecord:	1–4
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 238 (19 October 2015)
Team:	yes
Daviscupresult:	7–14
Updated:	10 August 2024

Norbert Gombos (in Slovak pronounced as /ˈnɔrberd ˈɡɔmbɔʂ/,^[1] ^[2] Hungarian: Gombos Norbert; born 13 August 1990), occasionally spelled Norbert Gomboš, is a Slovak professional tennis player competing primarily on the ATP Challenger Tour and playing for the Slovakia Davis Cup team. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 80 on 2 October 2017.^[3]

Personal life

He is a member of the Hungarian community in Slovakia.^[4]

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2022 Davis Cup.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q2	A	1R	1R	2R	Q1	0 / 3	1–3
bgcolor=efefef align=left	French Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q1	3R	1R	1R	Q2	0 / 3	2–3
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	Q2	style=color:#767676	NH	1R	A	Q2	0 / 3	0–3
bgcolor=efefef align=left	US Open	A	Q1	Q2	A	1R	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 4	1–4
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–4	1–3	0–0	0 / 13	4–13
ATP Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	NH	A			0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami Open	A	A	Q2	A	Q2	Q1	A	NH	A			0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Monte-Carlo	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	NH	A			0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	NH	Q1			0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1			0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	3R	Q2			0 / 1	2–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	2–4
Career statistics
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Career
Tournaments	0	2	2	0	10	3	1	8	14	6		Career total: 46
style=text-align:left	Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Career total: 0
style=text-align:left	Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Career total: 0
style=text-align:left	Overall win–loss	0–0	1–5	1–6	0–0	5–10	0–5	3–2	7–8	9–14	2–9	0–0	0 / 46	28–59
style=text-align:left	Win %												Career total:
Year-end ranking	197	126	138	142	132	247	109	88	117	116	315	$2,230,532

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 28 (10–18)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7–11)
ITF Futures Tour (3–7)

Titles by surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (5–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Austria F2, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Johannes Ager	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Czech Republic F1, Teplice	Futures	Clay	Jiří Veselý	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), 1–6
Win	1–2	Austria F2, Kramsach	Futures	Clay	Alexander Flock	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–3	China F4, Yuxi	Futures	Hard (i)	Vincent Millot	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Bosnia & Herzegovina F5, Kiseljak	Futures	Clay	Damir Džumhur	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	1–5	Czech Republic F5, Prague	Futures	Clay	Jiří Veselý	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1–6	Turkey F39, Belek	Futures	Hard	Mirza Bašić	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–6	Czech Republic F1, Most	Futures	Clay	Dominic Thiem	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	3–6	Czech Republic F2, Teplice	Futures	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–7	Italy F22, Este	Futures	Clay	Dominic Thiem	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3–8	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Kenny de Schepper	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–9	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Filip Krajinović	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–10	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Veselý	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–11	Košice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Frank Dancevic	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	4–11	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Benoît Paire	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	5–11	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Albert Montañés	7–6^(7–5), 5–7, 7–6^(7–2)
Loss	5–12	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	5–7, 6–4, 3–6
Win	6–12	Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yannik Reuter	7–5, 6–2
Win	7–12	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Marius Copil	7–6^(10–8), 4–6, 6–3
Loss	7–13	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Filip Krajinović	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–13	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Julien Benneteau	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	8–14	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Alexander Bublik	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	9–14	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Attila Balázs	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Win	10–14	Winnipeg, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Brayden Schnur	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	10–15	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jiří Veselý	4-6, 4-6
Loss	10–16	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Tseng Chun-hsin	4-6, 1-6
Loss	10–17	Salzburg, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	3–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Loss	10–18	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Zsombor Piros	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(9–11)

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Hungary F3, Budapest	Futures	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Mario Kargl Lukas Weinhandl	6–2, 6–0
Loss	1–1	Czech Republic F1, Most	Futures	Clay	Patrik Fabian	Michal Franek Jan Kunčík	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]
Loss	1–2	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Roman Jebavý	Marin Draganja Franko Škugor	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Adam Pavlásek	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	1–4	Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	Roman Jebavý Jan Šátral	2–6, 2–6

Record against top 10 players

Gombos' record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	width=70	Record	Win %	width=60	Hard	width=60	Clay	width=60	Grass	Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Dominic Thiem	1–0	bgcolor=lime		1–0	–	–	style=background:#cfc;text-align:left	Won (6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2014 Davis Cup Qualifying RR
Marin Čilić	0–2		0–2	–	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(6–8)) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	0–1		–	–	0–1	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 4–6) at 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Andrey Rublev	0–1		0–1	–	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2020 Vienna
Number 6 ranked players
Gaël Monfils	0–1		0–1	–	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2020 Montpellier
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin	1–1	bgcolor=#9cf		1–0	0–1	–	style=background:#cfc;text-align:left	Won (6–4, 7–6^(8–6)) at 2020 Paris Masters
Number 8 ranked players
Marcos Baghdatis	0–1		0–1	–	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2017 Stockholm
Diego Schwartzman	0–1		–	0–1	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (6–7^(3–7), 3–6, 3–6) at 2020 French Open
Jannik Sinner	0–1		0–1	–	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (4–6, 6–7^(5–7)) at 2020 Marseilles
John Isner	0–1		0–1	–	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (6–7^(5–7), 4–6, 2–6) at 2014 Davis Cup Qualifying RR
Number 9 ranked players
Hubert Hurkacz	1–0	bgcolor=lime		1–0	–	–	style=background:#cfc;text-align:left	Won (6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 6–4) at 2017 Davis Cup Qualifying RR
Fabio Fognini	0–1		–	0–1	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (6–1, 4–6, 3–6) at 2017 Gstaad
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	1–2		1–1	0–1	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (3–6, 4–6, 3–6) at 2021 French Open
Félix Auger-Aliassime	0–1		–	0–1	–	style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2019 Davis Cup Qualifying RR
Total	4–13		4–7	0–5	0–1	Statistics correct .

Notes and References

Web site: The pronunciation by Norbert Gombos himself. ATPWorldTour.com. 2018-01-09. 10 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180110055054/http://www.atpworldtour.com/-/media/audio/player-clips/norbert-gombos-name-pronunciation.mp3. live.
Web site: Norbert Gombos po výhře ve finále kvalifikace turnaje Svijany Open v Liberci. Tenisový svět. YouTube. 2016-08-01. 2018-01-09. sk. 9 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240709105010/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLmoN-zr_w. live.
News: Norbert Gombos biography at ITF . 2014-05-11 . 11 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140311024313/http://www.itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100113535 . live .
Web site: Norbert Gombos was eliminated as well. hu. echotv.hu. 7 February 2019. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724143548/https://www.echotv.hu/hirek/2019/02/07/gombos-norbert-is-kiesett. live.