Karen Khachanov and Dennis Novak will play each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.22
Dennis Novak -> 4.00
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Dennis Novak
This will be the 2nd time that Karen Khachanov and Dennis Novak square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
Karen Khachanov
Ranked no. 17, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 7-62 6-1.
In the 1st round, Khachanov had a good straight sets win against Kukushkin (7-62 6-1). During the match Khachanov scored 69 points vs Kukushkin’s 50. Khachanov was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Karen Khachanov was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Khachanov has a weak record in the last 9 years having won 44% of his matches (461-358). 7-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Khachanov has a 223-159 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Karen’s best result of the season was reaching the semi-finals in in ATP Cup.
Karen has a 8-5 win-loss record in 2020, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
Karen didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 96, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after defeating Blaz Rola 7-63 6-73 6-4, Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-4 and Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Gunneswaran (6-4 6-3). During the match Novak scored 68 points vs Gunneswaran’s 53. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Gunneswaran 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Novak has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (152-127). 7-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a 142-126 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Dennis has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Dubai
The Austrian didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 74 |
| Pts | 69-50 | 250-219 |
| Total Points | 119 | 469 |
| Winners | 29 | 109 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Khachanov played 1 match while Novak competed in 3 matches. Novak started his run from the qualifications while Khachanov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dennis Novak conceded 1 set while Karen Khachanov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Khachanov has played 5 sets less than Novak (2 vs 7). Therefore, Khachanov played 54 games less than Novak. Karen scored 29 winners (42% on total points). On the other side, Novak blasted 109 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 155/240 |
| %1st in | 61% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 109/155 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 44/85 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Khachanov blasted 6 aces . Novak blasted 24 aces (8 per match). Khachanov won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 12/21 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 5 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 60% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 |
Khachanov broke his opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. Karen conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Dennis broke his opponents 12 times with 57% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-50 | 69-50 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 36/59 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Novak | |||||
| Q1 Rola |
Q3 Hanfmann |
R1 Gunneswaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-73 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 19 | 19 | 74 | |
| pts | 111-108 | 71-58 | 68-53 | 250-219 | |
| Total points | 219 | 129 | 121 | 469 | |
| Winners | 52 | 31 | 26 | 109 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% | 38% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 10 | 2 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 81/120 | 41/63 | 33/57 | 155/240 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 65% | 58% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 52/81 | 31/41 | 26/33 | 109/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 76% | 79% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 11/22 | 11/24 | 44/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 50% | 46% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 3/7 | 4/8 | 12/21 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 43% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 80% | 71% | 194% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 133 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWWWLL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Dennis NovakNovak – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Marin CilicCilic (2-6 7-5 7-61) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Fabio FogniniFognini (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Joao SousaSousa (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Richard BerankisBerankis (5-7 7-62 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Yen-Hsun LuLu (3-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (7-61 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-62 6-1) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (4-6 6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Benoit PairePaire (7-2) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (0-0) – See H2H details
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (11-2) – See H2H details
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-2) – See H2H details
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Daniel EvansEvans (1-1) – See H2H details
- Dennis NovakNovak – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
- Alexander BublikBublik – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – See H2H details
- Andrey RublevRublev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (1-2) – See H2H details
