Evan Song and Dennis Novikov will face off in the qualifications of the Cleveland Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dennis Novikov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dennis Novikov is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novikov -> 1.7
Evan Song -> 2.1
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Prediction and head to head Evan Song vs. Dennis Novikov
This will be the 2nd time that Evan Song and Dennis Novikov play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Novikov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Novikov won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in 2015.
Evan Song
Ranked no. 534, Evan reached the qualifications after defeating James Hopper 6-1 6-73 6-1.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Hopper (6-1 6-73 6-1). During the match Song scored 94 points vs Hopper’s 74. Evan was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Song blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Evan Song lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Song put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (43/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Song broke Hopper 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Song has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 51% of his matches (39-38). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Song has a 9-6 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The American has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
Dennis Novikov
Ranked no. 792, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Ante Pavic 6-77 6-4 1-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Pavic, Dennis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-4 1-0 ret.). During the match Novikov scored 75 points vs Pavic’s 73. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Novikov fired 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dennis Novikov was very efficient on serve to win 79% (34/43) of his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novikov broke Pavic once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Novikov has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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