Dennis Novak and Taro Daniel will clash against each other in the quarter of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Taro Daniel who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Taro Daniel is the pick to win this match.
Taro Daniel -> 1.46
Dennis Novak -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Taro Daniel
This will be the 3rd time that Dennis Novak and Taro Daniel clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Novak and Daniel (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Novak won 4-6 6-1 6-0 in the qualifications in at the French Open back in 2018.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 109, the Austrian reached the quarter after beating Yannick Maden 6-2 2-6 7-5 and Mats Moraing 7-64 4-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Dennis defeated Moraing (7-64 4-6 7-5). During the match Novak scored 111 points vs Moraing’s 105. Dennis was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Moraing 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dennis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (384-205). 3-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a 220-115 record in the last years on clay.
Novak has a 6-9 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Taro Daniel
Ranked no. 112, Daniel got to the quarter after beating Daniel Altmaier 7-5 6-0 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Martin Etcheverry (6-4 6-1). During the match Daniel scored 67 points vs Martin Etcheverry’s 50. Daniel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Daniel fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Taro Daniel was very effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Daniel broke Martin Etcheverry 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Taro’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger and Belgrade.
Taro has a 16-11 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 35 |
| Pts | 207-199 | 135-97 |
| Total Points | 406 | 232 |
| Winners | 77 | 45 |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% |
Both Novak and Daniel played 2 matches. At the moment, Dennis Novak conceded 2 sets while Taro Daniel hasn’t lost a set so far. Novak has played 2 sets more than Daniel (6 vs 4). Therefore, Novak played 28 games more than Daniel. Dennis scored 77 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese made 45 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 118/196 | 58/111 |
| %1st in | 60% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 77/118 | 45/58 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 40/78 | 30/53 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 57% |
Novak blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Daniel managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Novak won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Daniel won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Daniel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 40% | 53% |
| Conceded | 18 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 3 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Austrian lost his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Taro broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Daniel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Maden |
R2 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 7-5 | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 35 | 63 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 111-105 | 207-199 | |
| Total points | 190 | 216 | 406 | |
| Winners | 37 | 40 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 60/104 | 118/196 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 40/60 | 77/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 67% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 25/44 | 40/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/13 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 2/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 29% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Daniel | ||||
| R1 Altmaier |
R2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 35 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 67-50 | 135-97 | |
| Total points | 115 | 117 | 232 | |
| Winners | 23 | 22 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 28/62 | 58/111 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 45% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 22/28 | 45/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 20/34 | 30/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 59% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/5 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 80% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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