Dennis Novak topples Kacper Zuk 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Gstaad on Tuesday. Novak will try to keep the momentum against Casper Ruud in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 8 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this event. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the 1st round in 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Austrian added to his prize money € 3,585 after conquering this match. He has won already € 9,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Dennis will add € 5,000 to his earnings to get in total € 14,000 in total.
Highlights Dennis Novak vs. Kacper Zuk Swiss Open – Gstaad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:08
At the end of the match, the Austrian scored 64 points vs. Zuk’s 44.
Novak
Novak served extremely well to win 79% of the points (26/33) behind his first serve, and he won 76% points (13/17) on his second serve. Novak blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Dennis was sharp when converting 75% of the break points that he procured (3/4).
Zuk
On the other side, Zuk was not so effective in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Novak and Zuk is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Dennis Novak vs. Casper Ruud – stats
Novak will compete against Ruud in the 2nd round.
This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Casper Ruud square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ruud (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
Live score progression and stats
Ruud was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Kacper Zuk in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, Novak refused to bow to find the way to come back to break Kacper in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
They contested 50 points. Novak won 10 more points than Zuk (30-20). Novak conceded 7 points on serve (18-7). Regarding the other side of the net, the Pole conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Dennis clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to finally winning the set (6-4).
They contested 55 points. The Austrian was the winner of the set after clinching 15 more points than the Pole (35-20). Novak was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (21-4). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 14 points on serve (16-14).
Tennis Scores in Gstaad
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (7-5 4-6 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Kacper ZukZuk (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Johan NiklesNikles (6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Benoit PairePaire – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-4 4-6 6-5 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Sandro EhratEhrat (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Oscar OtteOtte (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Laslo DjereDjere – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Christian GarinGarin (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Benoit PairePaire (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mikael YmerYmer – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H details and stats
