Aljaz Bedene and Dennis Novak will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Western & Southern Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1 pm on Court 14. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aljaz Bedene who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aljaz Bedene is the pick to win this match.
Aljaz Bedene -> 1.85
Dennis Novak -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Aljaz Bedene vs. Dennis Novak
This will be the 3rd time that Aljaz Bedene and Dennis Novak fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Bedene and Novak (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Bedene won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Banja Luka Challenger back in 2016.
Aljaz Bedene
Ranked no. 61, Bedene reached the 2nd round after defeating Denis Kudla 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Aljaz had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-4 7-5). During the match Bedene scored 73 points vs Kudla’s 62. The Slovenian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bedene bagged 9 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Aljaz Bedene lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bedene put 48% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Bedene was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kudla 4 times.
Bedene has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (441-321). 4-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bedene has a 332-189 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Slovenian has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Aljaz didn’t play in New York in 2019.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 85 (career high), Novak reached the 2nd round after beating Damir Dzumhur 5-7 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Dzumhur, Novak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-4). During the match Novak scored 107 points vs Dzumhur’s 94. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak recorded 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 63% of his first serves in, winning 67% (43/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Dzumhur 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Novak has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 71% of his matches (510-211). 8-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Novak has a 375-196 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Austrian has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in New York
Dennis didn’t compete in New York in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bedene | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 |
| Pts | 73-62 | 107-94 |
| Total Points | 135 | 201 |
| Winners | 29 | 43 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Bedene and Novak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dennis Novak conceded 1 set while Aljaz Bedene hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bedene has played 1 set(s) less than Novak (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bedene played 7 games less than Novak. Bedene scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Dennis managed to score 43 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bedene | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6 |
| 1st in | 38/80 | 64/101 |
| %1st in | 48% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 43/64 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 20/37 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 54% |
Bedene blasted 9 aces . Novak fired 6 aces . Bedene won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bedene | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 100% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Bedene broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Aljaz lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Dennis broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bedene | |||
| Q1 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-62 | 73-62 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/80 | 38/80 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 19/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 107-94 | 107-94 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 64/101 | 64/101 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 43/64 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 200 | |
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