Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Dennis Novak will play each other in the quarter of the bett1HULKS Indoors for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:30 pm on bett1 CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina -> 1.7
Dennis Novak -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Dennis Novak
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Davidovich Fokina and Dennis Novak square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Davidovich Fokina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Ranked no. 71, Davidovich Fokina reached the quarter after beating Emil Ruusuvuori 7-5 6-4 and Marin Cilic 3-6 7-63 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Cilic, Davidovich Fokina recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 6-2). During the match Davidovich Fokina scored 102 points vs Cilic’s 93. Davidovich Fokina was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Davidovich Fokina struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alejandro broke Cilic 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Davidovich Fokina has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (163-94). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Davidovich Fokina has a 2-4 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Davidovich Fokina has a 12-10 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
The Spaniard didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 94, Dennis got to the quarter after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-3 and Benoit Paire 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-3 6-4). During the match Novak scored 64 points vs Paire’s 45. Novak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dennis Novak was very effective on serve to win 74% (25/34) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Austrian broke Paire 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dennis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Dennis has a 14-11 win-loss record in 2020, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Novak didn’t play in Cologne in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Davidovich Fokina | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 37 |
| Pts | 186-171 | 126-90 |
| Total Points | 357 | 216 |
| Winners | 81 | 46 |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% |
Both Davidovich Fokina and Novak played 2 matches. At the moment, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina surrendered 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Davidovich Fokina has played 1 set more than Novak (5 vs 4). Therefore, Davidovich Fokina played 15 games more than Novak. Davidovich Fokina scored 81 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian fired 46 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Davidovich Fokina | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 114/180 | 62/97 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 81/114 | 46/62 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 32/66 | 25/35 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 71% |
Davidovich Fokina managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Novak fired 2 aces (1 per match). Davidovich Fokina won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Davidovich Fokina | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/18 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 42% |
| Conceded | 16 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 69% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Alejandro broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Davidovich Fokina | ||||
| R1 Ruusuvuori |
R2 Cilic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 3-6 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 30 | 52 | |
| pts | 84-78 | 102-93 | 186-171 | |
| Total points | 162 | 195 | 357 | |
| Winners | 33 | 48 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 64/95 | 114/180 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 48/64 | 81/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 75% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 18/31 | 32/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 58% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/10 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 30% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 3/5 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 60% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Thompson |
R2 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 37 | |
| pts | 62-45 | 64-45 | 126-90 | |
| Total points | 107 | 109 | 216 | |
| Winners | 21 | 25 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 34/50 | 62/97 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 68% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/28 | 25/34 | 46/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 11/16 | 25/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 69% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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