James Duckworth and Dennis Novak will play each other in the qualifications of the bett1HULKS Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:30 pm on MKG 1. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dennis Novak who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.7
James Duckworth -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head James Duckworth vs. Dennis Novak
There is no head to head record between James Duckworth and Dennis Novak since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
James Duckworth
Ranked no. 93, Duckworth reached the qualifications after beating Mischa Zverev 6-3 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Australian defeated Zverev (6-3 5-7 6-2). During the match Duckworth scored 94 points vs Zverev’s 84. James was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Duckworth fired 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, James Duckworth was pretty efficent on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (23/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Duckworth broke Zverev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Duckworth has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (320-188). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Duckworth has a 14-11 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Duckworth’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bengalaru Challenger.
Duckworth has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Duckworth didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 94, Novak got to the qualifications after beating Max Purcell 7-63 6-73 7-63.
In the qualifications, Novak defeated Purcell (7-63 6-73 7-63). During the match Novak and Purcell scored the same amount of points (132). However, the world no. 93 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Novak was very aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak scored 6 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (64/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (20/52) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Purcell 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Novak has a 15-12 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cologne
Novak didn’t compete in Cologne in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Duckworth | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 39 |
| Pts | 94-84 | 132-132 |
| Total Points | 178 | 264 |
| Winners | 39 | 64 |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% |
Both Duckworth and Novak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. James Duckworth conceded 1 set, while Dennis Novak dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Duckworth and Novak have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Duckworth played 10 games less than Novak. Duckworth scored 39 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian recorded 64 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Duckworth | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 51/93 | 86/138 |
| %1st in | 55% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 64/86 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 20/52 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 38% |
Duckworth blasted 7 aces . Novak bagged 6 aces . Duckworth won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Duckworth | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 44% | 30% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 71% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
James broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Dennis broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Duckworth | |||
| Q1 Zverev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-84 | 94-84 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/93 | 51/93 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 39/51 | 39/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-73 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 132-132 | 132-132 | |
| Total points | 264 | 264 | |
| Winners | 64 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 86/138 | 86/138 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 64/86 | 64/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/52 | 20/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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