Dennis Novak and Bernabe Zapata Miralles will square off in the semifinal of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernabe Zapata Miralles who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernabe Zapata Miralles is the pick to win this match.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 1.26
Dennis Novak -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Bernabe Zapata Miralles since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 109, the Austrian reached the semifinal after defeating Yannick Maden 6-2 2-6 7-5, Mats Moraing 7-64 4-6 7-5 and Taro Daniel 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-4 6-4). During the match Novak scored 70 points vs Daniel’s 65. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Novak put 72% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (6/18) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Daniel 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (385-205). 4-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a 221-115 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Novak has a 7-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Ranked no. 139, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after beating Illya Marchenko 6-3 7-62, Oscar Otte 6-2 6-1 and Sumit Nagal 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Zapata Miralles had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-3 6-1). During the match Zapata Miralles scored 64 points vs Nagal’s 40. Zapata Miralles was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Zapata Miralles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 53% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Bernabe broke Nagal 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Quimper 2 Challenger.
The Spaniard has a 18-13 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 83 | 53 |
| Pts | 277-264 | 195-126 |
| Total Points | 541 | 321 |
| Winners | 110 | 66 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Both Novak and Zapata Miralles played 3 matches. At the moment, Dennis Novak surrendered 2 sets while Bernabe Zapata Miralles hasn’t dropped a set so far. Novak has played 2 sets more than Zapata Miralles (8 vs 6). Therefore, Novak played 30 games more than Zapata Miralles. The Austrian scored 110 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Bernabe blasted 66 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 165/261 | 95/163 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 110/165 | 66/95 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 46/96 | 47/68 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 69% |
Novak struck 15 aces (5 per match). Zapata Miralles blasted 4 aces (1.3 per match). Novak won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Zapata Miralles won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 13 |
| Converted | 14/33 | 13/22 |
| % Converted | 42% | 59% |
| Conceded | 20 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 6 |
| % Saved | 45% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 4 |
Novak broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Novak lost his serve 11 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded. Zapata Miralles broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||||
| R1 Maden |
R2 Moraing |
1/4 Daniel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 7-5 | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 35 | 20 | 83 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 111-105 | 70-65 | 277-264 | |
| Total points | 190 | 216 | 135 | 541 | |
| Winners | 37 | 40 | 33 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 47% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/92 | 60/104 | 47/65 | 165/261 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 72% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 40/60 | 33/47 | 110/165 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 67% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 25/44 | 6/18 | 46/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 57% | 33% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/13 | 4/8 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 38% | 50% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 2 | 20 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 2/7 | 0/2 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 29% | 0% | 31% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Zapata Miralles | |||||
| R1 Marchenko |
R2 Otte |
1/4 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 15 | 16 | 53 | |
| pts | 80-62 | 51-24 | 64-40 | 195-126 | |
| Total points | 142 | 75 | 104 | 321 | |
| Winners | 30 | 17 | 19 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% | 30% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 26/42 | 28/53 | 95/163 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 53% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 17/26 | 19/28 | 66/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 65% | 68% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 16/16 | 16/25 | 47/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 100% | 64% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 13/22 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 80% | 63% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 67% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWWWL Tennis Scores in Heilbronn Challenger
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Sumit NagalNagal (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Andre Goransson/Sem VerbeekGoransson/Sem Verbeek – Rafael Matos/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMatos/Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (2-6 6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Taro DanielDaniel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (2-6 6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Dennis NovakNovak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
