Dennis Novak and Tim Van Rijthoven will square off in the 2nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.66
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Tim Van Rijthoven since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 120, Dennis reached the 2nd round after defeating Matthias Bachinger 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Bachinger (6-4 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 73 points vs Bachinger’s 54. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak recorded 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Dennis Novak was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Bachinger 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (393-216). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has an aggregate 50-36 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Dennis’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Heilbronn Challenger.
Dennis has a composed 15-20 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Tim Van Rijthoven
Ranked no. 265, Tim got to the 2nd round after defeating Hiroki Moriya 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Van Rijthoven had a good straight sets win against Moriya (6-1 6-3). During the match Van Rijthoven scored 58 points vs Moriya’s 34. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Van Rijthoven bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tim Van Rijthoven was very effective on serve to win 96% (22/23) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tim was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Moriya 4 times.
Van Rijthoven’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Biel and the Segovia Challenger.
Van Rijthoven has a compiled 34-17 win-loss record in 2021, 14-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 73-54 | 58-34 |
| Total Points | 127 | 92 |
| Winners | 28 | 22 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Novak and Van Rijthoven played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Novak and Van Rijthoven have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Novak played 2 games more than Van Rijthoven. Dennis scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Tim bagged 22 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 23/38 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 22/23 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 96% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 67% |
Novak bagged 5 aces . Van Rijthoven fired 9 aces . Novak won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Van Rijthoven won 96% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Van Rijthoven |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/14 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 21% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Novak broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. The Austrian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Tim broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Van Rijthoven was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Novak | |||
| R1 Bachinger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 73-54 | 73-54 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 3/14 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Van Rijthoven | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 58-34 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/23 | 22/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLL Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger
- Maxime Janvier/Arjun KadheJanvier/Arjun Kadhe – Toshihide Matsui/Kaito UesugiMatsui/Kaito Uesugi (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Vladyslav Manafov/Piotr MatuszewskiManafov/Piotr Matuszewski – Mats Moraing/Dennis NovakMoraing/Dennis Novak (7-60 6-3) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Lukas LackoLacko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Matteo ViolaViola (7-63 7-61) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Jerome KymKym (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Jakub PaulPaul (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 7-60) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Leandro RiediRiedi (6-2 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Daniel MasurMasur (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Matthias BachingerBachinger (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Jerome KymKym (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Lukas LackoLacko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
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- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Go SoedaSoeda (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Tobias KamkeKamke (1-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Maxime JanvierJanvier – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Mats MoraingMoraing (1-0) – H2H and prediction
