Andreas Seppi and Dennis Novak will fight against each other in the qualifications of the European Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on Court 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dennis Novak who should win in 3 sets.
Dennis Novak -> 1.75
Andreas Seppi -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Andreas Seppi vs. Dennis Novak
This will be the 2nd time that Andreas Seppi and Dennis Novak clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Novak won 6-4 7-6(1) in the qualifications in Vienna back in 2017.
Andreas Seppi
Ranked no. 93, Andreas reached the qualifications after beating Gauthier Onclin 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Andreas had a good straight sets win against Onclin (6-4 7-5). During the match, Seppi scored 81 points vs Onclin’s 72. Seppi was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Seppi made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andreas Seppi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Seppi put 62% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (9/29) on the 2nd serve. Andreas broke Onclin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Seppi has a good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (281-260). 16-6 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Seppi has an overall 82-63 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in the Biella 3 Challenger where he beat Liam Broady in the final 6-2 6-1.
Seppi has an overall 26-21 win-loss record in 2021, 16-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 110, Dennis got to the qualifications after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-0 6-1). During the match Novak scored 56 points vs Kovalik’s 27. Novak was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak managed to score 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dennis Novak was very efficient on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Novak broke Kovalik 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
The Austrian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Orleans Challenger.
Dennis has an overall 22-23 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Seppi | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 13 |
| Pts | 81-72 | 56-27 |
| Total Points | 153 | 83 |
| Winners | 35 | 18 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Seppi and Novak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Seppi and Novak have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Seppi played 9 games more than Novak. Andreas scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Dennis bagged 18 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Seppi | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 25/39 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 18/25 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/29 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 31% | 64% |
Seppi made 5 aces . Novak fired 2 aces . Seppi won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 31% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Seppi | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 63% | 46% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Seppi broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Novak broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dennis conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Seppi | |||
| Q1 Onclin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-72 | 81-72 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 48/77 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/29 | 9/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Kovalik | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 56-27 | 56-27 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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