Jannik Sinner and Dennis Novak will square off in the 2nd round of the Erste Bank Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Jannik Sinner who should win in 2 sets.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.22
Dennis Novak -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Dennis Novak
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Dennis Novak since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Opelka (6-4 6-2). During the match, Sinner scored 56 points vs Opelka’s 36. Jannik was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sinner scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jannik Sinner was exceptionally effective on serve to win 93% (27/29) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jannik broke Opelka 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Sinner has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (156-78). 11-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinner has a compiled54-15 record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where he defeated Stefano Travaglia in the final 7-6(4) 6-4 and in in Washington where he overcame Mackenzie Mcdonald in the final 7-5 4-6 7-5 and in in Sofia where he beat Gael Monfils in the final 6-3 6-4 and in in Antwerp where he beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-2 6-2.
Jannik has a compiled 43-18 win-loss record in 2021, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Dennis Novak
Ranked no. 116, Novak reached the 2nd round after defeating Gianluca Mager 7-64 7-64.
In the 1st round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Mager (7-64 7-64). During the match Novak scored 77 points vs Mager’s 75. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dennis Novak was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (49/61) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Novak’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Orleans Challenger.
The Austrian has an overall 24-24 win-loss record in 2021, 12-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Vienna
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 |
| Pts | 56-36 | 77-75 |
| Total Points | 92 | 152 |
| Winners | 27 | 49 |
| %Winners | 48% | 64% |
Both Sinner and Novak played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sinner and Novak have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sinner played 8 games less than Novak. The Italian scored 27 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Novak fired 49 winners (64%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8 |
| 1st in | 29/42 | 61/82 |
| %1st in | 69% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 49/61 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 57% |
Sinner scored 1 ace . Novak also fired 8 aces . Sinner won 93% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinner | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 0 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 0/0 |
| % Converted | 75% | NAN% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sinner very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. On the other side, Dennis hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Dennis was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Sinner | |||
| R1 Opelka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 27/29 | 27/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Novak | |||
| R1 Mager | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 77-75 | 77-75 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 64% | 64% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/82 | 61/82 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 49/61 | 49/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | – | NAN% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Vienna
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-75 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Andy MurrayMurray (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H and prediction