Dennis Novak and Joao Sousa will face off in the quarter of the Quimper Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.87
Joao Sousa -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-22 | 5-5 | 14-12 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 5-6 | 18-15 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-23 | 12-3 | 12-10 | 10-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-27 | 2-2 | 21-14 | 6-9 | 4-1 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 26-29 | 1-3 | 9-12 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Novak got to the quarter after beating Zizou Bergs 6-4 2-6 6-4 and Evan Furness 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Furness (6-4 6-4). During the match, Novak scored 69 points vs Furness’s 55. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 66% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Furness 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (387-211). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a composed 63-45 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quimper Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Joao reached the quarter after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-3 and Constant Lestienne 6-3 2-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Joao defeated Lestienne (6-3 2-6 6-3). During the match Sousa scored 84 points vs Lestienne’s 77. Sousa was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joao Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the 2nd serve. Joao broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joao has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Joao has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 44 |
| Pts | 161-151 | 146-125 |
| Total Points | 312 | 271 |
| Winners | 68 | 60 |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% |
Both Novak and Sousa played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak conceded 1 set, while Joao Sousa dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Novak and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Novak played 4 games more than Sousa. Dennis scored 68 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa scored 60 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 96/151 | 88/140 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 68/96 | 60/88 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 26/55 | 30/52 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 58% |
Novak made 12 aces (6 per match). Sousa managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Novak won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/20 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 40% | 47% |
| Conceded | 20 | 13 |
| Saved | 14 | 9 |
| % Saved | 70% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 4 |
Dennis broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Dennis dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Bergs | R2 Furness | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 20 | 48 | |
| pts | 92-96 | 69-55 | 161-151 | |
| Total points | 188 | 124 | 312 | |
| Winners | 37 | 31 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/93 | 38/58 | 96/151 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 31/38 | 68/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 82% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 8/20 | 26/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/7 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 57% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 3 | 20 | |
| Saved | 13/17 | 1/3 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 76% | 33% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Agamenone | R2 Lestienne | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 62-48 | 84-77 | 146-125 | |
| Total points | 110 | 161 | 271 | |
| Winners | 26 | 34 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/54 | 51/86 | 88/140 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 34/51 | 60/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 67% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 19/35 | 30/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 54% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/10 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 6/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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