Dennis Novak and Miguel Damas will play each other in the 2nd round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dennis Novak who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.37
Miguel Damas -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Miguel Damas
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Miguel Damas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 5-5 | 9-9 | 0-1 | 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 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after defeating Filip Misolic 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Misolic (6-3 7-5). During the match, Novak scored 77 points vs Misolic’s 56. Novak was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Misolic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (391-218). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has an overall 210-111 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Novak’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
Dennis has a composed 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Miguel Damas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-16 | 7-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 11-15 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-16 | 4-5 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 7-7 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 600 (career-high), Damas got to the 2nd round after beating Yshai Oliel 7-5 6-76 7-5, Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-1 4-6 7-65 and Ulises Blanch 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Miguel had a good straight sets win against Blanch (6-2 6-4). During the match Damas scored 55 points vs Blanch’s 44. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Damas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Miguel Damas lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Damas put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Damas broke Blanch 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Miguel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Palmanova.
Damas has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2022, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 85 |
| Pts | 77-56 | 302-279 |
| Total Points | 133 | 581 |
| Winners | 33 | 140 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Novak played 1 match while Damas competed in 3 matches. Damas started his run from the qualifications while Novak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Miguel Damas lost 2 sets while Dennis Novak hasn’t conceded a set so far. Novak has played 6 set(s) less than Damas (2 vs 8). Therefore, Novak played 64 games less than Damas. Dennis scored 33 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Miguel struck 140 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 48/74 | 220/311 |
| %1st in | 65% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 140/220 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 42/91 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 46% |
Novak fired 5 aces . Damas recorded 4 aces (1.3 per match). Novak won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Damas won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 17/39 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 8 | 38 |
| Saved | 6 | 27 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 11 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Miguel broke his opponents 17 times with a 44% conversion rate. Damas conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| R1 Misolic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 77-56 | 77-56 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/74 | 48/74 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Damas | |||||
| Q1 Oliel |
Q3 Llamas |
R1 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-76 7-5 | 6-1 4-6 7-65 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 30 | 18 | 85 | |
| pts | 144-136 | 103-99 | 55-44 | 302-279 | |
| Total points | 280 | 202 | 99 | 581 | |
| Winners | 66 | 50 | 24 | 140 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 104/147 | 81/110 | 35/54 | 220/311 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 74% | 65% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 66/104 | 50/81 | 24/35 | 140/220 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 62% | 69% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 13/29 | 9/19 | 42/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 6/13 | 5/8 | 17/39 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 46% | 63% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 22 | 11 | 5 | 38 | |
| Saved | 18/22 | 6/11 | 3/5 | 27 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 55% | 60% | 197% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger
- Miguel DamasDamas – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-3 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher HeymanHeyman – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Nicola KuhnKuhn (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (3-6 7-63 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Johan NiklesNikles (7-65 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher HeymanHeyman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
