Dennis Novak and Carlos Gimeno Valero will fight against each other in the quarter of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.72
Dennis Novak -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will face off 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. 137, the Austrian reached the quarter after defeating Filip Misolic 6-3 7-5 and Miguel Damas 6-0 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-0 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 53 points vs Damas’s 26. Novak was quite aggressive to blast 13 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak blasted 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Dennis Novak was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (13/17) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Austrian broke Damas 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 61% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (392-218). 2-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a composed 211-111 match record in the last years on clay.
The Austrian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger.
The Austrian has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Dennis has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-16 | 3-2 | 20-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Nicola Kuhn 3-6 6-2 6-1 and Christopher Heyman 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Heyman (6-3 6-3). During the match Gimeno scored 73 points vs Heyman’s 58. Gimeno was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno put 73% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Heyman 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Carlos has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Carlos has a composed 11-6 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 42 |
| Pts | 130-82 | 160-128 |
| Total Points | 212 | 288 |
| Winners | 46 | 72 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Novak and Gimeno played 2 matches. At the moment, Carlos Gimeno Valero lost 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t conceded a set so far. Novak has played 1 set(s) less than Gimeno (4 vs 5). Therefore, Novak played 7 games less than Gimeno. Novak scored 46 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 72 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 65/115 | 113/135 |
| %1st in | 57% | 84% |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 72/113 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 30/50 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 55% |
Novak recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Gimeno managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Novak won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/18 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 56% | 39% |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 44% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Dennis broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Dennis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Misolic |
R2 Damas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 14 | 35 | |
| pts | 77-56 | 53-26 | 130-82 | |
| Total points | 133 | 79 | 212 | |
| Winners | 33 | 13 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 25% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/74 | 17/41 | 65/115 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 41% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/48 | 13/17 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 14/24 | 30/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/10 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 60% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 0/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 0% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Gimeno | ||||
| R1 Kuhn |
R2 Heyman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| pts | 87-70 | 73-58 | 160-128 | |
| Total points | 157 | 131 | 288 | |
| Winners | 45 | 27 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 37% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 69/75 | 44/60 | 113/135 | |
| % 1st in | 92% | 73% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 45/69 | 27/44 | 72/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 61% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/6 | 10/16 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/16 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 31% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 50% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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