Dennis Novak and Javier Barranco Cosano will square off in the 2nd round of the Prague 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Dennis Novak who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.89
Javier Barranco Cosano -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Javier Barranco Cosano
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Javier Barranco Cosano 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 | 12-7 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 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. 148, Novak got to the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-64 6-76 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Austrian defeated Karlovskiy (7-64 6-76 6-4). During the match, Novak scored 124 points vs Karlovskiy’s 118. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak bagged 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 69% of his first serves in, winning 66% (57/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (14/38) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Karlovskiy 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (394-219). 4-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a composed 213-112 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 and the Murcia Challenger.
Novak has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 1 Challenger
Javier Barranco Cosano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5-7 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-31 | 8-5 | 33-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-20 | 0-2 | 29-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-21 | 0-0 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 37-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 260 (career-high), Barranco got to the 2nd round after defeating Joao Domingues 6-2 1-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Javier defeated Domingues (6-2 1-6 6-2). During the match Barranco scored 76 points vs Domingues’s 72. Barranco was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Barranco struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Javier Barranco Cosano lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Barranco put 61% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Barranco broke Domingues 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Javier’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Rovinj.
Javier has an overall 11-7 win-loss record in 2022, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Barranco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 23 |
| Pts | 124-118 | 76-72 |
| Total Points | 242 | 148 |
| Winners | 57 | 31 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Novak and Barranco played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak conceded 1 set, while Javier Barranco Cosano lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Novak and Barranco have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Novak played 13 games more than Barranco. Dennis scored 57 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Javier blasted 31 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Barranco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 86/124 | 46/75 |
| %1st in | 69% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 57/86 | 31/46 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/38 | 13/29 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 45% |
Novak blasted 6 aces . Barranco bagged 4 aces . Novak won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Barranco won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Barranco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 54% | 56% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Novak broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Austrian lost his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Javier broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| R1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-76 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 124-118 | 124-118 | |
| Total points | 242 | 242 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 86/124 | 86/124 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 57/86 | 57/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/38 | 14/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Barranco | |||
| R1 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-72 | 76-72 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/75 | 46/75 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 13/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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