Dennis Novak and Ernests Gulbis will face off in the quarter of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.59
Ernests Gulbis -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Ernests Gulbis
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Ernests Gulbis since this will be the first time that they will play 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. 166, the Austrian reached the quarter after defeating Yshai Oliel 6-4 6-4 and Maximilian Marterer 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Marterer (6-2 6-4). During the match, Novak scored 69 points vs Marterer’s 54. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dennis Novak was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Marterer 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (407-229). 13-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Novak has an overall 222-121 record in the last years on clay.
Novak’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger,the Murcia Challenger and the Mauthausen Challenger.
Dennis has a composed 22-18 win-loss record in 2022, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Dennis has never competed in this tournament before.
Ernests Gulbis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-21 | 3-2 | 17-13 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-21 | 2-4 | 6-9 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 9-4 | 3-6 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2019 | 8-30 | 3-9 | 1-9 | 4-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 365, Ernests got to the quarter after beating Anton Matusevich 6-4 6-2, Yshai Oliel 0-6 7-5 6-4, Gianluca Mager 6-74 6-4 6-2 and Ugo Blanchet 6-4 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Latvian had a good straight sets win against Blanchet (6-4 7-64). During the match Gulbis scored 80 points vs Blanchet’s 72. The Latvian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Gulbis recorded 13 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ernests Gulbis lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gulbis put 51% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (22/37) on the 2nd serve. Ernests broke Blanchet 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gulbis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gulbis’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Ernests has a compiled 22-16 win-loss record in 2022, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 100 |
| Pts | 137-101 | 330-293 |
| Total Points | 238 | 623 |
| Winners | 59 | 132 |
| %Winners | 43% | 40% |
Novak played 2 matches while Gulbis competed in 4 matches. Gulbis started his run from the qualifications while Novak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ernests Gulbis conceded 2 sets while Dennis Novak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Novak has played 6 set(s) less than Gulbis (4 vs 10). Therefore, Novak played 62 games less than Gulbis. Dennis scored 59 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Gulbis scored 132 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 43 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 10.8 |
| 1st in | 70/98 | 169/309 |
| %1st in | 71% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 59/70 | 132/169 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 74/140 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 53% |
Novak managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Gulbis recorded 43 aces (10.8 per match). Novak won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Gulbis won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Gulbis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 15/34 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 22 |
| Saved | 0 | 13 |
| % Saved | 0% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
Novak broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Dennis had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gulbis broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. Ernests conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Oliel |
R2 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 69-54 | 137-101 | |
| Total points | 115 | 123 | 238 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/46 | 35/52 | 70/98 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 67% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 32/35 | 27/35 | 59/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 77% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 11/17 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 65% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/7 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 43% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gulbis | ||||||
| Q1 Matusevich |
Q3 Oliel |
R1 Mager |
R2 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 0-6 7-5 6-4 | 6-74 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 28 | 31 | 23 | 100 | |
| pts | 58-44 | 92-88 | 100-89 | 80-72 | 330-293 | |
| Total points | 102 | 180 | 189 | 152 | 623 | |
| Winners | 25 | 33 | 47 | 27 | 132 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 47% | 34% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 43 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 24 | |
| 1st in | 28/53 | 43/87 | 59/93 | 39/76 | 169/309 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 49% | 63% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 33/43 | 47/59 | 27/39 | 132/169 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 77% | 80% | 69% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 20/44 | 19/34 | 22/37 | 74/140 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 45% | 56% | 59% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/14 | 4/7 | 3/8 | 15/34 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 29% | 57% | 38% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/7 | 3/4 | 6/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 29% | 75% | 75% | 123% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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