Dennis Novak and Riccardo Bonadio will square off in the semifinal of the Meerbusch Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:30 pm on B&B CENTRE COURT. 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.

As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.54
Riccardo Bonadio -> 2.41

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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Riccardo Bonadio

There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Riccardo Bonadio since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Dennis Novak

Dennis Novak

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Rank
532
High
85
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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
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Ranked no. 155, the Austrian reached the semifinal after beating Vit Kopriva 6-74 6-2 7-5, Jan-Lennard Struff 1-6 6-4 6-4 and Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-1 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 67 points vs Dzumhur’s 47. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Novak struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Dzumhur 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Austrian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (410-230). 16-11 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has an aggregate 225-122 record in the last years on clay.

Novak’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Quimper Challenger,the Murcia Challenger and the Mauthausen Challenger.

Dennis has a compiled 25-19 win-loss record in 2022, 16-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Meerbusch Challenger

Meerbusch Challenger
Novak's Record

Riccardo Bonadio

Riccardo Bonadio

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Rank
484
High
164
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-16 1-4 17-11 1-1 0-0 0-0
2023 32-35 7-6 25-28 0-0 0-1 0-0
2022 45-33 2-2 42-30 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 28-33 0-0 27-32 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 29-15 6-3 23-12 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 193, Bonadio got to the semifinal after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-1 1-6 6-3, Alexander Shevchenko 7-5 4-6 7-5 and Jonas Forejtek 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Forejtek (6-4 6-3). During the match Bonadio scored 65 points vs Forejtek’s 52. The Italian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Bonadio recorded 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Riccardo Bonadio lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bonadio put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Forejtek 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Riccardo has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Riccardo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Antalya,M25 Opatija and the Bratislava Challenger.

The Italian has a compiled 38-22 win-loss record in 2022, 37-21 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Meerbusch Challenger
Bonadio's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Novak
R.Bonadio
5h:49
5h:49
Time on court​
5h:46
5h:46
1h:10
1h:10
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
3
3
Match played
3
3
76
76
Games Played​
76
76
8
8
Set played​​
8
8
280
280
Total points​
253
253
93.3
93.3
Avg point​
84.3
84.3
109
109
Winners
100
100
36.3
36.3
Avg Winners​
33.3
33.3
39%
39%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
6
6
4.7
4.7
Avg Aces
2
2
11
11
Double Faults
6
6
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
109/163
109/163
1st won total​
100/141
100/141
67%
67%
1st won %
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71%
71%
54/104
54/104
2nd won total​
50/91
50/91
52%
52%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
13/32
13/32
BP won
11/24
11/24
4.3/10.7
4.3/10.7
Avg BP won
3.7/8
3.7/8
41%
41%
Won
46%
46%
26
26
Conceded
13
13
8.7
8.7
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
7
7
Broken
6
6
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
2
2
19
19
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Novak Bonadio
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 8
Tot Games 76 76
Pts 280-244 253-225
Total Points 524 478
Winners 109 100
%Winners 39% 40%

Both Novak and Bonadio played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak surrendered 2 sets, while Riccardo Bonadio dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Novak and Bonadio have played the same amount of sets 8. They also played the same amount of games (76). Dennis scored 109 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Riccardo blasted 100 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Novak Bonadio
Aces 14 6
Avg per match 4.7 2
1st in 163/267 141/232
%1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 109/163 100/141
%1st pts 67% 71%
2nd pts 54/104 50/91
%2nd pts 52% 55%

Novak blasted 14 aces (4.7 per match). Bonadio recorded 6 aces (2 per match). Novak won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Bonadio won 71% of the points behind 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 Bonadio
Won 13 11
Converted 13/32 11/24
% Converted 41% 46%
Conceded 26 13
Saved 19 7
% Saved 73% 54%
Times Broken 7 6

Novak broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Novak lost his serve 7 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Riccardo conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.

Novak
R1
Kopriva		 R2
Struff		 1/4
Dzumhur		 Total
Score 6-74 6-2 7-5 1-6 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 33 27 16 76
pts 125-110 88-87 67-47 280-244
Total points 235 175 114 524
Winners 44 44 21 109
%Winners 35% 50% 31% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 9 2 14
Double Faults 5 5 1 11
1st in 70/117 63/95 30/55 163/267
% 1st in 60% 66% 55% 61%
1st pts 44/70 44/63 21/30 109/163
% 1st pts 63% 70% 70% 67%
2nd pts 25/47 12/32 17/25 54/104
% 2nd pts 53% 38% 68% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 3 4 13
Converted 6/16 3/4 4/12 13/32
Converted % 38% 75% 33% 41%
Conceded 8 14 4 26
Saved 5/8 10/14 4/4 19
Saved % 63% 71% 100% 78%
Times Broken 3 4 0 7
Bonadio
R1
Agamenone		 R2
Shevchenko		 1/4
Forejtek		 Total
Score 6-1 1-6 6-3 7-5 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 23 34 19 76
pts 76-66 112-107 65-52 253-225
Total points 142 219 117 478
Winners 36 41 23 100
%Winners 47% 37% 35% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 2 6
Double Faults 1 5 0 6
1st in 46/67 59/108 36/57 141/232
% 1st in 69% 55% 63% 61%
1st pts 36/46 41/59 23/36 100/141
% 1st pts 78% 69% 64% 71%
2nd pts 9/21 28/49 13/21 50/91
% 2nd pts 43% 57% 62% 55%
Breaks
Won 3 4 4 11
Converted 3/6 4/9 4/9 11/24
Converted % 50% 44% 44% 46%
Conceded 4 6 3 13
Saved 2/4 3/6 2/3 7
Saved % 50% 50% 67% 56%
Times Broken 2 3 1 6

Tennis Scores in Meerbusch Challenger

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