Dennis Novak and Raul Brancaccio will play each other in the semifinal of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER 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 Raul Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.72
Dennis Novak -> 2.00

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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Raul Brancaccio

This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Raul Brancaccio square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Brancaccio won 6-2 1-6 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in the Rennes Challenger back in 2019.

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. 136, the Austrian got to the semifinal after beating Thiago Agustin Tirante 7-64 6-3, Mattia Bellucci 5-7 6-4 6-4 and Jan Choinski 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter, Novak had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-1 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 60 points vs Choinski’s 35. Novak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Novak struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Dennis Novak was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Dennis broke Choinski 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Novak has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (416-233). 20-13 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Novak has an overall 229-124 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Dennis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Meerbusch Challenger.

Dennis has an overall 31-22 win-loss record in 2022, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szczecin Challenger

Szczecin Challenger
Novak's Record

Raul Brancaccio

Raul Brancaccio

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Rank
388
High
121
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 38-32 7-3 24-24 7-5 0-0 0-0
2024 27-27 6-6 21-19 0-2 0-0 0-0
2023 28-32 14-7 11-19 2-4 1-2 0-0
2022 39-26 7-6 31-18 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 47-26 2-1 43-21 2-4 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 204 (career-high), Raul reached the semifinal after beating Federico Coria 6-3 7-65, Flavio Cobolli 6-4 6-4 and Federico Delbonis 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the quarter, Raul defeated Delbonis (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Brancaccio scored 86 points vs Delbonis’s 70. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Brancaccio scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (34/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Delbonis 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Raul has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Raul’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the San Benedetto Challenger.

Brancaccio has a composed 34-19 win-loss record in 2022, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szczecin Challenger

Raul has never competed in this tournament before.

Szczecin Challenger
Brancaccio's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Novak
R.Brancaccio
4h:48
4h:48
Time on court​
5h:24
5h:24
!
0h:57
0h:57
Last match​
1h:51
1h:51
3
3
Match played
3
3
70
70
Games Played​
66
66
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
228
228
Total points​
242
242
76
76
Avg point​
80.7
80.7
92
92
Winners
92
92
30.7
30.7
Avg Winners​
30.7
30.7
40%
40%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
3
3
3.3
3.3
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
92/129
92/129
1st won total​
92/128
92/128
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
43/76
43/76
2nd won total​
29/66
29/66
57%
57%
2nd won %
44%
44%
-- Break Points --
12/26
12/26
BP won
15/38
15/38
4/8.7
4/8.7
Avg BP won
5/12.7
5/12.7
46%
46%
Won
39%
39%
14
14
Conceded
18
18
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
6
6
6
6
Broken
9
9
2
2
Avg Broken
3
3
8
8
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Novak Brancaccio
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 70 66
Pts 228-194 242-200
Total Points 422 442
Winners 92 92
%Winners 40% 38%

Both Novak and Brancaccio played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak dropped 1 set, while Raul Brancaccio surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Novak and Brancaccio have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Novak played 4 games more than Brancaccio. Novak scored 92 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 92 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Novak Brancaccio
Aces 10 3
Avg per match 3.3 1
1st in 129/205 128/194
%1st in 63% 66%
1st pts 92/129 92/128
%1st pts 71% 72%
2nd pts 43/76 29/66
%2nd pts 57% 44%

Novak blasted 10 aces (3.3 per match). Brancaccio scored 3 aces (1 per match). Novak won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Novak Brancaccio
Won 12 15
Converted 12/26 15/38
% Converted 46% 39%
Conceded 14 18
Saved 8 9
% Saved 57% 50%
Times Broken 6 9

Dennis broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dennis lost his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 15 times with a 39% conversion rate. Brancaccio conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Novak
R1
Agustin		 R2
Bellucci		 1/4
Choinski		 Total
Score 7-64 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 22 32 16 70
pts 74-67 94-92 60-35 228-194
Total points 141 186 95 422
Winners 25 44 23 92
%Winners 34% 47% 38% 40%
SERVE
Aces 1 4 5 10
Double Faults 2 1 1 4
1st in 38/67 61/95 30/43 129/205
% 1st in 57% 64% 70% 63%
1st pts 25/38 44/61 23/30 92/129
% 1st pts 66% 72% 77% 71%
2nd pts 16/29 20/34 7/13 43/76
% 2nd pts 55% 59% 54% 57%
Breaks
Won 4 3 5 12
Converted 4/9 3/5 5/12 12/26
Converted % 44% 60% 42% 46%
Conceded 9 4 1 14
Saved 6/9 2/4 0/1 8
Saved % 67% 50% 0% 39%
Times Broken 3 2 1 6
Brancaccio
R1
Coria		 R2
Cobolli		 1/4
Delbonis		 Total
Score 6-3 7-65 6-4 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 22 20 24 66
pts 90-78 66-52 86-70 242-200
Total points 168 118 156 442
Winners 35 23 34 92
%Winners 39% 35% 40% 38%
SERVE
Aces 0 2 1 3
Double Faults 1 4 1 6
1st in 49/73 32/51 47/70 128/194
% 1st in 67% 63% 67% 66%
1st pts 35/49 23/32 34/47 92/128
% 1st pts 71% 72% 72% 72%
2nd pts 10/24 9/19 10/23 29/66
% 2nd pts 42% 47% 43% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 5 6 15
Converted 4/16 5/9 6/13 15/38
Converted % 25% 56% 46% 39%
Conceded 7 5 6 18
Saved 4/7 2/5 3/6 9
Saved % 57% 40% 50% 49%
Times Broken 3 3 3 9

Tennis Scores in Szczecin Challenger

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