Dennis Novak and Tung-Lin Wu will fight against each other in the final of the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on COURT B. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.75
Tung-Lin Wu -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Tung-Lin Wu
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Tung-Lin Wu 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. 180, Novak reached the final after defeating Dan Added 6-2 6-2, Giovanni Fonio 6-2 6-1, Marek Gengel 6-3 6-75 6-3 and Antoine Escoffier 6-3 6-2.
In the semifinal, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-3 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 61 points vs Escoffier’s 44. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak struck 8 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Dennis Novak was quite effective on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dennis broke Escoffier 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has conceded 1 set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (378-217). 4-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a compiled 81-35 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Novak’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Novak has a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger
Dennis has never competed in this tournament before.
Tung-Lin Wu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 14-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 21-21 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-24 | 26-14 | 6-3 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 10-10 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 184, Tung-Lin got to the final after beating Thantub Suksumrarn 6-4 6-1, Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-74 7-5 6-4, Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Lloyd Harris 6-4 7-5.
In the semifinal, The Chinese had a good straight sets win against Lloyd (6-4 7-5). During the match Wu scored 76 points vs Lloyd’s 68. Tung-Lin was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Wu scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tung-Lin Wu conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 7 break points. Furthermore, Wu put 76% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the 2nd serve. Wu broke Lloyd twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tung-Lin has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Wu’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Wu has an overall 4-0 win-loss record in 2023, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 79 | 104 |
| Pts | 286-212 | 335-297 |
| Total Points | 498 | 632 |
| Winners | 117 | 170 |
| %Winners | 41% | 51% |
Both Novak and Wu played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak surrendered 1 set, while Tung-Lin Wu lost 2 sets. Novak has played 1 set(s) less than Wu (9 vs 10). Therefore, Novak played 25 games less than Wu. The Austrian scored 117 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Tung-Lin managed to score 170 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 161/229 | 226/319 |
| %1st in | 70% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 117/161 | 170/226 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 46/68 | 54/93 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 58% |
Novak fired 21 aces (5.3 per match). Wu blasted 22 aces (5.5 per match). Novak won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Wu won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Wu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 11 |
| Converted | 17/40 | 11/27 |
| % Converted | 43% | 41% |
| Conceded | 10 | 20 |
| Saved | 7 | 17 |
| % Saved | 70% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Tung-Lin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||||
| R1 Added |
R2 Fonio |
1/4 Gengel |
1/2 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | 17 | 79 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 59-31 | 103-90 | 61-44 | 286-212 | |
| Total points | 110 | 90 | 193 | 105 | 498 | |
| Winners | 25 | 17 | 46 | 29 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 29% | 45% | 48% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 22/36 | 68/94 | 38/49 | 161/229 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 61% | 72% | 78% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 17/22 | 46/68 | 29/38 | 117/161 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 77% | 68% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 12/14 | 16/26 | 8/11 | 46/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 86% | 62% | 73% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 5/9 | 5/11 | 3/8 | 17/40 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 57% | 100% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wu | ||||||
| R1 Suksumrarn |
R2 Uchiyama |
1/4 Donskoy |
1/2 Lloyd |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-74 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 35 | 30 | 22 | 104 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 101-97 | 91-86 | 76-68 | 335-297 | |
| Total points | 113 | 198 | 177 | 144 | 632 | |
| Winners | 29 | 52 | 49 | 40 | 170 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 51% | 54% | 53% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 67/102 | 65/88 | 58/76 | 226/319 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 66% | 74% | 76% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 52/67 | 49/65 | 40/58 | 170/226 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 75% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 17/35 | 13/23 | 12/18 | 54/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 49% | 57% | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 4/7 | 2/5 | 2/4 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 57% | 40% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 7/7 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 75% | 100% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
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