Dennis Novak and Lucas Pouille will square off in the 2nd round of the Quimper Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 9:00 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 -> 1.51
Lucas Pouille -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Lucas Pouille
This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Lucas Pouille clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Novak won 6-4 6-2 6-7(8) 3-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in at the Wimbledon back in 2018.
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. 132, Novak got to the 2nd round after defeating Nick Hardt 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Hardt (6-1 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 60 points vs Hardt’s 37. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak bagged 6 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Dennis Novak was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Hardt 4 times.
Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (383-218). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a composed 66-52 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.
Novak has a composed 9-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quimper Challenger
Lucas Pouille
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 9-2 | 8-5 | 4-5 | 3-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-10 | 3-2 | 7-5 | 4-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-24 | 7-3 | 2-7 | 7-10 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 367, Lucas got to the 2nd round after defeating Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Cobolli (6-3 6-4). During the match Pouille scored 64 points vs Cobolli’s 47. Lucas was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Pouille recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Lucas Pouille was quite effective on serve to win 86% (30/35) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lucas broke Cobolli twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Pouille has a composed 4-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quimper Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 60-37 | 64-47 |
| Total Points | 97 | 111 |
| Winners | 27 | 30 |
| %Winners | 45% | 47% |
Both Novak and Pouille played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Novak and Pouille have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Novak played 4 games less than Pouille. The Austrian scored 27 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Pouille blasted 30 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 8 |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 35/57 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 30/35 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 15/22 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 68% |
Novak fired 6 aces . Pouille bagged 8 aces . Novak won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Pouille won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Pouille |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 29% |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Novak broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Novak was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Novak | |||
| R1 Hardt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-37 | 60-37 | |
| Total points | 97 | 97 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 37/56 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pouille | |||
| R1 Cobolli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 35/57 | 35/57 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Quimper Challenger
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Johan Sebastien TatlotSebastien Tatlot (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Nick HardtHardt (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Manuel GuinardGuinard (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Calvin HemeryHemery – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Arthur FilsFils – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Luca NardiNardi (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine BellierBellier – Zsombor PirosPiros (7-66 7-61) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Emilio NavaNava (6-75 6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna (6-1 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominic StrickerStricker – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Lucas PouillePouille (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine BellierBellier – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
