Dennis Novak and Ricardas Berankis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Vilnius Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 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 Ricardas Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ricardas Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Ricardas Berankis -> 1.87
Dennis Novak -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Ricardas Berankis
This will be the 4th time that Dennis Novak and Ricardas Berankis clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Berankis (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Berankis won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in Halle back in 2021.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 143, Dennis got to the 2nd round after defeating Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Ritschard (6-4 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 59 points vs Ritschard’s 43. Dennis was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dennis broke Ritschard 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (384-220). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Novak has an aggregate 67-54 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he beat Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.
Novak has a compiled 10-3 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Ricardas Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 18-14 | 5-1 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-22 | 7-9 | 2-3 | 16-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 12-9 | 1-4 | 7-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-23 | 9-8 | 5-7 | 6-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-8 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 193, Berankis got to the 2nd round after defeating Altug Celikbilek 2-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Celikbilek, Berankis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Berankis scored 81 points vs Celikbilek’s 75. Berankis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Berankis made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ricardas Berankis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 57% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Celikbilek 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Berankis’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Richard has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 |
| Pts | 59-43 | 81-75 |
| Total Points | 102 | 156 |
| Winners | 22 | 29 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Novak and Berankis played 1 match. At the moment, Ricardas Berankis conceded 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t conceded a set so far. Novak has played 1 set(s) less than Berankis (2 vs 3). Therefore, Novak played 7 games less than Berankis. Novak scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Lithuanian blasted 29 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 41/72 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 29/41 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/31 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 48% |
Novak bagged 1 ace . Berankis also blasted 4 aces . Novak won 88% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Berankis won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Berankis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/19 |
| % Converted | 60% | 26% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Dennis broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dennis extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Richard broke his opponent 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Richard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| R1 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 25/45 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 22/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Berankis | |||
| R1 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 81-75 | 81-75 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLLLLW Tennis Scores in Vilnius Challenger
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Dominic StrickerStricker (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Kacper ZukZuk (0-6 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Daniel MasurMasur (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (6-4 7-61) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Vilius GaubasGaubas (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-5 6-74 7-62) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Edas ButvilasButvilas (1-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-2 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Karol Drzewiecki/Szymon WalkowDrzewiecki/Szymon Walkow – Liam Broady/Charles BroomBroady/Charles Broom (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Dennis NovakNovak (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Egor GerasimovGerasimov – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Laurent LokoliLokoli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Zdenek KolarKolar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
