Dennis Novak and Damir Dzumhur will square off in the quarter of the Vilnius Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday 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 Dennis Novak who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.444
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Damir Dzumhur
This will be the 5th time that Dennis Novak and Damir Dzumhur play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Novak (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Novak won 6-1 6-3 in the quarter in the Meerbusch Challenger back in 2022.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-20 | 5-5 | 13-13 | 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. 143, Dennis got to the quarter after beating Alexander Ritschard 6-4 6-3 and Ricardas Berankis 1-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Berankis, Novak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 83 points vs Berankis’s 80. Novak was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 6 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Berankis 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament 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 (385-220). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a compiled 68-54 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Austrian has an aggregate 11-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
Dennis has never competed in this tournament before.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-23 | 11-12 | 22-6 | 5-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 15-5 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 5-5 | 19-12 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-32 | 6-6 | 17-17 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 4-7 | 6-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, Dzumhur reached the quarter after defeating Henri Laaksonen 6-2 0-0 ret. and Egor Gerasimov 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Dzumhur had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-1 6-3). During the match Dzumhur scored 76 points vs Gerasimov’s 51. Damir was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Dzumhur scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 75% of his first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Damir broke Gerasimov 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The Bosnian has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 24 |
| Pts | 142-123 | 109-70 |
| Total Points | 265 | 179 |
| Winners | 45 | 43 |
| %Winners | 32% | 39% |
Both Novak and Dzumhur played 2 matches. At the moment, Dennis Novak surrendered 1 set while Damir Dzumhur hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Novak and Dzumhur have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Novak played 19 games more than Dzumhur. The Austrian scored 45 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Damir scored 43 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 61/112 | 64/86 |
| %1st in | 54% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 45/61 | 43/64 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 55% |
Novak scored 2 aces (1 per match). Dzumhur struck 1 ace (0.5 per match). Novak won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 67% of the points on 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 | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/24 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 33% | 57% |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 |
| Saved | 7 | 8 |
| % Saved | 64% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Dennis broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. Novak surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Dzumhur broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Dzumhur conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Ritschard |
R2 Berankis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 | 43 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 83-80 | 142-123 | |
| Total points | 102 | 163 | 265 | |
| Winners | 22 | 23 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 28% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 36/67 | 61/112 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 23/36 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 64% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/31 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 48% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/19 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 26% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 64% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Dzumhur | ||||
| R1 Laaksonen |
R2 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 0-0 ret. | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 16 | 24 | |
| pts | 33-19 | 76-51 | 109-70 | |
| Total points | 52 | 127 | 179 | |
| Winners | 13 | 30 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 14/19 | 50/67 | 64/86 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 75% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 13/14 | 30/50 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 60% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/5 | 9/17 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 6/9 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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