Damir Dzumhur and Dennis Novak will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Tunis Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on COURT AZIZ ZOUHIR. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.68
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Dennis Novak
This will be the 6th time that Damir Dzumhur and Dennis Novak play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Novak (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Dzumhur won 2-6 4-4 ret. in the quarter in the Vilnius Challenger back in February 2023.
Damir Dzumhur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-17 | 6-8 | 17-5 | 4-1 | 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. 172,he will start his run in the Tunis Challenger after he played his last match in the Tunis Challenger where he defeated 1-6 6-0 6-2 to Ouakaa in the 1st round on the 16th of May.
The Bosnian has an aggregate 16-13 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Damir’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Vilnius Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Bosnian has an overall 494-344 record. He has a positive 265-155 record on clay.
Previously in the Tunis Challenger
Dzumhur has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 174, Novak got to the 2nd round after beating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 2-6 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round against Arnaud Bailly, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-63).During the match Novak scored less points (2) than Arnaud Bailly. In fact, the world no. 172 won 85 points vs Arnaud Bailly’s. That means that Novak was more focused during the important points. Dennis was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Novak recorded 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dennis Novak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 69% of his first serves in, winning 71% (39/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Arnaud Bailly 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
His best result of the 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 14-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 |
| Pts | 82-68 | 85-87 |
| Total Points | 150 | 172 |
| Winners | 36 | 39 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Dzumhur and Novak played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Damir Dzumhur conceded 1 set, while Dennis Novak conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Dzumhur and Novak have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Dzumhur played 9 games less than Novak. Damir scored 36 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Novak managed to score 39 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 55/81 | 55/80 |
| %1st in | 68% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 39/55 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/26 | 9/25 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 36% |
Dzumhur fired 2 aces . Novak recorded 2 aces . Dzumhur won 65% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 43% | 44% |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 |
| Saved | 10 | 1 |
| % Saved | 77% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Bosnian broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Bosnian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Dennis broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Dennis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Dzumhur | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Novak | |||
| R1 Arnaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 85-87 | 85-87 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 55/80 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/25 | 9/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Tunis Challenger
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- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-60 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-72 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Damien WengerWenger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Laurent LokoliLokoli (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Mattia BellucciBellucci (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel RinconRincon – Joris De LooreDe Loore (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Joao SousaSousa (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (6-7(2) 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Matteo GiganteGigante (6-1 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Aziz OuakaaOuakaa (1-6 6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (2-6 6-3 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pablo CuevasCuevas (7-6(0) 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Liam BroadyBroady (6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Dennis NovakNovak (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Borna GojoGojo – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
