Dennis Novak and Joao Domingues will play each other in the qualifications of the Lyon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 12. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dennis Novak who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.24
Joao Domingues -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Joao Domingues
This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Joao Domingues fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Novak won 2-6 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in Tunisia F14 back in 2016.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-20 | 5-5 | 14-13 | 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. 160, Dennis reached the qualifications after beating Oscar Jose Gutierrez 6-0 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Novak defeated Jose Gutierrez (6-0 3-6 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 79 points vs Jose Gutierrez’s 66. Dennis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 53% of his first serves in, winning 72% (28/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Jose Gutierrez 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (390-225). 5-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a composed 214-121 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he overcame Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Austrian has a composed 16-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Domingues
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-19 | 12-7 | 14-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-24 | 8-7 | 5-15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-27 | 1-4 | 24-21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-28 | 0-3 | 11-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 1-1 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 466, the Portuguese reached the qualifications after defeating David Jorda Sanchis 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Joao defeated Jorda Sanchis (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Domingues scored less points (1) than Jorda Sanchis. In fact, the world no. 160 won 77 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s. That means that Domingues was more focused during the important points. Domingues was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Domingues managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joao Domingues lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Domingues put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. Joao broke Jorda Sanchis 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Domingues has an overall 4-11 win-loss record in 2023, 2-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Domingues |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 28 |
| Pts | 79-66 | 77-78 |
| Total Points | 145 | 155 |
| Winners | 28 | 35 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Novak and Domingues played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak conceded 1 set, while Joao Domingues dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Novak and Domingues have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Novak played 4 games less than Domingues. Novak scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Domingues made 35 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Domingues |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 50/79 |
| %1st in | 53% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 35/50 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 17/29 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 59% |
Novak managed to score 2 aces . Domingues bagged 2 aces . Novak won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Domingues won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Domingues |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 55% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Novak broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Novak dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Joao broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Domingues conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Jose Gutierrez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/73 | 39/73 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Domingues | |||
| Q1 Jorda Sanchis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 77-78 | 77-78 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/79 | 50/79 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/50 | 35/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 17/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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