Dennis Novak and Charles Broom will face off in the qualifications of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.48
Charles Broom -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Charles Broom
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Charles Broom since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 160, the Austrian got to the qualifications after beating Seong Chan Hong 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Dennis defeated Chan Hong (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 93 points vs Chan Hong’s 82. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Dennis Novak was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Novak broke Chan Hong twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (392-226). 1-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has an aggregate 23-9 match record in the last years on grass.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he beat Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.
Novak has an aggregate 18-9 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Charles Broom
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 19-13 | 0-0 | 14-13 | 8-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-34 | 8-7 | 0-4 | 20-15 | 11-6 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 6-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-10 | 20-6 | 8-3 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-3 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425, Broom got to the qualifications after beating Franco Agamenone 6-2 3-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Agamenone, Charles had a free pass after Agamenone retired on a 6-2 3-0 . scoreline.
Broom’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Sheffield.
The Brit has a compiled 13-17 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Broom |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 11 |
| Pts | 93-82 | 39-23 |
| Total Points | 175 | 62 |
| Winners | 37 | 16 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Novak and Broom played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dennis Novak dropped 1 set while Charles Broom hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Talking about their workload, Novak and Broom have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Novak played 17 games more than Broom. Novak scored 37 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Broom fired 16 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Broom |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 43/75 | 23/35 |
| %1st in | 57% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 16/23 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 6/12 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Novak bagged 4 aces . Broom scored 1 ace . Novak won 86% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Broom won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Broom |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 80% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Novak broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Dennis lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Charles broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Charles conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Chan Hong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 93-82 | 93-82 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/75 | 43/75 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Broom | |||
| Q1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 11 | |
| pts | 39-23 | 39-23 | |
| Total points | 62 | 62 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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