Marc Polmans and Dennis Novak will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on Court 17. In the following lines 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 -> 1.63
Marc Polmans -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Dennis Novak

There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Dennis Novak since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Marc Polmans

Marc Polmans

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
401
High
116
LWLWWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 37-22 33-15 3-6 0-0 1-1 0-0
2024 24-28 18-18 4-4 0-1 2-5 0-0
2023 50-35 32-23 14-9 2-1 2-2 0-0
2022 18-13 14-12 0-0 4-1 0-0 0-0
2021 15-28 1-6 8-13 2-6 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 175, Polmans got to the qualifications after beating Nicholas David Ionel 6-75 7-62 6-3.

In the qualifications against David Ionel, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 7-62 6-3). During the match, Polmans scored 131 points vs David Ionel’s 122. Polmans was quite aggressive to blast 56 winners.

Regarding the service games, Polmans scored 4 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (56/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (25/50) on the 2nd serve. Marc broke David Ionel 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).

Polmans has good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (287-226). 14-13 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Polmans has an overall 161-126 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Polmans’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Canberra.

Polmans has an overall 30-24 win-loss record in 2023, 14-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Polmans's Record

Dennis Novak

Dennis Novak

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
536
High
85
LWLLWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-22 5-5 14-12 8-5 0-0 0-0
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

Ranked no. 187, Dennis reached the qualifications after beating David Goffin 7-65 6-3.

In the qualifications, Novak had a good straight sets win against Goffin (7-65 6-3). During the match Novak scored 90 points vs Goffin’s 80. Novak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Novak recorded 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 65% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (10/25) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Goffin 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.

Novak has a composed 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2020. See his history.

U.S. Open
Novak's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Polmans
D.Novak
!
3h:25
3h:25
Time on court​
1h:53
1h:53
!
3h:25
3h:25
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
35
35
Games Played​
22
22
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
131
131
Total points​
90
90
131
131
Avg point​
90
90
56
56
Winners
29
29
56
56
Avg Winners​
29
29
43%
43%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
9
9
4
4
Avg Aces
9
9
9
9
Double Faults
3
3
!
9
9
Avg Double Faults
3
3
56/79
56/79
1st won total​
29/47
29/47
!
71%
71%
1st won %
62%
62%
25/50
25/50
2nd won total​
10/25
10/25
50%
50%
2nd won %
40%
40%
-- Break Points --
4/15
4/15
BP won
6/15
6/15
4/15
4/15
Avg BP won
6/15
6/15
!
27%
27%
Won
40%
40%
11
11
Conceded
10
10
11
11
Avg Conceded
10
10
3
3
Broken
4
4
3
3
Avg Broken
4
4
8
8
Saved
6
6

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Polmans Novak
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 35 22
Pts 131-122 90-80
Total Points 253 170
Winners 56 29
%Winners 43% 32%

Both Polmans and Novak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marc Polmans lost 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t conceded a set so far. Polmans has played 1 set more than Novak (3 vs 2). Therefore, Polmans played 13 games more than Novak. Marc scored 56 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Novak scored 29 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Polmans Novak
Aces 4 9
Avg per match 4 9
1st in 79/129 47/72
%1st in 61% 65%
1st pts 56/79 29/47
%1st pts 71% 62%
2nd pts 25/50 10/25
%2nd pts 50% 40%

Polmans bagged 4 aces . Novak managed to score 9 aces . Polmans won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Polmans Novak
Won 4 6
Converted 4/15 6/15
% Converted 27% 40%
Conceded 11 10
Saved 8 6
% Saved 73% 60%
Times Broken 3 4

Marc broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Marc lost his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Novak broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Polmans
Q1
David
Total
Score 6-75 7-62 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 131-122 131-122
Total points 253 253
Winners 56 56
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 9 9
1st in 79/129 79/129
% 1st in 61% 61%
1st pts 56/79 56/79
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 25/50 25/50
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/15 4/15
Converted % 27% 27%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3
Novak
Q1
Goffin
Total
Score 7-65 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 90-80 90-80
Total points 170 170
Winners 29 29
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 47/72 47/72
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 29/47 29/47
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 10/25 10/25
% 2nd pts 40% 40%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/15 6/15
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 6/10 6
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 4 4

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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