Vitaliy Sachko and Dennis Novak will face off in the 2nd round of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vitaliy Sachko who should win in 3 sets.
Vitaliy Sachko -> 1.77
Dennis Novak -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Vitaliy Sachko vs. Dennis Novak
There is no head to head record between Vitaliy Sachko and Dennis Novak since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Vitaliy Sachko
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42-32 | 3-4 | 24-16 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-28 | 3-5 | 14-17 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-32 | 4-3 | 28-16 | 15-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 2-3 | 12-18 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 42-28 | 0-2 | 24-17 | 18-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
Ranked no. 166, the Ukrainian reached the 2nd round after beating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-63 7-61.
In the 1st round, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (7-63 7-61). During the match, Sachko scored 83 points vs Munar Clar’s 73. Vitaliy was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sachko blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Vitaliy Sachko was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Ukrainian broke Munar Clar twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Sachko has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (284-189). 28-15 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sachko has an aggregate178-116 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Bratislava 1 Challenger where he overcame Dimitar Kuzmanov in the final 2-6 6-2 7-6(2).
Sachko has a composed 44-25 win-loss record in 2023, 28-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Vitaliy has never competed in this tournament before.
Dennis Novak
| 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. 253, the Austrian got to the 2nd round after defeating Sandro Kopp 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Kopp (6-3 6-3). During the match Novak scored 61 points vs Kopp’s 37. Novak was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Novak fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dennis Novak was very effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Austrian broke Kopp 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
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.
The Austrian has a compiled 25-17 win-loss record in 2023, 9-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sachko | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 83-73 | 61-37 |
| Total Points | 156 | 98 |
| Winners | 34 | 24 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Both Sachko and Novak played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sachko and Novak have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sachko played 8 games more than Novak. The Ukrainian scored 34 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Novak struck 24 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sachko | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 27/43 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 24/27 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 12/16 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 75% |
Sachko fired 3 aces . Novak made 5 aces . Sachko won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sachko | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Sachko broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Dennis broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Austrian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sachko | |||
| R1 Munar Clar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-73 | 83-73 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/78 | 46/78 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 34/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Novak | |||
| R1 Kopp | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 61-37 | 61-37 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-63 7-61) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sebastian SorgerSorger (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-61 6-3) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Henri SquireSquire (7-64 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-4 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (0-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (7-5 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Sandro KoppKopp (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-76 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-5 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (7-5 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (0-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler (4-6 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Petr NouzaNouza – Franco AgamenoneAgamenone (7-5 6-7(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sebastian SorgerSorger (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Sandro KoppKopp (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-6(3) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-6(1) 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Andrea PicchionePicchione (6-4 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Henri SquireSquire (7-6(4) 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Petr NouzaNouza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Ergi KirkinKirkin (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Timo StodderStodder – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Marvin MoellerMoeller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (1-1) – H2H and prediction