Vit Kopriva and Dennis Novak will play each other in the semifinal of the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 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 Dennis Novak who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Dennis Novak is the pick to win this match.
Dennis Novak -> 1.79
Vit Kopriva -> 1.97

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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Dennis Novak

This will be the 2nd time that Vit Kopriva and Dennis Novak 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, Novak won 6-7(4) 6-2 7-5 in the 1st round in the Meerbusch Challenger back in 2022.

Vit Kopriva

Vit Kopriva

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Rank
101
High
78
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 42-30 12-10 25-13 4-5 1-2 0-0
2024 39-27 13-9 21-16 2-1 3-1 0-0
2023 35-27 1-4 34-21 0-1 0-1 0-0
2022 39-28 7-5 30-18 1-4 1-1 0-0
2021 36-26 1-3 32-21 3-2 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 127, the Czech reached the semifinal after defeating Andrea Picchione 6-4 3-6 7-65, Rudolf Molleker 1-6 6-4 4-0 ret. and Marvin Moeller 6-4 7-5.

In the quarter, Kopriva had a good straight sets win against Moeller (6-4 7-5). During the match, Kopriva scored 80 points vs Moeller’s 72. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Kopriva scored 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 46% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Moeller 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vit has conceded 1 set in this event to win 51% of the points he played.

Kopriva has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (303-209). 30-17 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kopriva has a compiled231-146 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Verona Challenger where he beat Vitaliy Sachko in the final 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2 and the Tulln Challenger where he beat Sumit Nagal in the final 6-2 6-4.

Kopriva has an overall 31-23 win-loss record in 2023, 30-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.

Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Kopriva's Record

Dennis Novak

Dennis Novak

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Rank
534
High
85
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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
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Ranked no. 253, Dennis got to the semifinal after beating Sandro Kopp 6-3 6-3, Vitaliy Sachko 6-4 6-4 and Jan Choinski 6-1 6-0.

In the quarter, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-1 6-0). During the match Novak scored 56 points vs Choinski’s 22. Dennis was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Talking about serving, Novak blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dennis Novak was quite effective on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 90% (9/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dennis broke Choinski 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Austrian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.

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

The Austrian has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2023, 11-9 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Bad Waltersdorf Challenger
Novak's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

V.Kopriva
D.Novak
!
6h:21
6h:21
Time on court​
3h:27
3h:27
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
!
0h:48
0h:48
3
3
Match played
3
3
75
75
Games Played​
51
51
9
9
Set played​​
6
6
255
255
Total points​
192
192
85
85
Avg point​
64
64
93
93
Winners
73
73
31
31
Avg Winners​
24.3
24.3
36%
36%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
14
14
5
5
Avg Aces
4.7
4.7
17
17
Double Faults
1
1
!
5.7
5.7
Avg Double Faults
0.3
0.3
93/141
93/141
1st won total​
73/90
73/90
66%
66%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
50/113
50/113
2nd won total​
30/49
30/49
44%
44%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
14/27
14/27
BP won
12/26
12/26
4.7/9
4.7/9
Avg BP won
4/8.7
4/8.7
!
52%
52%
Won
46%
46%
24
24
Conceded
6
6
8
8
Avg Conceded
2
2
12
12
Broken
2
2
4
4
Avg Broken
!
0.7
0.7
12
12
Saved
4
4
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kopriva Novak
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 9 6
Tot Games 75 51
Pts 255-242 192-123
Total Points 497 315
Winners 93 73
%Winners 36% 38%

Both Kopriva and Novak played 3 matches. At the moment, Vit Kopriva conceded 2 sets while Dennis Novak hasn’t lost a set so far. Kopriva has played 3 sets more than Novak (9 vs 6). Therefore, Kopriva played 24 games more than Novak. Vit scored 93 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian recorded 73 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kopriva Novak
Aces 15 14
Avg per match 5 4.7
1st in 141/254 90/139
%1st in 56% 65%
1st pts 93/141 73/90
%1st pts 66% 81%
2nd pts 50/113 30/49
%2nd pts 44% 61%

Kopriva blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Novak made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Kopriva won 66% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kopriva Novak
Won 14 12
Converted 14/27 12/26
% Converted 52% 46%
Conceded 24 6
Saved 12 4
% Saved 50% 67%
Times Broken 12 2

Vit broke his opponents 14 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 12 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Novak broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Kopriva
R1
Picchione		 R2
Molleker		 1/4
Moeller		 Total
Score 6-4 3-6 7-65 1-6 6-4 4-0 ret. 6-4 7-5
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 32 21 22 75
pts 104-104 71-66 80-72 255-242
Total points 208 137 152 497
Winners 43 26 24 93
%Winners 41% 37% 30% 36%
SERVE
Aces 7 6 2 15
Double Faults 4 6 7 17
1st in 63/104 42/72 36/78 141/254
% 1st in 61% 58% 46% 56%
1st pts 43/63 26/42 24/36 93/141
% 1st pts 68% 62% 67% 66%
2nd pts 17/41 12/30 21/42 50/113
% 2nd pts 41% 40% 50% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 5 5 14
Converted 4/8 5/8 5/11 14/27
Converted % 50% 63% 45% 52%
Conceded 8 9 7 24
Saved 4/8 4/9 4/7 12
Saved % 50% 44% 57% 50%
Times Broken 4 5 3 12
Novak
R1
Kopp		 R2
Sachko		 1/4
Choinski		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-4 6-1 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 20 13 51
pts 61-37 75-64 56-22 192-123
Total points 98 139 78 315
Winners 24 30 19 73
%Winners 39% 40% 34% 38%
SERVE
Aces 5 5 4 14
Double Faults 0 0 1 1
1st in 27/43 41/64 22/32 90/139
% 1st in 63% 64% 69% 65%
1st pts 24/27 30/41 19/22 73/90
% 1st pts 89% 73% 86% 81%
2nd pts 12/16 9/23 9/10 30/49
% 2nd pts 75% 39% 90% 61%
Breaks
Won 3 4 5 12
Converted 3/8 4/11 5/7 12/26
Converted % 38% 36% 71% 46%
Conceded 0 6 0 6
Saved 0/0 4/6 0/0 4
Saved % – 67% – 22%
Times Broken 0 2 0 2

Tennis Scores in Bad Waltersdorf Challenger

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