Dennis Novak and Hugo Grenier will play each other in the semifinal of the Alicante Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.54
Hugo Grenier -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Hugo Grenier
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Hugo Grenier 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 | 13-13 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 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. 196, Novak reached the semifinal after beating Alex Molcan 6-1 6-3, Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-5 7-67 and Elias Ymer 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-4 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 70 points vs Ymer’s 51. Dennis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak broke Ymer 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (405-235). 12-2 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Novak has an overall 89-37 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Tung-Lin Wu in the final 6-4 6-4.
Novak has an aggregate 31-18 win-loss record in 2023, 12-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Alicante Challenger
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Hugo Grenier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-15 | 10-7 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-8 | 7-10 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-35 | 21-14 | 9-10 | 1-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 22-9 | 9-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-16 | 7-2 | 5-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 213, Hugo got to the semifinal after defeating Maximilian Neuchrist 6-4 6-3, Moez Echargui 6-4 6-4 and Billy Harris 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Hugo had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-3 6-4). During the match Grenier scored 66 points vs Harris’s 55. Grenier was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Grenier recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Hugo Grenier lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Grenier put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Harris 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger where he beat Billy Harris in the final 3-6 6-1 7-6(3) and the Pozoblanco Challenger where he overcame Juan Pablo Ficovich in the final 6-7(4) 6-2 7-6(3).
Hugo has an overall 25-28 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 58 |
| Pts | 212-156 | 213-171 |
| Total Points | 368 | 384 |
| Winners | 81 | 82 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Novak and Grenier played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Novak and Grenier have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Novak played 1 game more than Grenier. The Austrian scored 81 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Hugo blasted 82 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 27 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 9.3 |
| 1st in | 104/180 | 109/187 |
| %1st in | 58% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 81/104 | 82/109 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 47/76 | 40/78 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 51% |
Novak fired 27 aces (9 per match). Grenier managed to score 28 aces (9.3 per match). Novak won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Grenier won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 11 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 16 |
| Saved | 10 | 12 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Hugo broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Hugo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||||
| R1 Molcan |
R2 Ferreira Silva |
1/4 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 7-67 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 83-68 | 70-51 | 212-156 | |
| Total points | 96 | 151 | 121 | 368 | |
| Winners | 21 | 36 | 24 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% | 34% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 46/71 | 32/61 | 104/180 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 65% | 52% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 36/46 | 24/32 | 81/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 78% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 17/25 | 18/29 | 47/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 68% | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/7 | 3/5 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 100% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Grenier | |||||
| R1 Neuchrist |
R2 Echargui |
1/4 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 81-66 | 66-55 | 213-171 | |
| Total points | 116 | 147 | 121 | 384 | |
| Winners | 29 | 30 | 23 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 10 | 6 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/62 | 39/69 | 33/56 | 109/187 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 57% | 59% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 30/39 | 23/33 | 82/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 77% | 70% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 16/30 | 11/23 | 40/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 53% | 48% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/10 | 5/7 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 30% | 71% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 6/7 | 2/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 86% | 50% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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