Dennis Novak and Valentin Vacherot will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT B. 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 -> 1.55
Valentin Vacherot -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Valentin Vacherot
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Valentin Vacherot since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-25 | 5-6 | 17-14 | 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. 196, the Austrian reached the quarter after beating Daniel Michalski 6-3 6-0 and Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 7-66 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Trongcharoenchaikul (7-66 6-0). During the match, Novak scored 67 points vs Trongcharoenchaikul’s 42. Dennis was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak was quite effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 76% (13/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dennis broke Trongcharoenchaikul 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Novak hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 65% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (360-218). 2-1 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a compiled 88-37 record in the last years on hard.
Dennis has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger
Valentin Vacherot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 219 (career-high), Vacherot got to the quarter after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4 6-3 and Tennys Sandgren 6-72 7-62 6-4.
In the 1st round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Ramanathan (6-4 6-3). During the match Vacherot scored 69 points vs Ramanathan’s 54. Valentin was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Vacherot managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Valentin Vacherot was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Valentin broke Ramanathan twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
His best result of the year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he defeated Lucas Pouille in the final 3-2 ret..
The Monegasque has a compiled 8-0 win-loss record in 2024, 8-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 55 |
| Pts | 126-67 | 172-150 |
| Total Points | 193 | 322 |
| Winners | 48 | 87 |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% |
Both Novak and Vacherot played 2 matches. At the moment, Valentin Vacherot surrendered 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Novak has played 1 set(s) less than Vacherot (4 vs 5). Therefore, Novak played 21 games less than Vacherot. Novak scored 48 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Valentin made 87 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 24 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 12 |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 106/155 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 48/55 | 87/106 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 24/29 | 30/49 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 61% |
Novak recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Vacherot managed to score 24 aces (12 per match). Novak won 87% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Vacherot won 82% 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 | Novak | Vacherot |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 58% | 31% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Novak broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The Austrian had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Vacherot broke his opponents 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Vacherot conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Michalski |
R2 Trongcharoenchaikul |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | 7-66 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 59-25 | 67-42 | 126-67 | |
| Total points | 84 | 109 | 193 | |
| Winners | 21 | 27 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 32/49 | 55/84 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 27/32 | 48/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 84% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/12 | 13/17 | 24/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 92% | 76% | 83% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vacherot | ||||
| R1 Ramanathan |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | ||
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | ||
| Total points | 123 | 123 | ||
| Winners | 33 | 33 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | ||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 43/58 | 43/58 | ||
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | ||
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 33/43 | ||
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | ||
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 10/15 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | ||
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | ||
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | ||
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | ||
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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