Dennis Novak and Seong Chan Hong will fight against each other in the quarter of the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am 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 -> 1.56
Seong Chan Hong -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Seong Chan Hong
This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Seong Chan Hong face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Novak won 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in the Ilkley Challenger back in 2023.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 9-9 | 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. 213, the Austrian got to the quarter after defeating Kasidit Samrej 6-1 6-3 and Goncalo Oliveira 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Oliveira (6-4 6-4). During the match, Novak scored 55 points vs Oliveira’s 48. Dennis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak was very efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Novak was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Oliveira twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (362-219). 4-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has an overall 90-38 match record in the last years on hard.
Dennis has an aggregate 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Seong Chan Hong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-16 | 26-13 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-34 | 17-18 | 5-6 | 5-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 36-12 | 4-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-8 | 7-3 | 10-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247, the Korean reached the quarter after beating Siwanat Auytayakul 7-60 6-1, Salvatore Caruso 6-2 6-73 6-2, Oriol Roca Batalla 3-6 7-65 6-3 and Benjamin Hassan 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Hassan (6-2 6-3). During the match Chan Hong scored 62 points vs Hassan’s 46. Seong was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Chan Hong managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Seong Chan Hong was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (23/29) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Chan Hong broke Hassan 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Korean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Chan Hong’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger.
Seong has a composed 9-2 win-loss record in 2024, 9-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nonthaburi 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023 and 2024. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 97 |
| Pts | 112-87 | 325-254 |
| Total Points | 199 | 579 |
| Winners | 58 | 132 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Novak played 2 matches while Chan Hong competed in 4 matches. Chan Hong started his run from the qualifications while Novak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Seong Chan Hong conceded 2 sets while Dennis Novak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Novak has played 6 set(s) less than Chan Hong (4 vs 10). Therefore, Novak played 61 games less than Chan Hong. Novak scored 58 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Korean blasted 132 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 72/105 | 173/267 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 58/72 | 132/173 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 57/94 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Novak bagged 12 aces (6 per match). Chan Hong scored 20 aces (5 per match). Novak won 81% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Chan Hong won 76% 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 | Chan Hong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 17 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 17/35 |
| % Converted | 67% | 49% |
| Conceded | 2 | 19 |
| Saved | 2 | 14 |
| % Saved | 100% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Austrian broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Austrian very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. Seong broke his opponents 17 times with a 49% conversion rate. Seong conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Samrej |
R2 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 57-39 | 55-48 | 112-87 | |
| Total points | 96 | 103 | 199 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 58% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 40/55 | 72/105 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 73% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 32/40 | 58/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 80% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 9/15 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 60% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 2/2 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chan Hong | ||||||
| Q1 Auytayakul |
Q3 Caruso |
R1 Roca Batalla |
R2 Hassan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-60 6-1 | 6-2 6-73 6-2 | 3-6 7-65 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 31 | 17 | 97 | |
| pts | 72-43 | 97-72 | 94-93 | 62-46 | 325-254 | |
| Total points | 115 | 169 | 187 | 108 | 579 | |
| Winners | 21 | 40 | 48 | 23 | 132 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 41% | 51% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/45 | 52/84 | 67/90 | 29/48 | 173/267 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 74% | 60% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 40/52 | 48/67 | 23/29 | 132/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 77% | 72% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/20 | 17/32 | 12/23 | 12/19 | 57/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 53% | 52% | 63% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 4/6 | 17/35 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 60% | 60% | 67% | 49% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/5 | 5/7 | 6/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 60% | 71% | 100% | 116% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
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