Dennis Novak and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:30 am on CAMPO 1. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.8
Valentin Royer -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Valentin Royer
This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Valentin Royer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Novak won 6-2 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger back in 2023.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 8-6 | 0-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 217, Novak got to the quarter after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3 6-2 and Franco Agamenone 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-3 6-1). During the match, Novak scored 65 points vs Agamenone’s 45. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak scored 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 58% of his first serves in, winning 58% (18/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Agamenone 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Austrian hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Novak has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (367-226). 4-3 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has an overall 177-114 match record in the last years on clay.
The Austrian has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Valentin Royer
19 - 8win/loss
197
179
LWWLLWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-30 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 4-4 | 4-3 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, Valentin reached the quarter after beating Orlando Luz 7-65 3-6 6-3, Javier Barranco Cosano 6-72 6-2 7-64, Adrian Andreev 6-0 5-7 6-4 and Jesper De Jong 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Valentin had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-2 6-3). During the match Royer scored 66 points vs De Jong’s 48. Valentin was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Royer made 4 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Valentin Royer lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Royer put 63% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke De Jong 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Valentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Royer’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The French player has a composed 18-8 win-loss record in 2024, 10-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 110 |
| Pts | 128-87 | 373-323 |
| Total Points | 215 | 696 |
| Winners | 42 | 151 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Novak played 2 matches while Royer competed in 4 matches. Royer started his run from the qualifications while Novak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Valentin Royer lost 3 sets while Dennis Novak hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Novak has played 7 set(s) less than Royer (4 vs 11). Therefore, Novak played 77 games less than Royer. Dennis scored 42 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The French player made 151 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 5.8 |
| 1st in | 61/104 | 209/336 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 42/61 | 151/209 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 28/43 | 69/127 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 54% |
Novak recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Royer struck 23 aces (5.8 per match). Novak won 69% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Royer won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Royer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 17 |
| Converted | 9/25 | 17/41 |
| % Converted | 36% | 41% |
| Conceded | 6 | 25 |
| Saved | 4 | 17 |
| % Saved | 67% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 8 |
Novak broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. Dennis dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Valentin broke his opponents 17 times with a 41% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | ||||
| R1 Manuel |
R2 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 33 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 65-45 | 128-87 | |
| Total points | 105 | 110 | 215 | |
| Winners | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 28% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 31/53 | 61/104 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 18/31 | 42/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 58% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/22 | 28/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 64% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/17 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 35% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Royer | ||||||
| Q1 Luz |
Q3 Barranco |
R1 Andreev |
R2 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 3-6 6-3 | 6-72 6-2 7-64 | 6-0 5-7 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 34 | 28 | 17 | 110 | |
| pts | 100-102 | 112-96 | 95-77 | 66-48 | 373-323 | |
| Total points | 202 | 208 | 172 | 114 | 696 | |
| Winners | 45 | 42 | 41 | 23 | 151 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% | 43% | 35% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 64/104 | 55/95 | 56/83 | 34/54 | 209/336 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 67% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 45/64 | 42/55 | 41/56 | 23/34 | 151/209 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 73% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 24/40 | 13/27 | 12/20 | 69/127 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 60% | 48% | 60% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/15 | 5/8 | 5/10 | 17/41 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 27% | 63% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 25 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/4 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | 75% | 67% | 131% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
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