Alex Michelsen and Dennis Novak will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Oeiras 4 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL. 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
Alex Michelsen -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Alex Michelsen vs. Dennis Novak

There is no head to head record between Alex Michelsen and Dennis Novak since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Michelsen

Ranked no. 69 (career-high), Alex reached the 2^nd round after defeating Henrique Rocha 4-6 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Rocha, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Michelsen scored 97 points vs Rocha’s 91. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Michelsen was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Michelsen lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Michelsen put 72% of his first serves in, winning 66% (48/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the 2nd serve. Michelsen broke Rocha 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Michelsen has a solid win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 66% of his matches (98-51). 2-6 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Michelsen has an aggregate6-10 record in the last 3 years on clay.

Alex has a composed 14-14 win-loss record in 2024, 2-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger

Michelsen has never competed in this tournament before.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 192, Dennis reached the 2^nd round after beating Dan Added 6-0 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Added, the Austrian had a free pass after Added retired on a 6-0 1-0 . scoreline.

Novak has an overall 12-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Michelsen	Novak
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	7
Pts	97-91	30-8
Total Points	188	38
Winners	48	10
%Winners	49%	33%

Both Michelsen and Novak played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Michelsen surrendered 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Michelsen and Novak have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Michelsen played 22 games more than Novak. Alex scored 48 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Novak blasted 10 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Michelsen	Novak
Aces	0	0
Avg per match	0	0
1st in	73/102	10/13
%1st in	72%	77%
1st pts	48/73	10/10
%1st pts	66%	100%
2nd pts	19/29	2/3
%2nd pts	66%	67%

Michelsen didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Novak also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Michelsen won 66% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 100% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Michelsen	Novak
Won	3	4
Converted	3/7	4/6
% Converted	43%	67%
Conceded	9	0
Saved	7	0
% Saved	78%	0%
Times Broken	2	0

Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Alex surrendered his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Novak broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Novak was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Michelsen
	R1 Rocha	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	97-91	97-91
Total points	188	188
Winners	48	48
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	73/102	73/102
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	48/73	48/73
% 1st pts	66%	66%
2nd pts	19/29	19/29
% 2nd pts	66%	66%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	7/9	7
Saved %	78%	78%
Times Broken	2	2

Novak
	R1 Added	Total
Score	6-0 1-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	7	7
pts	30-8	30-8
Total points	38	38
Winners	10	10
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	10/13	10/13
% 1st in	77%	77%
1st pts	10/10	10/10
% 1st pts	100%	100%
2nd pts	2/3	2/3
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Oeiras 4 Challenger

• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Henrique RochaRocha (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (3-6 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Dan AddedAdded (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-6⁶ 6-3) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Gastao EliasElias (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-5 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Jan ChoinskiChoinski – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Darwin BlanchBlanch (6-7⁸ 7-6⁰ 6-3) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Ethan QuinnQuinn (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (4-6 7-6² 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Henrique RochaRocha (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Dan AddedAdded (6-0 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Gustavo HeideHeide – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Joris De LooreDe Loore – Gastao EliasElias (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Adrian AndreevAndreev (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (7-6(3) 7-6(7)) – See score progression
• Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (3-6 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-5 7-6(6)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lloyd HarrisHarris – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jacopo BerrettiniBerrettini – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Patrick KypsonKypson – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tristan BoyerBoyer – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction