Dennis Novak and Neil Oberleitner will square off in the qualifications of the Lisbon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT LISBOA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dennis Novak who should win in 2 sets.
Dennis Novak -> 1.38
Neil Oberleitner -> 2.85
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Neil Oberleitner
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Neil Oberleitner since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dennis Novak
18 - 19win/loss
352
85
| 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. 301, Novak reached the qualifications after defeating Pedro Araujo 0-6 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications against Araujo, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-5 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 83 points vs Araujo’s 82. Novak was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 82% of his first serves in, winning 57% (40/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (5/15) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Araujo 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Novak has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (375-236). 12-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a composed 185-123 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Novak has an overall 17-19 win-loss record in 2024, 12-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
Neil Oberleitner
42 - 26win/loss
429
426
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-31 | 3-4 | 33-17 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 10-8 | 15-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 14-15 | 16-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 17-12 | 10-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 468 (career-high), Oberleitner reached the qualifications after beating Alex Molcan 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications, Neil had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-2 7-5). During the match Oberleitner scored 80 points vs Molcan’s 65. Neil was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Oberleitner managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Neil Oberleitner lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Oberleitner put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Oberleitner broke Molcan 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
The Austrian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Dubrovnik and M15 Ollersbach.
The Austrian has a compiled 42-25 win-loss record in 2024, 33-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 83-82 | 80-65 |
| Total Points | 165 | 145 |
| Winners | 40 | 32 |
| %Winners | 48% | 40% |
Both Novak and Oberleitner played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Dennis Novak dropped 1 set while Neil Oberleitner hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Novak has played 1 set more than Oberleitner (3 vs 2). Therefore, Novak played 6 games more than Oberleitner. The Austrian scored 40 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian recorded 32 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 9 |
| 1st in | 70/85 | 51/78 |
| %1st in | 82% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 40/70 | 32/51 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 11/27 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 41% |
Novak didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Oberleitner struck 9 aces . Novak won 57% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Oberleitner won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Oberleitner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 56% | 54% |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 55% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Dennis broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Araujo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-82 | 83-82 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 70/85 | 70/85 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 82% | |
| 1st pts | 40/70 | 40/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Oberleitner | |||
| Q1 Molcan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 80-65 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/78 | 51/78 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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