Dennis Novak and Miguel Damas will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 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 -> 1.46
Miguel Damas -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Miguel Damas
This will be the 2nd time that Dennis Novak and Miguel Damas square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Novak won 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Murcia Challenger back in 2022.
Dennis Novak
19 - 20win/loss
352
85
LWLWLLWWWW | 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. 298, Dennis reached the qualifications after beating Kilian Feldbausch 4-6 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications against Feldbausch, Novak recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-5). During the match, Novak scored 102 points vs Feldbausch’s 89. Dennis was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 70% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Feldbausch 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (377-237). 14-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Novak has a compiled 187-124 record in the last years on clay.
The Austrian has a compiled 19-20 win-loss record in 2024, 14-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Novak has never competed in this tournament before.
Miguel Damas
36 - 24win/loss
423
360
LWLLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 10-6 | 32-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 11-15 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-16 | 4-5 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 7-7 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 366 (career-high), Damas got to the qualifications after defeating Alex Marti Pujolras 7-5 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard defeated Marti Pujolras (7-5 2-6 6-3). During the match Damas and Marti Pujolras scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. 298 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Miguel was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Damas scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Miguel Damas lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Damas put 76% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Marti Pujolras 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Miguel’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Sabadell and M25 Getxo.
The Spaniard has a compiled 36-24 win-loss record in 2024, 26-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 29 |
| Pts | 102-89 | 86-86 |
| Total Points | 191 | 172 |
| Winners | 40 | 43 |
| %Winners | 39% | 50% |
Both Novak and Damas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Dennis Novak lost 1 set, while Miguel Damas surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Novak and Damas have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Novak played 1 game more than Damas. Novak scored 40 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Damas recorded 43 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 66/87 |
| %1st in | 70% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 43/66 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 52% |
Novak didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Damas struck 1 ace . Novak won 65% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Damas won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 46% | 36% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 43% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Dennis broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dennis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Feldbausch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 102-89 | 102-89 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 62/88 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 40/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Damas | |||
| Q1 Marti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 86-86 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 66/87 | 66/87 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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