Matej Dodig and Dennis Novak will square off in the 1^st round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm 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 -> 1.81
Matej Dodig -> 1.92

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Prediction and head to head Matej Dodig vs. Dennis Novak

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

Matej Dodig

Ranked no. 268 (career-high), Matej will start his run in the Valencia Challenger after he played his last match in the Braga Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 6-4 to Agustin in the 1^st round on the 1^st of October.

Dodig has an overall 45-22 win-loss record in 2024, 30-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

The Croatian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.

Talking about his overall career, Matej has an overall 88-38 record. He has a positive 68-31 record on clay.

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Dodig has never competed in this tournament before.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 298, Dennis got to the 1^st round after beating Kilian Feldbausch 4-6 6-2 7-5 and Miguel Damas 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Novak had a good straight sets win against Damas (6-4 6-2). During the match Novak scored 71 points vs Damas’s 55. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Novak was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 70% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Damas 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Austrian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Dennis has a compiled 20-20 win-loss record in 2024, 15-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger

• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (6-2 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Henrique RochaRocha (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Arthur GeaArthur – Bernabe Zapata MirallesBernabe (6-2 0-6 7-6(2)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benoit PairePaire – Christian GarinGarin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dennis NovakNovak – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christoph NegrituNegritu – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ivan GakhovGakhov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (0-1) – H2H and prediction