Cristian Garin and Dennis Novak will play each other in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:00 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cristian Garin who should win in 3 sets.
Cristian Garin -> 1.5
Dennis Novak -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Cristian Garin vs. Dennis Novak
This will be the 3rd time that Cristian Garin and Dennis Novak play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Garin and Novak (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Novak won 6-4 6-4 in the Rubber 2 in 3 back in 2019.
Cristian Garin
21 - 23win/loss
122
17
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-23 | 3-6 | 13-13 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-18 | 2-6 | 15-9 | 1-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-12 | 2-7 | 15-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 122, Christian reached the 2nd round after defeating Benoit Paire 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Christian had a good straight sets win against Paire (6-3 6-2). During the match, Garin scored 58 points vs Paire’s 42. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Garin fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Cristian Garin lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Garin put 61% of his first serves in, winning 73% (27/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Christian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Paire 4 times.
Garin has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (306-224). 13-13 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Garin has an aggregate 211-133 record in the last years on clay.
The Chilean’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Estoril and Munich.
The Chilean has a compiled 21-23 win-loss record in 2024, 13-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Garin has never competed in this tournament before.
Dennis Novak
21 - 20win/loss
298
85
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-20 | 5-5 | 16-13 | 0-1 | 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 got to the 2nd round after defeating Kilian Feldbausch 4-6 6-2 7-5, Miguel Damas 6-4 6-2 and Matej Dodig 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Dodig (6-0 6-1). During the match Novak scored 53 points vs Dodig’s 24. Dennis was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Novak fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dennis Novak conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 76% of his first serves in, winning 85% (22/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Dodig 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Dennis has an aggregate 21-20 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Garin | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 61 |
| Pts | 58-42 | 226-168 |
| Total Points | 100 | 394 |
| Winners | 27 | 91 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Garin played 1 match while Novak competed in 3 matches. Novak started his run from the qualifications while Garin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dennis Novak conceded 1 set while Cristian Garin hasn’t lost a set so far. Garin has played 5 set(s) less than Novak (2 vs 7). Therefore, Garin played 44 games less than Novak. Christian scored 27 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Dennis fired 91 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Garin | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 130/182 |
| %1st in | 61% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 91/130 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 27/52 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Garin managed to score 3 aces . Novak managed to score 2 aces (0.7 per match). Garin won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 70% 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 | Garin | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 17/34 |
| % Converted | 100% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 16 |
| Saved | 10 | 10 |
| % Saved | 91% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Garin broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Chilean lost his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Novak broke his opponents 17 times with a 50% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Garin | |||
| R1 Paire | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-42 | 58-42 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Novak | |||||
| Q1 Feldbausch | Q3 Damas | R1 Dodig | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 | 13 | 61 | |
| pts | 102-89 | 71-55 | 53-24 | 226-168 | |
| Total points | 191 | 126 | 77 | 394 | |
| Winners | 40 | 29 | 22 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 62/88 | 42/60 | 26/34 | 130/182 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | 76% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 29/42 | 22/26 | 91/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 69% | 85% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 8/18 | 4/8 | 27/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 44% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/11 | 6/10 | 17/34 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 45% | 60% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 | 1 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 6/8 | 1/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 75% | 100% | 218% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Valencia Challenger
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-62 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ignacio BuseIgnacio – Carlos Sanchez JoverCarlos (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
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