Jaime Faria and Dennis Novak will play each other in the quarter of the Valencia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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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 -> 1.63
Jaime Faria -> 2.17

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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Dennis Novak

This will be the 2^nd time that Jaime Faria and Dennis Novak clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Faria (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Faria won 2-6 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in the Oeiras 4 Challenger back in May 2024.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 168, Faria reached the quarter after beating Ivan Gakhov 6-2 2-6 7-6(3) and Elmer Moller 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 2^nd round against Moller, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match, Faria scored 112 points vs Moller’s 105. Faria was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Faria managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (47/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (24/48) on the 2nd serve. Faria broke Moller 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Portuguese has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Faria has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (150-89). 20-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Faria has an overall64-40 record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he beat Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

Jaime has an overall 46-23 win-loss record in 2024, 20-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Faria has never competed in this tournament before.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 298, Novak got to the quarter after beating Kilian Feldbausch 4-6 6-2 7-5, Miguel Damas 6-4 6-2, Matej Dodig 6-0 6-1 and Cristian Garin 6-4 7-6(2).

In the 2^nd round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Garin (6-4 7-6²). During the match Novak scored 83 points vs Garin’s 71. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Novak made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 80% of his first serves in, winning 71% (40/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (6/14) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Garin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dennis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Austrian has a compiled 22-20 win-loss record in 2024, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Faria	Novak
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	6	9
Tot Games	60	84
Pts	206-201	309-239
Total Points	407	548
Winners	87	131
%Winners	42%	42%

Faria played 2 matches while Novak competed in 4 matches. Novak started his run from the qualifications while Faria had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jaime Faria conceded 2 sets, while Dennis Novak lost 1 set. Faria has played 3 set(s) less than Novak (6 vs 9). Therefore, Faria played 24 games less than Novak. Faria scored 87 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Novak managed to score 131 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Faria	Novak
Aces	9	6
Avg per match	4.5	1.5
1st in	130/221	186/252
%1st in	59%	74%
1st pts	87/130	131/186
%1st pts	67%	70%
2nd pts	43/91	33/66
%2nd pts	47%	50%

Faria scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Novak struck 6 aces (1.5 per match). Faria won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% 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 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Faria	Novak
Won	8	20
Converted	8/22	20/44
% Converted	36%	45%
Conceded	16	22
Saved	9	14
% Saved	56%	64%
Times Broken	7	8

Jaime broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Faria conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Dennis broke his opponents 20 times with a 45% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Faria
	R1 Gakhov	R2 Moller	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-63	4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	29	31	60
pts	94-96	112-105	206-201
Total points	190	217	407
Winners	40	47	87
%Winners	43%	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	9
Double Faults	12	5	17
1st in	59/102	71/119	130/221
% 1st in	58%	60%	59%
1st pts	40/59	47/71	87/130
% 1st pts	68%	66%	67%
2nd pts	19/43	24/48	43/91
% 2nd pts	44%	50%	47%
Breaks
Won	4	4	8
Converted	4/8	4/14	8/22
Converted %	50%	29%	36%
Conceded	7	9	16
Saved	3/7	6/9	9
Saved %	43%	67%	55%
Times Broken	4	3	7

Novak
	Q1 Feldbausch	Q3 Damas	R1 Dodig	R2 Garin	Total
Score	4-6 6-2 7-5	6-4 6-2	6-0 6-1	6-4 7-62
Tot Set	3	2	2	2	9
Tot Games	30	18	13	23	84
pts	102-89	71-55	53-24	83-71	309-239
Total points	191	126	77	154	548
Winners	40	29	22	40	131
%Winners	39%	41%	42%	48%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	0	2	4	6
Double Faults	3	3	2	4	12
1st in	62/88	42/60	26/34	56/70	186/252
% 1st in	70%	70%	76%	80%	74%
1st pts	40/62	29/42	22/26	40/56	131/186
% 1st pts	65%	69%	85%	71%	70%
2nd pts	15/26	8/18	4/8	6/14	33/66
% 2nd pts	58%	44%	50%	43%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	5	6	3	20
Converted	6/13	5/11	6/10	3/10	20/44
Converted %	46%	45%	60%	30%	45%
Conceded	7	8	1	6	22
Saved	3/7	6/8	1/1	4/6	14
Saved %	43%	75%	100%	67%	143%
Times Broken	4	2	0	2	8

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