Dennis Novak and Alexis Gautier will face off in the qualifications of the Helsinki Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 2 sets.
Dennis Novak -> 1.27
Alexis Gautier -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Alexis Gautier
There is no head to head record between Dennis Novak and Alexis Gautier since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dennis Novak
27 - 24win/loss
348
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. 376, the Austrian reached the qualifications after beating Michael Agwi 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Agwi (6-0 6-2). During the match, Novak scored 59 points vs Agwi’s 30. Novak was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Novak wasn’t able to score even 1 ace and he committed only 2 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Agwi 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (385-241). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Novak has a composed 77-58 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Novak’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Trnava.
The Austrian has an aggregate 27-24 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Alexis Gautier
20 - 30win/loss
487
326
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-33 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 20-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-28 | 36-15 | 0-0 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2022 | 31-26 | 5-3 | 14-17 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 44-28 | 6-5 | 33-18 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 5-3 |
Ranked no. 502, Gautier got to the qualifications after defeating Martin Klizan 2-6 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications against Klizan, Gautier recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Gautier scored 85 points vs Klizan’s 77. Alexis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Gautier struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexis Gautier lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gautier put 61% of his first serves in, winning 71% (36/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Klizan 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Alexis’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Creteil.
Gautier has an overall 20-30 win-loss record in 2024, 17-16 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Gautier has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Gautier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 26 |
| Pts | 59-30 | 85-77 |
| Total Points | 89 | 162 |
| Winners | 21 | 36 |
| %Winners | 36% | 42% |
Both Novak and Gautier played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexis Gautier conceded 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t lost a set so far. Novak has played 1 set(s) less than Gautier (2 vs 3). Therefore, Novak played 12 games less than Gautier. Dennis scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gautier blasted 36 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Gautier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 8 |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 51/84 |
| %1st in | 64% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 36/51 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 15/33 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 45% |
Novak didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gautier recorded 8 aces . Novak won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Gautier won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Gautier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Novak broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alexis conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| Q1 Agwi | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-30 | 59-30 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 21/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gautier | |||
| Q1 Klizan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 85-77 | 85-77 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/84 | 51/84 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/51 | 36/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 15/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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