Dennis Novak and Raul Brancaccio will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Nottingham Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.48
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 3rd time that Dennis Novak and Raul Brancaccio square off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Novak won 6-4 7-6(9) in the semifinal in the Szczecin Challenger back in 2022.
Dennis Novak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 351, Novak got to the 2nd round after defeating Edas Butvilas 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, Dennis had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (7-63 6-3). During the match, Novak scored 89 points vs Butvilas’s 75. Novak was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Novak couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Dennis Novak lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 76% of his first serves in, winning 71% (46/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Butvilas twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (328-216). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has an overall 76-57 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian has an overall 1-0 win-loss record in 2025, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham Challenger
Dennis has never competed in this tournament before.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 27-27 | 6-6 | 21-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 451, Brancaccio got to the 2nd round after defeating Toby Martin 6-4 6-1, Patrick Brady 7-6(4) 3-6 6-3 and Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Raul had a good straight sets win against Lamasine (6-4 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 63 points vs Lamasine’s 49. Raul was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Brancaccio couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the 2nd serve. Brancaccio broke Lamasine 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Raul has an overall 3-0 win-loss record in 2025, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Novak | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 66 |
| Pts | 89-75 | 227-191 |
| Total Points | 164 | 418 |
| Winners | 46 | 95 |
| %Winners | 52% | 42% |
Novak played 1 match while Brancaccio competed in 3 matches. Brancaccio started his run from the qualifications while Novak had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio conceded 1 set while Dennis Novak hasn’t dropped a set so far. Novak has played 5 set(s) less than Brancaccio (2 vs 7). Therefore, Novak played 44 games less than Brancaccio. The Austrian scored 46 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio made 95 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Novak | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 65/86 | 128/210 |
| %1st in | 76% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 95/128 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 39/82 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 48% |
Novak didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Brancaccio recorded 10 aces (3.3 per match). Novak won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Novak | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 13 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 33% | 65% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 8 | 12 |
| % Saved | 89% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
The Austrian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Raul broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Raul conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Novak | |||
| R1 Butvilas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 89-75 | 89-75 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 65/86 | 65/86 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Brancaccio | |||||
| Q1 Martin |
Q3 Brady |
R1 Lamasine |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-64 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 31 | 18 | 66 | |
| pts | 57-43 | 107-99 | 63-49 | 227-191 | |
| Total points | 100 | 206 | 112 | 418 | |
| Winners | 29 | 43 | 23 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 40% | 37% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 56/94 | 33/55 | 128/210 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 60% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 43/56 | 23/33 | 95/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 18/38 | 12/22 | 39/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 47% | 55% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/8 | 5/8 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 63% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 67% | 197% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWW Tennis Scores in Nottingham Challenger
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Luka MikrutMikrut – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-72 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Jay ClarkeClarke (2-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Anton MatusevichMatusevich – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Ryan NijboerNijboer (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Lukas PokornyPokorny – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Johannus MondayMonday – Ryan PenistonPeniston (2-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Edas ButvilasButvilas (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Sandro KoppKopp – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Henry SearleSearle – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Lui Maxted/Charlie RobertsonMaxted/Charlie Robertson – Chris Rodesch/Mick VeldheerRodesch/Mick Veldheer (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas PokornyPokorny – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Milos KarolKarol – Patrick ZahrajZahraj (6-4 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Nicolai Budkov KjaerBudkov Kjaer (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Mika BrunoldBrunold – Alexis GautierGautier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Ryan NijboerNijboer (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Filip MisolicMisolic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Dennis NovakNovak (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sandro KoppKopp – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
