Dennis Novak and Viktor Durasovic will square off in the quarter of the Nottingham Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.6
Viktor Durasovic -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Dennis Novak vs. Viktor Durasovic

This will be the 2^nd time that Dennis Novak and Viktor Durasovic play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Novak (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Novak won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Bastad back in 2021.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 351, Novak reached the quarter after beating Edas Butvilas 7-6(3) 6-3 and Raul Brancaccio 6-3 6-7(5) 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Austrian defeated Brancaccio (6-3 6-7⁵ 6-4). During the match, Novak scored 115 points vs Brancaccio’s 102. Novak was very aggressive to blast 47 winners.

Regarding the service games, Novak made 10 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (47/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Dennis broke Brancaccio 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Novak has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Novak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (329-216). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Novak has a compiled 77-57 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Austrian has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Nottingham Challenger

Novak has never competed in this tournament before.

Viktor Durasovic

Ranked no. 416, the Norwegian reached the quarter after beating Mili Poljicak 7-5 6-4 and Filip Misolic 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Misolic (6-3 6-2). During the match Durasovic scored 67 points vs Misolic’s 48. Durasovic was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

About the serving games, Durasovic made 5 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Viktor Durasovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 12 break points. Furthermore, Durasovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the 2nd serve. Viktor broke Misolic 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Norwegian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Durasovic has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Novak	Durasovic
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	54	39
Pts	204-177	140-113
Total Points	381	253
Winners	93	65
%Winners	46%	46%

Both Novak and Durasovic played 2 matches. At the moment, Dennis Novak dropped 1 set while Viktor Durasovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Novak has played 1 set more than Durasovic (5 vs 4). Therefore, Novak played 15 games more than Durasovic. The Austrian scored 93 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Viktor recorded 65 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Novak	Durasovic
Aces	10	12
Avg per match	5	6
1st in	133/185	87/142
%1st in	72%	61%
1st pts	93/133	65/87
%1st pts	70%	75%
2nd pts	30/52	33/55
%2nd pts	58%	60%

Novak scored 10 aces (5 per match). Durasovic blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Novak won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Durasovic won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Novak	Durasovic
Won	6	5
Converted	6/17	5/10
% Converted	35%	50%
Conceded	18	13
Saved	16	13
% Saved	89%	100%
Times Broken	2	0

The Austrian broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Novak conceded his serve twice and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. Durasovic broke his opponents 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Durasovic was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 13 break points.

Novak
	R1 Butvilas	R2 Brancaccio	Total
Score	7-63 6-3	6-3 6-75 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	22	32	54
pts	89-75	115-102	204-177
Total points	164	217	381
Winners	46	47	93
%Winners	52%	41%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	10	10
Double Faults	1	0	1
1st in	65/86	68/99	133/185
% 1st in	76%	69%	72%
1st pts	46/65	47/68	93/133
% 1st pts	71%	69%	70%
2nd pts	10/21	20/31	30/52
% 2nd pts	48%	65%	58%
Breaks
Won	2	4	6
Converted	2/6	4/11	6/17
Converted %	33%	36%	35%
Conceded	9	9	18
Saved	8/9	8/9	16
Saved %	89%	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Durasovic
	R1 Poljicak	R2 Misolic	Total
Score	7-5 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	17	39
pts	73-65	67-48	140-113
Total points	138	115	253
Winners	34	31	65
%Winners	47%	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	12
Double Faults	2	0	2
1st in	42/73	45/69	87/142
% 1st in	58%	65%	61%
1st pts	34/42	31/45	65/87
% 1st pts	81%	69%	75%
2nd pts	17/31	16/24	33/55
% 2nd pts	55%	67%	60%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5
Converted	2/3	3/7	5/10
Converted %	67%	43%	50%
Conceded	1	12	13
Saved	1/1	12/12	13
Saved %	100%	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0	0

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Anton MatusevichMatusevich – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction