Zsombor Piros and Dennis Novak will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hersonissos 1 Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.59
Dennis Novak -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Dennis Novak

This will be the 3^rd time that Zsombor Piros and Dennis Novak fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Piros (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Piros won 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in the Bratislava 2 Challenger back in 2024.

Zsombor Piros

Ranked no. 266, Zsombor got to the quarter after defeating Jelle Sels 6-4 3-1 ret.

and Stefanos Sakellaridis 6-2 7-6(8).

In the 2^nd round, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Sakellaridis (6-2 7-6⁸). During the match, Piros scored 77 points vs Sakellaridis’s 62. Piros was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Piros couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Zsombor Piros was extremely efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Piros broke Sakellaridis 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Piros has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (271-167). 2-2 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Piros has a compiled 43-40 match record in the last years on hard.

Piros’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.

Piros has an overall 8-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Hersonissos 1 Challenger

Piros has never competed in this tournament before.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 366, the Austrian reached the quarter after beating Pavlos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-1 and Timofey Skatov 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Dennis defeated Skatov (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Novak scored 91 points vs Skatov’s 87. Novak was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Novak bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dennis Novak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (19/38) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Skatov 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Novak has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Dennis’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Sunderland.

Novak has an aggregate 10-5 win-loss record in 2025, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Piros	Novak
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	5
Tot Games	35	44
Pts	120-93	149-118
Total Points	213	267
Winners	45	51
%Winners	38%	34%

Both Piros and Novak played 2 matches. At the moment, Dennis Novak lost 1 set while Zsombor Piros hasn’t dropped a set so far. Talking about their workload, Piros and Novak have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Piros played 9 games less than Novak. The Hungarian scored 45 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Dennis recorded 51 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Piros	Novak
Aces	2	7
Avg per match	1	3.5
1st in	59/96	76/134
%1st in	61%	57%
1st pts	45/59	51/76
%1st pts	76%	67%
2nd pts	23/37	35/58
%2nd pts	62%	60%

Piros recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Novak bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Piros won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Novak won 67% 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	Piros	Novak
Won	6	9
Converted	6/14	9/18
% Converted	43%	50%
Conceded	3	14
Saved	1	10
% Saved	33%	71%
Times Broken	2	4

The Hungarian broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Zsombor dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Piros
	R1 Sels	R2 Sakellaridis	Total
Score	6-4 3-1 ret.	6-2 7-68
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	21	35
pts	43-31	77-62	120-93
Total points	74	139	213
Winners	17	28	45
%Winners	40%	36%	38%
SERVE
Aces	2	0	2
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	20/33	39/63	59/96
% 1st in	61%	62%	61%
1st pts	17/20	28/39	45/59
% 1st pts	85%	72%	76%
2nd pts	7/13	16/24	23/37
% 2nd pts	54%	67%	62%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/4	3/10	6/14
Converted %	75%	30%	43%
Conceded	1	2	3
Saved	0/1	1/2	1
Saved %	0%	50%	25%
Times Broken	1	1	2

Novak
	R1 Tsitsipas	R2 Skatov	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	16	28	44
pts	58-31	91-87	149-118
Total points	89	178	267
Winners	17	34	51
%Winners	29%	37%	34%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	23/43	53/91	76/134
% 1st in	53%	58%	57%
1st pts	17/23	34/53	51/76
% 1st pts	74%	64%	67%
2nd pts	16/20	19/38	35/58
% 2nd pts	80%	50%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	5	9
Converted	4/5	5/13	9/18
Converted %	80%	38%	50%
Conceded	0	14	14
Saved	0/0	10/14	10
Saved %	–	71%	36%
Times Broken	0	4	4

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