Jelle Sels and Dennis Novak will square off in the 2^nd round of the Biella Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CAMPO 3 BIELLA COLLEZIONI. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.666
Jelle Sels -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Dennis Novak

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

The last time that they played each other, Novak won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Alphen Challenger back in 2016.

Jelle Sels

Ranked no. 340, Jelle reached the 2^nd round after beating Eric Vanshelboim 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round, Sels had a good straight sets win against Vanshelboim (6-3 7-5). During the match, Sels scored 72 points vs Vanshelboim’s 58. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sels scored just 1 ace during the match and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Jelle Sels lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sels put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Vanshelboim 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Sels has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (335-261). 20-17 on clay in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sels has an aggregate 201-143 record in the last years on clay.

The Dutch’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Cherbourg Challenger and M25 Carnac.

Jelle has a compiled 27-26 win-loss record in 2025, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biella Challenger

Sels has never competed in this tournament before.

Dennis Novak

Ranked no. 399, the Austrian got to the 2^nd round after beating Sandro Kopp 4-6 6-3 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Kopp, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Novak scored 103 points vs Kopp’s 96. Novak was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

About the serving games, Novak made 4 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Dennis Novak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Novak put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (49/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. Novak broke Kopp 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Novak’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Sunderland,M25 Kramsach and M25 Maribor.

Dennis has an aggregate 24-18 win-loss record in 2025, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sels	Novak
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	21	31
Pts	72-58	103-96
Total Points	130	199
Winners	35	49
%Winners	49%	48%

Both Sels and Novak played 1 match. At the moment, Dennis Novak lost 1 set while Jelle Sels hasn’t lost a set so far. Sels has played 1 set(s) less than Novak (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sels played 10 games less than Novak. Jelle scored 35 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian bagged 49 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sels	Novak
Aces	1	4
Avg per match	1	4
1st in	51/71	70/99
%1st in	72%	71%
1st pts	35/51	49/70
%1st pts	69%	70%
2nd pts	13/20	11/29
%2nd pts	65%	38%

Sels recorded 1 ace . Novak also recorded 4 aces . Sels won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% 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 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sels	Novak
Won	3	5
Converted	3/5	5/10
% Converted	60%	50%
Conceded	9	11
Saved	8	7
% Saved	89%	64%
Times Broken	1	4

Sels broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Jelle conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dennis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Sels
	R1 Vanshelboim	Total
Score	6-3 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	72-58	72-58
Total points	130	130
Winners	35	35
%Winners	49%	49%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	51/71	51/71
% 1st in	72%	72%
1st pts	35/51	35/51
% 1st pts	69%	69%
2nd pts	13/20	13/20
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	8/9	8
Saved %	89%	89%
Times Broken	1	1

Novak
	R1 Kopp	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 7-5
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	31	31
pts	103-96	103-96
Total points	199	199
Winners	49	49
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	70/99	70/99
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	49/70	49/70
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	11/29	11/29
% 2nd pts	38%	38%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/10	5/10
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	7/11	7
Saved %	64%	64%
Times Broken	4	4

Tennis Scores in Biella Challenger

• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Maxime ChazalChazal (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (w/o) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Filippo RomanoRomano (7-6⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Stefan PopovicPopovic (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tom GentzschGentzsch (6-2 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri (6-1 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Dennis NovakNovak – Sandro KoppKopp (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Jelle SelsSels – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch – Alexander WeisWeis (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Robert StrombachsStrombachs – Gabriele PirainoPiraino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Marko TopoTopo – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (w/o) – See score progression
• Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Gabriele PennafortiPennaforti (7-5 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – Tom GentzschGentzsch (6-2 4-4 ret.) – See score progression
• Gianluca CadenassoCadenasso – Giovanni OradiniOradini (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Buvaysar GadamauriGadamauri (6-1 4-6 7-6(4)) – See score progression
• Luka MikrutMikrut – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Filippo RomanoRomano (7-6(4) 6-4) – See score progression
• Zdenek KolarKolar – Stefan PopovicPopovic (7-5 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexander RitschardRitschard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dennis NovakNovak – Jelle SelsSels (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko – Maxime ChazalChazal (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Giovanni FonioFonio – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas (0-0) – H2H and prediction