ATP Challenger Tour · 2nd Round Qualifying · Tulln
Final score & match stats
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Kovalik
🏃 Pusher
Novak
⚔️ The Gladiator
Matchup analysis
The ⚔️ The Gladiator archetype wins about 59% vs 🏃 Pusher across 480 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Dennis Novak here.
The Gladiator players often use physical intensity and balanced game to pressure the pusher's extreme retrieval. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Prior meetings and scores · 2 career meetings
1
Kovalik
1
Novak
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Novak has a higher win rate against shared opponents (100% vs Kovalik's 0%).
| Opponent | Kovalik | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Sorger | L 46 75 46 | W 57 63 63 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Kovalik | Novak |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 53.4% | 0% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 61.3% | 0% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 51.9% | 0% |
| Aces / Match | 1 | 0 |
| Double Faults / Match | 4 | 0 |
| Break Points Saved % | 50% | 0% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 33.3% | 0% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 34.6% | 0% |
| BP Converted % | 100% | 0% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 18 | 0 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 33 | 0 |
| Net Pts Won % | 25% | 0% |
| Total Pts Won % | 45.3% | 0% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 0% | 0% |
Last five matches per player
Matchup overview
Jozef Kovalik and Dennis Novak face off in the 2nd Round Qualifying at Tulln on Clay.
Jozef Kovalik leads 1-1 over 2 previous meetings.
Jozef Kovalik is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Andrej Martin (May 26).
Dennis Novak is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Harry Wendelken (Oct 15).
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