Andrew Whittington vs Dennis Novak — Happy Valley CH Quarter-final

Happy Valley CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
AUS
Andrew Whittington
32 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 January 2016
hard
AUT
Dennis Novak
#818ATP
32 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Whittington A.
6-3 6-3
Novak D.
Whittington A.
662
Novak D.
330

Andrew Whittington defeated Dennis Novak 6-3 6-3 in the Happy Valley CH quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Andrew Whittington came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Whittington A.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Novak D.

Novak D.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Whittington A.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Whittington A.Novak D.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
40%
Break points saved·Even
62%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.8
3.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.7
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (98 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Whittington A.Novak D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
20
36
Break points saved·Slight edge
69
80
Break points won·Even
15
15
Deciding sets·Slight edge
22
33
Tiebreaks·Dominant
36
77

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Final
Fritz T.[8]
Sela D.[1]
7-676-2
Semi-finals
Fritz T.[8]
Whittington A.
6-06-2
Sela D.[1]
Fucsovics M.
6-26-727-64
Quarter-finals
Whittington A.
Novak D.
6-36-3
Fritz T.[8]
Bolt A.
7-656-4
Fucsovics M.
Moriya H.
6-06-3
Sela D.[1]
Satral J.
6-16-0
R16
Whittington A.
Mousley B.
7-56-3
Novak D.
Setkic A.
6-46-4
Bolt A.
Langer N.
6-36-2
Fritz T.[8]
Sarkissian A.
6-36-707-65
Fucsovics M.
Banes M.
6-16-4
Satral J.
Polansky P.
7-56-1
Sela D.[1]
Kelly D.
6-36-1
Moriya H.
Golubev A.
4-66-36-2
R32
Whittington A.
Fratangelo B.[2]
6-33-66-3
Mousley B.
Djere L.
7-57-5
Setkic A.
Nguyen D.
7-656-1
Bolt A.
Gonzalez A.[3]
6-36-4
Langer N.
Barton M.
7-56-3
Sarkissian A.
Gojowczyk P.
7-642-66-1
Fritz T.[8]
Polmans M.
6-26-2
Banes M.
Zemlja G.[6]
6-47-63
Fucsovics M.
Donati M.
6-46-4
Golubev A.
Klein B.
7-677-5
Moriya H.
Sijsling I.[4]
3-66-16-4
Satral J.
Nedovyesov A.[5]
6-35-76-3
Polansky P.
Tiafoe F.
7-645-76-4
Sela D.[1]
Ignatik U.
6-47-64
Novak D.
Olivo R.[7]
7-57-60
Kelly D.
Evans D.
7-56-4