Dennis Novak vs Soon Woo Kwon — Taipei CH Semi-final

Taipei CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
AUT11
Dennis Novak
#818ATP
32 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLWLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 April 2019
hard
Soon Woo Kwon
KOR13
Soon Woo Kwon
1744ELO
1716Hard ELO
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLLWWW
Novak D.
6-3 6-4
Kwon S.
Novak D.
662
Kwon S.
340

Dennis Novak defeated Soon Woo Kwon 6-3 6-4 in the Taipei CH semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Soon Woo Kwon came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Dennis Novak claimed a first win over Soon Woo Kwon in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Dennis Novak closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-03-04Davis Cup QLS R1: AUT vs KORRRhardSoon Woo Kwon7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Novak D.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Kwon S.

Kwon S.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Novak D.

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
Novak D.Kwon S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
63%
Return points won·Even
40%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.6
5.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.0
3.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Novak D.Kwon S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
36
67
Break points saved·Clear edge
80
94
Break points won·Clear edge
15
33
Deciding sets·Dominant
33
77
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
77
95

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

Freshness

Recent load
Novak D.Kwon S.
Freshness·
—
95

Kwon S.: 12 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Novak D.[11]
Stakhovsky S.[3]
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Stakhovsky S.[3]
Soeda G.
7-647-64
Novak D.[11]
Kwon S.[13]
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Soeda G.
Jung J.[7]
7-636-1
Stakhovsky S.[3]
Ito T.[10]
7-636-756-4
Kwon S.[13]
Ramanathan R.[9]
7-666-3
Novak D.[11]
Sugita Y.[15]
7-656-3
R16
Ito T.[10]
Majchrzak K.[6]
6-737-677-62
Kwon S.[13]
Harris L.[1]
7-56-736-3
Sugita Y.[15]
Lacko L.[4]
3-66-36-4
Soeda G.
Harris A.
6-26-3
Jung J.[7]
Duckworth J.[12]
6-26-2
Stakhovsky S.[3]
Janvier M.[16]
7-56-4
Novak D.[11]
Uchida K.
6-36-766-4
Ramanathan R.[9]
Lo C.
4-66-36-2
R32
Lo C.
Baghdatis M.[8]
6-714-2
Stakhovsky S.[3]
Robert S.
7-626-2
Soeda G.
Donskoy E.[2]
4-66-47-65
Harris A.
Moriya H.[14]
4-66-46-4
Jung J.[7]
Wu T.
6-46-4
Janvier M.[16]
Wang T.
6-47-5
Ito T.[10]
Lee K.
6-36-3
Majchrzak K.[6]
Santillan A.
6-36-1
Novak D.[11]
Tokuda R.
6-26-2
Sugita Y.[15]
Ilkel C.
7-56-3
Lacko L.[4]
Huesler M.
4-67-606-2
Kwon S.[13]
Saville L.
6-46-4
Harris L.[1]
Klein B.
7-676-2
Duckworth J.[12]
Yang T.
7-666-0
Ramanathan R.[9]
Banes M.
6-36-2
Uchida K.
Bachinger M.[5]
7-666-2
R64
Ilkel C.
Mukund S.
6-36-4
Soeda G.
Uchiyama Y.
6-786-46-2
Harris A.
Myneni S.
7-644-66-2
Wu T.
Yu C.
6-46-3
Robert S.
Oliveira G.
6-36-4
Wang T.
Marchenko I.
4-66-36-4
Lee K.
Ho R.
6-46-2
Santillan A.
Hsu Y.
6-47-65
Uchida K.
Lee D.
6-46-4
Tokuda R.
Takahashi Y.
6-26-1
Huesler M.
Purcell M.
7-646-756-1
Lo C.
Altamirano C.
7-55-76-3
Banes M.
Chung Y.
2-67-656-4
Saville L.
Balaji N.
6-46-746-4
Klein B.
Hsieh C.
6-37-5
Yang T.
Ochi M.
6-46-3