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Dennis Novak #226 def. Danilo Petrovic #258

6-7(5) 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Dennis Novak
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5
Loser	Danilo Petrovic
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Dennis Novak	Danilo Petrovic
Aces	17	4
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	65	73
First serve points won %	84	78
Second serve points won %	54	46
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	73	70
Return points won %	30	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dennis Novak	Danilo Petrovic
Country	AUT	SRB
Birth date	Aug 28, 1993	Jan 24, 1992
Age	24	25
Height	183	203
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	226	258
Ranking points (entering)	232	204
Elo (entering)	1,579	1,472
Career W-L	15–43	2–3
Career earnings	$2,121,508	$408,590

Pre-match H2H

Dennis Novak 0 – 0 Danilo Petrovic

Path

Dennis Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Ilya Ivashka	6-4 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Dennis Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q3	Go Soeda	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Danilo Petrovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Nicolas Mahut	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data