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Dennis Novak #159 def. Yosuke Watanuki #116

6-7(7) 6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 4, 2023*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	Q3
Winner	Dennis Novak
Score	6-7(7) 6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Yosuke Watanuki
Duration	2h 48m

Stat	Dennis Novak	Yosuke Watanuki
Aces	4	9
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	53	52
First serve points won %	75	70
Second serve points won %	55	52
Break points saved %	40	42
Break points converted %	58	60
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dennis Novak	Yosuke Watanuki
Country	AUT	JPN
Birth date	Aug 28, 1993	Apr 12, 1998
Age	29	25
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	159	116
Ranking points (entering)	362	547
Elo (entering)	1,648	1,760
Career W-L	15–43	18–23
Career earnings	$2,121,508	$1,578,905

Pre-match H2H

Dennis Novak 0 – 0 Yosuke Watanuki

Path

Dennis Novak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2023	Q2	Charles Broom	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2023	Q1	Filip Misolic	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Dennis Novak's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 2023	R128	Milos Raonic	7-6(5) 4-6 6-7(5) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yosuke Watanuki's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 2023	Q2	Altug Celikbilek	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 2023	Q1	Seongchan Hong	7-6(4) 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data