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Grigor Dimitrov #3 def. Dennis Novak #226

6-3 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Grigor Dimitrov
Score	6-3 6-2 6-1
Loser	Dennis Novak
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Grigor Dimitrov	Dennis Novak
Aces	7	3
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	55	59
First serve points won %	87	53
Second serve points won %	58	38
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	74	47
Return points won %	53	26
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grigor Dimitrov	Dennis Novak
Country	BUL	AUT
Birth date	May 16, 1991	Aug 28, 1993
Age	26	24
Height	191	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	226
Ranking points (entering)	4,990	232
Elo (entering)	2,123	1,608
Career W-L	476–310	15–43
Career earnings	$31,866,006	$2,121,508

Pre-match H2H

Grigor Dimitrov 0 – 0 Dennis Novak

Path

Grigor Dimitrov's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Grigor Dimitrov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Mackenzie McDonald	4-6 6-2 6-4 0-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Dennis Novak's path

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
Jan 16, 2018	Q2	Danilo Petrovic	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Ilya Ivashka	6-4 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data