Alex Molcan and Cem Ilkel will clash against each other in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on Court 8. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 5 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.5
Cem Ilkel -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Cem Ilkel
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Cem Ilkel since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 138, Molcan reached the 1st round after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 6-3, Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-3 and Gastao Elias 6-2 4-6 7-66.
In the qualifications, Alex defeated Elias (6-2 4-6 7-66). During the match, Molcan scored 97 points vs Elias’s 93. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molcan scored 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (50/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (12/31) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Elias 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Molcan has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (181-109). 6-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has an aggregate47-23 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Liberec Challenger where he defeated Tomas Machac in the final 6-0 6-1.
Alex has a compiled 47-17 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the U.S. Open
Molcan has never competed in this tournament before.
Cem Ilkel
Ranked no. 189, the Turk reached the 1st round after beating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 7-65 6-1, Fernando Verdasco 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Jiri Lehecka 7-62 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Turk had a good straight sets win against Lehecka (7-62 6-3). During the match Ilkel scored 77 points vs Lehecka’s 66. The Turk was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel struck 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Cem Ilkel was very efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Turk broke Lehecka twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ilkel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Turk’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pozoblanco Challenger.
Ilkel has a composed 26-19 win-loss record in 2021, 14-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 71 |
| Pts | 229-199 | 183-159 |
| Total Points | 428 | 342 |
| Winners | 94 | 76 |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% |
Both Molcan and Ilkel played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Molcan conceded 1 set, while Cem Ilkel lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Ilkel have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Molcan played 3 games less than Ilkel. Molcan scored 94 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cem bagged 76 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 129/204 | 101/172 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 94/129 | 76/101 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 44/75 | 41/71 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 58% |
Molcan struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Ilkel made 18 aces (6 per match). Molcan won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/25 | 5/20 |
| % Converted | 40% | 25% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Alex broke his opponents 10 times with a 40% conversion rate. Alex dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Cem broke his opponents 5 times with a 25% conversion rate. Cem conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||||
| Q1 Coppejans |
Q2 Kolar |
Q3 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 4-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 | 31 | 68 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 68-54 | 97-93 | 229-199 | |
| Total points | 116 | 122 | 190 | 428 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 50 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% | 52% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 32/53 | 67/98 | 129/204 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 60% | 68% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/32 | 50/67 | 94/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/21 | 12/31 | 44/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 76% | 39% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/11 | 4/8 | 10/25 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 27% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 57% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Ilkel | |||||
| Q1 Stebe |
Q2 Verdasco |
Q3 Lehecka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 | 22 | 71 | |
| pts | – | 106-93 | 77-66 | 183-159 | |
| Total points | 0 | 199 | 143 | 342 | |
| Winners | 42 | 34 | 76 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | / | 56/94 | 45/78 | 101/172 | |
| % 1st in | – | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | / | 42/56 | 34/45 | 76/101 | |
| % 1st pts | – | 75% | 76% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 22/38 | 19/33 | 41/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | – | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||
| Converted | / | 3/13 | 2/7 | 5/20 | |
| Converted % | – | 23% | 29% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 4/6 | 4/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 80% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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