Yoshihito Nishioka and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.66
Yoshihito Nishioka -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Yoshihito Nishioka vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Yoshihito Nishioka and Alex Molcan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Molcan won 7-6(5) 1-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in Miami back in March 2023.
Highlights Alex Molcan vs Yoshihito Nishioka – Miami 25-March-2023
Yoshihito Nishioka
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-22 | 16-14 | 0-2 | 10-2 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-24 | 17-15 | 6-7 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-22 | 14-15 | 5-5 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 25-13 | 2-5 | 17-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-26 | 5-11 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Nishioka will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 6-1 4-6 6-3 to Sinner in the 3rd round on the 20th of April.
The Japanese has a composed 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Japanese’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Talking about his overall career, Nishioka has an overall 380-233 record. He has a positive 94-59 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-15 | 7-3 | 38-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-17 | 3-5 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 10-8 | 13-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-24 | 7-8 | 18-9 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 65-24 | 8-3 | 42-14 | 13-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, Molcan reached the 2nd round after beating Yibing Wu 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-2 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 74 points vs Wu’s 57. Molcan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Wu 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Banja Luka.
Molcan has a compiled 10-9 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Marcos GironGiron – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Yibing WuWu (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (7-67 7-63) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Diego SchwartzmanSchwartzman (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Benoit PairePaire (6-1 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – David GoffinGoffin (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Emilio NavaNava (6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (4-6 7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Maxime CressyCressy (6-73 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Borna GojoGojo (7-69 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-615 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-66 7-64) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-2 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-6(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
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