Alex Molcan and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on GRAND STAND. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Molcan -> 1.61
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 304, Alex reached the qualifications after defeating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-1 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 62 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 43. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molcan blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alex Molcan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Molcan was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Martin Tiffon 5 times.
Molcan has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (138-95). 1-0 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has a 79-53 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Molcan has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger
Molcan has never competed in this tournament before.
Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo
Ranked no. 356, Nikolas reached the qualifications after beating Tomas Quesada Perez 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Sanchez-Izquierdo had a good straight sets win against Quesada Perez (6-1 6-1). During the match Sanchez-Izquierdo scored 53 points vs Quesada Perez’s 21. Nikolas was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Sanchez-Izquierdo blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (17/24) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Spaniard broke Quesada Perez 7 times after converting 78% of his break points (7/9).
Nikolas has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 14 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 53-21 |
| Total Points | 105 | 74 |
| Winners | 18 | 17 |
| %Winners | 29% | 32% |
Both Molcan and Sanchez-Izquierdo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Sanchez-Izquierdo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 3 games more than Sanchez-Izquierdo. The Slovakian scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Nikolas made 17 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 24/37 |
| %1st in | 56% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 17/24 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Molcan bagged 3 aces . Sanchez-Izquierdo recorded 5 aces . Molcan won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sanchez-Izquierdo won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Sanchez-Izquierdo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 100% | 78% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Sanchez-Izquierdo broke his opponent 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Sanchez-Izquierdo conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| Q1 Martin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sanchez-Izquierdo | |||
| Q1 Quesada | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-21 | 53-21 | |
| Total points | 74 | 74 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 78% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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