Filip Horansky and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on GRAND STAND. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Filip Horansky who should win in 3 sets.
Filip Horansky -> 1.77
Alex Molcan -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Filip Horansky vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 3rd time that Filip Horansky and Alex Molcan face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Horansky (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Horansky won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in All Lower level tournaments back in 2020.
Filip Horansky
Ranked no. 170, Horansky reached the quarter after defeating Goncalo Oliveira 1-6 6-4 6-1 and Gian Marco Moroni 7-63 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Horansky had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (7-63 6-4). During the match Horansky scored 88 points vs Marco Moroni’s 75. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Horansky scored just 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Filip Horansky lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Horansky put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Filip broke Marco Moroni 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Horansky has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Horansky has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (367-240). 2-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Horansky has a 263-135 record in the last years on clay.
Horansky’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger.
Horansky has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger
Horansky has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 308, Alex got to the quarter after beating Pol Martin Tiffon 6-1 6-4, Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 7-65 6-3, Mark Owen Endler 6-0 6-1 and Lorenzo Musetti 7-65 7-64.
In the 2nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Musetti (7-65 7-64). During the match Molcan scored 100 points vs Musetti’s 96. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 70% of his first serves in, winning 59% (50/85) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Musetti 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Alex has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Horansky | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 78 |
| Pts | 179-163 | 293-229 |
| Total Points | 342 | 522 |
| Winners | 66 | 116 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Horansky played 2 matches while Molcan competed in 4 matches. Molcan started his run from the qualifications while Horansky had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Filip Horansky surrendered 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Horansky has played 3 set(s) less than Molcan (5 vs 8). Therefore, Horansky played 31 games less than Molcan. The Slovakian scored 66 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian made 116 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Horansky | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 103/164 | 172/272 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 66/103 | 116/172 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 25/61 | 57/100 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 57% |
Horansky managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Molcan blasted 13 aces (3.3 per match). Horansky won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Horansky | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 17 |
| Converted | 10/27 | 17/28 |
| % Converted | 37% | 61% |
| Conceded | 21 | 18 |
| Saved | 13 | 12 |
| % Saved | 62% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 6 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Horansky dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 17 times with a 61% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Horansky | ||||
| R1 Oliveira | R2 Marco Moroni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-1 | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 23 | 47 | |
| pts | 91-88 | 88-75 | 179-163 | |
| Total points | 179 | 163 | 342 | |
| Winners | 37 | 29 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 58/87 | 45/77 | 103/164 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 37/58 | 29/45 | 66/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/29 | 16/32 | 25/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 50% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 4/11 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 36% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 8 | 21 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 5/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Molcan | ||||||
| Q1 Martin | Q3 Sanchez-Izquierdo | R1 Owen | R2 Musetti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 6-3 | 6-0 6-1 | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 13 | 26 | 78 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 79-71 | 52-19 | 100-96 | 293-229 | |
| Total points | 105 | 150 | 71 | 196 | 522 | |
| Winners | 18 | 31 | 17 | 50 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 39% | 33% | 50% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 24/43 | 42/72 | 21/36 | 85/121 | 172/272 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 58% | 70% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 31/42 | 17/21 | 50/85 | 116/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 74% | 81% | 59% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 13/30 | 12/15 | 20/36 | 57/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 43% | 80% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/10 | 5/8 | 3/5 | 17/28 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 63% | 60% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 8/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | – | 73% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
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