Blaz Kavcic and Alex Molcan will fight against each other in the quarter of the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on GRAND STAND. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the 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 -> 1.76
Blaz Kavcic -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Blaz Kavcic vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Blaz Kavcic and Alex Molcan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Molcan won 1-6 6-4 7-5 in the qualifications in Antalya back in January 2021.
Blaz Kavcic
Ranked no. 254, Blaz got to the quarter after beating Michael Vrbensky 6-4 6-4 and Riccardo Bonadio 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-2 6-4). During the match Kavcic scored 69 points vs Bonadio’s 51. Kavcic was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kavcic wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Blaz Kavcic lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kavcic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Blaz broke Bonadio 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blaz hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Kavcic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (280-187). 6-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kavcic has a 84-63 record in the last years on clay.
Blaz has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger
The Slovenian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 289, Alex reached the quarter after beating Roberto Ortega-Olmedo 6-3 7-64 and Enzo Couacaud 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-2 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 70 points vs Couacaud’s 58. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 63% of his first serves in, winning 56% (22/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Couacaud 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
The Slovakian has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kavcic | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 40 |
| Pts | 140-112 | 164-135 |
| Total Points | 252 | 299 |
| Winners | 47 | 54 |
| %Winners | 34% | 33% |
Both Kavcic and Molcan played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kavcic and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kavcic played 2 games less than Molcan. Blaz scored 47 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alex struck 54 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kavcic | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 72/117 | 82/131 |
| %1st in | 62% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 47/72 | 54/82 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 30/49 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Kavcic didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Molcan bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kavcic won 65% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kavcic | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 7 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 7/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 32% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 8 | 3 |
| % Saved | 62% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Blaz broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Molcan broke his opponents 7 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kavcic | ||||
| R1 Vrbensky |
R2 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 71-61 | 69-51 | 140-112 | |
| Total points | 132 | 120 | 252 | |
| Winners | 25 | 22 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 32/53 | 72/117 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/40 | 22/32 | 47/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 69% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 14/21 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 67% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/8 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 3/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 75% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Ortega-Olmedo |
R2 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-64 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 40 | |
| pts | 94-77 | 70-58 | 164-135 | |
| Total points | 171 | 128 | 299 | |
| Winners | 32 | 22 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 31% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/69 | 39/62 | 82/131 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 22/39 | 54/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 56% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 14/23 | 30/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/14 | 5/8 | 7/22 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 63% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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