Denis Istomin and Alex Molcan will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Rome 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. Here the head to head stats and the 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 -> 1.46
Denis Istomin -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Denis Istomin vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Denis Istomin and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Denis Istomin
Ranked no. 198, Istomin got to the qualifications after beating Daniele Spinnato 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Denis had a good straight sets win against Spinnato (6-4 6-1). During the match Istomin scored 57 points vs Spinnato’s 38. Istomin was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Istomin struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Denis Istomin was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Uzbek broke Spinnato 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Istomin has won exactly 50% of his matches (264-263) in the last 10 years. 1-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Istomin has a 59-74 match record in the last years on clay.
The Uzbek has a 6-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome 1 Challenger
Istomin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 275 (career high), will start his run in the Rome 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Rome 1 Challenger where he defeated 7-6(2) 6-1 to Gabashvili in the qualifications on the 18th of April.
Alex has a 15-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Alex has an overall 149-101 record. He has a positive 88-58 record on clay.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Istomin | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 57-38 | 73-56 |
| Total Points | 95 | 129 |
| Winners | 22 | 25 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Istomin and Molcan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Istomin and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Istomin played 3 games less than Molcan. The Uzbek scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan blasted 25 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Istomin | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 36/72 |
| %1st in | 62% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 25/36 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 56% |
Istomin recorded 5 aces . Molcan bagged 5 aces . Istomin won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Istomin | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 80% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Denis broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Uzbek dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Istomin | |||
| Q1 Spinnato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-38 | 57-38 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 31/50 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Molcan | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | – | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | NAN% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | NAN% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | NAN% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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