Elias Ymer and Alex Molcan will square off in the quarter of the Ostrava Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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.
Alex Molcan -> 1.9
Elias Ymer -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Elias Ymer and Alex Molcan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Ymer won 6-2 1-6 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in the Poprad Tatry Challenger back in 2017.
Elias Ymer
Ranked no. 193, Elias got to the quarter after beating Maxime Cressy 3-6 7-65 6-4 and Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Ymer had a good straight sets win against Stakhovsky (6-1 6-2). During the match Ymer scored 57 points vs Stakhovsky’s 35. Elias was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Elias Ymer was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elias broke Stakhovsky 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elias started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Ymer has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (274-212). 9-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a 164-101 match record in the last years on clay.
Ymer’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Split 2 Challenger.
Elias has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Elias has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 276, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Michael Vrbensky 6-3 6-4, Vitaliy Sachko 6-1 6-2, Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-1 6-4 and Sebastian Baez 4-6 6-1 4-2 ret..
In the 2nd round against Baez, Molcan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 4-2 ret.). During the match Molcan scored 88 points vs Baez’s 78. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Baez 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
The Slovakian has a 21-10 win-loss record in 2021, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 74 |
| Pts | 161-142 | 283-210 |
| Total Points | 303 | 493 |
| Winners | 49 | 104 |
| %Winners | 30% | 37% |
Ymer played 2 matches while Molcan competed in 4 matches. Molcan started his run from the qualifications while Ymer had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Elias Ymer lost 1 set, while Alex Molcan lost 1 set. Ymer has played 5 set(s) less than Molcan (5 vs 10). Therefore, Ymer played 27 games less than Molcan. Ymer scored 49 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian recorded 104 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 73/144 | 151/244 |
| %1st in | 51% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 49/73 | 104/151 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 41/71 | 56/93 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 60% |
Ymer managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Molcan managed to score 4 aces (1 per match). Ymer won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% 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 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 17 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 17/36 |
| % Converted | 35% | 47% |
| Conceded | 7 | 30 |
| Saved | 3 | 24 |
| % Saved | 43% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Elias broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Elias surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 17 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | ||||
| R1 Cressy | R2 Stakhovsky | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 15 | 47 | |
| pts | 104-107 | 57-35 | 161-142 | |
| Total points | 211 | 92 | 303 | |
| Winners | 27 | 22 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 39% | 30% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/95 | 31/49 | 73/144 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 63% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 27/42 | 22/31 | 49/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 71% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/53 | 12/18 | 41/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 67% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 4/6 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 67% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | – | 22% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Molcan | ||||||
| Q1 Vrbensky | Q3 Sachko | R1 Seyboth | R2 Baez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | 4-6 6-1 4-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 74 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 57-34 | 67-46 | 88-78 | 283-210 | |
| Total points | 123 | 91 | 113 | 166 | 493 | |
| Winners | 24 | 16 | 29 | 35 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 28% | 43% | 40% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 21/44 | 36/56 | 59/86 | 151/244 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 48% | 64% | 69% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 16/21 | 29/36 | 35/59 | 104/151 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 76% | 81% | 59% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 17/23 | 9/20 | 15/27 | 56/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 74% | 45% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 | 4/8 | 5/11 | 17/36 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 57% | 50% | 45% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 30 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/2 | 7/8 | 12/15 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 88% | 80% | 164% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Ostrava Challenger
- Evan King/Hunter ReeseKing/Hunter Reese – N.Sriram Balaji/Jeevan NedunchezhiyanBalaji/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (6-2 2-6 10-6) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Benjamin BonziBonzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Lukas KleinKlein (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Renzo OlivoOlivo (0-1) – H2H and prediction