Alex Molcan and Carlos Gomez-Herrera will play each other in the qualifications of the Belgrade 2 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 2 sets.
Alex Molcan -> 1.165
Carlos Gomez-Herrera -> 5.15
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Carlos Gomez-Herrera
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Carlos Gomez-Herrera since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 258 (career-high), Alex reached the qualifications after defeating Nerman Fatic 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Fatic (6-4 6-1). During the match, Molcan scored 61 points vs Fatic’s 40. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Molcan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Fatic 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (158-104). 19-8 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has an aggregate97-61 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
Alex has an aggregate 24-12 win-loss record in 2021, 19-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Carlos Gomez-Herrera
Ranked no. 357, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating John-Patrick Smith 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, Gomez-Herrera had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-4 7-65). During the match Gomez-Herrera scored 86 points vs Smith’s 80. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Gomez-Herrera scored 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Carlos Gomez-Herrera lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gomez-Herrera put 67% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Smith 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Gomez-Herrera has an overall 7-7 win-loss record in 2021, 7-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Gomez-Herrera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 61-40 | 86-80 |
| Total Points | 101 | 166 |
| Winners | 23 | 36 |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% |
Both Molcan and Gomez-Herrera played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Gomez-Herrera have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 6 games less than Gomez-Herrera. Molcan scored 23 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 36 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Gomez-Herrera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 53/79 |
| %1st in | 69% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 36/53 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 11/26 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 42% |
Molcan fired 2 aces . Gomez-Herrera struck 5 aces . Molcan won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gomez-Herrera won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Gomez-Herrera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 60% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Molcan lost his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Gomez-Herrera conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| Q1 Fatic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 61-40 | 61-40 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/48 | 33/48 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Gomez-Herrera | |||
| Q1 Smith | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-80 | 86-80 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 53/79 | 53/79 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/26 | 11/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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