Christopher O Connell and Alex Molcan will play each other in the qualifications of the Hamburg European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on COURT M2. Here the head to head stats and 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 -> 1.59
Christopher O Connell -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Christopher O Connell vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Christopher O Connell and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Christopher O Connell
Ranked no. 130, O Connell reached the qualifications after defeating Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, O Connell had a good straight sets win against Gulbis (6-3 6-0). During the match, O Connell scored 59 points vs Gulbis’s 32. Christopher was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, O Connell recorded 2 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Christopher O Connell was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Gulbis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
O Connell has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (261-150). 3-2 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, O Connell has an aggregate141-68 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Australian has a compiled 12-10 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hamburg
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 158 (career-high), Alex got to the qualifications after beating Filip Horansky 7-65 6-2.
In the qualifications, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Horansky (7-65 6-2). During the match Molcan scored 74 points vs Horansky’s 60. Alex was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Horansky 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Alex’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Belgrade and the Prostejov Challenger.
Molcan has a composed 37-16 win-loss record in 2021, 30-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Hamburg
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | O Connell | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-32 | 74-60 |
| Total Points | 91 | 134 |
| Winners | 26 | 31 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both O Connell 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, O Connell and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, O Connell played 6 games less than Molcan. Christopher scored 26 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alex scored 31 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | O Connell | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 44/65 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 31/44 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 12/21 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
O Connell managed to score 2 aces . Molcan recorded 3 aces . O Connell won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 70% 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 | O Connell | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 75% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. O Connell pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| O Connell | |||
| Q1 Gulbis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-32 | 59-32 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Molcan | |||
| Q1 Horansky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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