Alex Molcan and Malek Jaziri will face off in the semifinal of the Liberec Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:30 am on SVIJANY. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.193
Malek Jaziri -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Malek Jaziri

There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Malek Jaziri since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 153, Alex reached the semifinal after defeating Robin Haase 6-1 6-4

, Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-1 and Kamil Majchrzak 7-63 6-3.

In the quarter, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Majchrzak (7-63 6-3). During the match, Molcan scored 83 points vs Majchrzak’s 74. Molcan was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Molcan struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Majchrzak 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Molcan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (176-109). 35-12 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has a compiled113-65 match record in the last 8 years on clay.

Molcan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Belgrade and the Prostejov Challenger.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 42-17 win-loss record in 2021, 35-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Liberec Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.

Liberec Challenger
Molcan's Record

Malek Jaziri

Ranked no. 285, the Tunisian reached the semifinal after defeating David Vega Hernandez 6-1 6-2, Filip Horansky 6-4 6-3 and Marc Polmans 6-2 6-4

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In the quarter, Jaziri had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-2 6-4). During the match Jaziri scored 65 points vs Polmans’s 47. The Tunisian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Jaziri blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Malek Jaziri was very efficient on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jaziri broke Polmans 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Malek started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.

Jaziri has a composed 11-18 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Liberec Challenger
Jaziri's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Molcan
M.Jaziri
3h:37
3h:37
Time on court​
3h:50
3h:50
1h:40
1h:40
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
3
3
Match played
3
3
54
54
Games Played​
52
52
6
6
Set played​​
6
6
208
208
Total points​
193
193
69.3
69.3
Avg point​
64.3
64.3
77
77
Winners
48
48
25.7
25.7
Avg Winners​
16
16
37%
37%
Ratio winners
25%
25%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
9
9
2.3
2.3
Avg Aces
3
3
6
6
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
77/107
77/107
1st won total​
48/66
48/66
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
38/72
38/72
2nd won total​
55/97
55/97
53%
53%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
15/32
15/32
BP won
16/24
16/24
5/10.7
5/10.7
Avg BP won
5.3/8
5.3/8
47%
47%
Won
!
67%
67%
16
16
Conceded
12
12
5.3
5.3
Avg Conceded
4
4
7
7
Broken
6
6
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
2
2
9
9
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Molcan Jaziri
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 6
Tot Games 54 52
Pts 208-148 193-138
Total Points 356 331
Winners 77 48
%Winners 37% 25%

Both Molcan and Jaziri played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Jaziri have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Molcan played 2 games more than Jaziri. Alex scored 77 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Tunisian struck 48 winners (25%).

Serve Performance

Serve Molcan Jaziri
Aces 7 9
Avg per match 2.3 3
1st in 107/179 66/163
%1st in 60% 40%
1st pts 77/107 48/66
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 38/72 55/97
%2nd pts 53% 57%

Molcan recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Jaziri bagged 9 aces (3 per match). Molcan won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Jaziri won 73% of the points on 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 Molcan Jaziri
Won 15 16
Converted 15/32 16/24
% Converted 47% 67%
Conceded 16 12
Saved 9 6
% Saved 56% 50%
Times Broken 7 6

Alex broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Malek broke his opponents 16 times with a 67% conversion rate. Jaziri conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Molcan
R1
Haase		 R2
Svrcina		 1/4
Majchrzak		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-1 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 15 22 54
pts 66-48 59-26 83-74 208-148
Total points 114 85 157 356
Winners 25 16 36 77
%Winners 38% 27% 43% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 4 7
Double Faults 1 1 4 6
1st in 31/54 24/38 52/87 107/179
% 1st in 57% 63% 60% 60%
1st pts 25/31 16/24 36/52 77/107
% 1st pts 81% 67% 69% 72%
2nd pts 16/23 9/14 13/35 38/72
% 2nd pts 70% 64% 37% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 7 5 15
Converted 3/8 7/12 5/12 15/32
Converted % 38% 58% 42% 47%
Conceded 3 4 9 16
Saved 3/3 1/4 5/9 9
Saved % 100% 25% 56% 60%
Times Broken 0 3 4 7
Jaziri
R1
Vega Hernandez		 R2
Horansky		 1/4
Polmans		 Total
Score 6-1 6-2 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 15 19 18 52
pts 58-38 70-53 65-47 193-138
Total points 96 123 112 331
Winners 13 14 21 48
%Winners 22% 20% 32% 25%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 5 9
Double Faults 2 0 2 4
1st in 17/40 21/59 28/64 66/163
% 1st in 43% 36% 44% 40%
1st pts 13/17 14/21 21/28 48/66
% 1st pts 76% 67% 75% 73%
2nd pts 14/23 19/38 22/36 55/97
% 2nd pts 61% 50% 61% 57%
Breaks
Won 6 6 4 16
Converted 6/10 6/9 4/5 16/24
Converted % 60% 67% 80% 67%
Conceded 1 5 6 12
Saved 0/1 1/5 5/6 6
Saved % 0% 20% 83% 34%
Times Broken 1 4 1 6

Tennis Scores in Liberec Challenger

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