Tomas Machac and Alex Molcan will play each other in the final of the Liberec Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:00 pm 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 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.68
Tomas Machac -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Alex Molcan

This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Alex Molcan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0

for Machac (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Machac won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in the Liberec Challenger back in 2019.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 150, the Czech got to the final after beating Enzo Couacaud 3-6 6-3 6-3, Nikola Milojevic 6-2 7-67, Gerald Melzer 7-68 6-4 and Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-2 6-2.

In the semifinal, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Van De Zandschulp (6-2 6-2). During the match, Machac scored 65 points vs Van De Zandschulp’s 48. Machac was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Machac struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tomas Machac conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 55% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Machac broke Van De Zandschulp 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tomas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Machac has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (112-51). 5-2 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has a compiled47-23 match record in the last 5 years on clay.

The Czech’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sultan 2 Challenger.

Machac has a compiled 19-9 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Liberec Challenger

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

Liberec Challenger
Machac's Record

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 153, Alex got to the final after defeating Robin Haase 6-1 6-4, Dalibor Svrcina 6-2 6-1, Kamil Majchrzak 7-63 6-3 and Malek Jaziri 6-1 6-0.

In the semifinal, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Jaziri (6-1 6-0). During the match Molcan scored 56 points vs Jaziri’s 23. Molcan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Molcan recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molcan broke Jaziri 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 61% of the points he played.

The Slovakian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Belgrade and the Prostejov Challenger.

Alex has a composed 43-17 win-loss record in 2021, 36-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Liberec Challenger
Molcan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

T.Machac
A.Molcan
!
6h:45
6h:45
Time on court​
4h:25
4h:25
1h:16
1h:16
Last match​
!
0h:48
0h:48
4
4
Match played
4
4
87
87
Games Played​
67
67
9
9
Set played​​
8
8
302
302
Total points​
264
264
75.5
75.5
Avg point​
66
66
120
120
Winners
100
100
30
30
Avg Winners​
25
25
40%
40%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
10
10
2
2
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
10
10
Double Faults
7
7
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
120/169
120/169
1st won total​
100/132
100/132
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
73/135
73/135
2nd won total​
43/81
43/81
54%
54%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
15/30
15/30
BP won
20/42
20/42
3.8/7.5
3.8/7.5
Avg BP won
5/10.5
5/10.5
50%
50%
Won
48%
48%
23
23
Conceded
16
16
5.8
5.8
Avg Conceded
4
4
6
6
Broken
7
7
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.8
1.8
17
17
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Machac Molcan
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 9 8
Tot Games 87 67
Pts 302-260 264-171
Total Points 562 435
Winners 120 100
%Winners 40% 38%

Both Machac and Molcan played 4 matches. At the moment, Tomas Machac conceded 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t dropped a set so far. Machac has played 1 set more than Molcan (9 vs 8). Therefore, Machac played 20 games more than Molcan. Machac scored 120 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 100 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Machac Molcan
Aces 8 10
Avg per match 2 2.5
1st in 169/304 132/213
%1st in 56% 62%
1st pts 120/169 100/132
%1st pts 71% 76%
2nd pts 73/135 43/81
%2nd pts 54% 53%

Machac struck 8 aces (2 per match). Molcan managed to score 10 aces (2.5 per match). Machac won 71% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Machac Molcan
Won 15 20
Converted 15/30 20/42
% Converted 50% 48%
Conceded 23 16
Saved 17 9
% Saved 74% 56%
Times Broken 6 7

Tomas broke his opponents 15 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Molcan broke his opponents 20 times with a 48% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Machac
R1
Couacaud		 R2
Milojevic		 1/4
Melzer		 1/2
Van De Zandschulp		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 7-67 7-68 6-4 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 3 2 2 2 9
Tot Games 27 21 23 16 87
pts 84-73 77-73 76-66 65-48 302-260
Total points 157 150 142 113 562
Winners 32 28 32 28 120
%Winners 38% 36% 42% 43% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 1 2 2 8
Double Faults 2 1 2 5 10
1st in 47/79 45/83 41/76 36/66 169/304
% 1st in 59% 54% 54% 55% 56%
1st pts 32/47 28/45 32/41 28/36 120/169
% 1st pts 68% 62% 78% 78% 71%
2nd pts 18/32 19/38 22/35 14/30 73/135
% 2nd pts 56% 50% 63% 47% 54%
Breaks
Won 5 4 2 4 15
Converted 5/7 4/8 2/7 4/8 15/30
Converted % 71% 50% 29% 50% 50%
Conceded 8 9 2 4 23
Saved 5/8 7/9 1/2 4/4 17
Saved % 63% 78% 50% 100% 73%
Times Broken 3 2 1 0 6
Molcan
R1
Haase		 R2
Svrcina		 1/4
Majchrzak		 1/2
Jaziri		 Total
Score 6-1 6-4 6-2 6-1 7-63 6-3 6-1 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 2 2 8
Tot Games 17 15 22 13 67
pts 66-48 59-26 83-74 56-23 264-171
Total points 114 85 157 79 435
Winners 25 16 36 23 100
%Winners 38% 27% 43% 41% 38%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 4 3 10
Double Faults 1 1 4 1 7
1st in 31/54 24/38 52/87 25/34 132/213
% 1st in 57% 63% 60% 74% 62%
1st pts 25/31 16/24 36/52 23/25 100/132
% 1st pts 81% 67% 69% 92% 76%
2nd pts 16/23 9/14 13/35 5/9 43/81
% 2nd pts 70% 64% 37% 56% 53%
Breaks
Won 3 7 5 5 20
Converted 3/8 7/12 5/12 5/10 20/42
Converted % 38% 58% 42% 50% 48%
Conceded 3 4 9 0 16
Saved 3/3 1/4 5/9 0/0 9
Saved % 100% 25% 56% – 45%
Times Broken 0 3 4 0 7

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