Alex Molcan and Zdenek Kolar will clash against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 9. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.51
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.56

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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Zdenek Kolar

This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Zdenek Kolar clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kolar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Kolar won 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the qualifications in the Prague Challenger back in 2016.

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 138, Molcan got to the qualifications after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Coppejans (6-3 6-3). During the match, Molcan scored 64 points vs Coppejans’s 52. Alex was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Molcan managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Molcan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molcan broke Coppejans 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Molcan has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (179-109). 4-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has an aggregate45-23 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Liberec Challenger where he overcame Tomas Machac in the final 6-0 6-1.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 45-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Molcan has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Molcan's Record

Zdenek Kolar

Ranked no. 183, Zdenek reached the qualifications after beating Joao Domingues 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Domingues (6-2 6-3). During the match Kolar scored 70 points vs Domingues’s 52. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Kolar struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Zdenek Kolar was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zdenek broke Domingues 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he beat Gastao Elias in the final 6-4 7-5 and in the Iasi Challenger where he defeated Hugo Gaston in the final 7-5 4-6 6-4.

The Czech has a compiled 28-22 win-loss record in 2021, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

U.S. Open
Kolar's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Molcan
Z.Kolar
1h:23
1h:23
Time on court​
1h:18
1h:18
1h:23
1h:23
Last match​
1h:18
1h:18
1
1
Match played
1
1
18
18
Games Played​
17
17
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
64
64
Total points​
70
70
64
64
Avg point​
70
70
22
22
Winners
26
26
22
22
Avg Winners​
26
26
34%
34%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
5
5
2
2
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
1
1
Avg Double Faults
4
4
22/30
22/30
1st won total​
26/32
26/32
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
81%
81%
16/23
16/23
2nd won total​
12/20
12/20
!
70%
70%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
BP won
3/7
3/7
3/6
3/6
Avg BP won
3/7
3/7
50%
50%
Won
43%
43%
1
1
Conceded
0
0
1
1
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Molcan Kolar
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 17
Pts 64-52 70-52
Total Points 116 122
Winners 22 26
%Winners 34% 37%

Both Molcan and Kolar played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Kolar have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 1 game more than Kolar. Molcan scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kolar made 26 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Molcan Kolar
Aces 2 5
Avg per match 2 5
1st in 30/53 32/52
%1st in 57% 62%
1st pts 22/30 26/32
%1st pts 73% 81%
2nd pts 16/23 12/20
%2nd pts 70% 60%

Molcan fired 2 aces . Kolar made 5 aces . Molcan won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 81% 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 Molcan Kolar
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/7
% Converted 50% 43%
Conceded 1 0
Saved 1 0
% Saved 100% NAN%
Times Broken 0 0

Molcan broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Slovakian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kolar broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.

Molcan
Q1
Coppejans		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 64-52 64-52
Total points 116 116
Winners 22 22
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 2 2
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 30/53 30/53
% 1st in 57% 57%
1st pts 22/30 22/30
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 16/23 16/23
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Kolar
Q1
Domingues		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 70-52 70-52
Total points 122 122
Winners 26 26
%Winners 37% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 4 4
1st in 32/52 32/52
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 26/32 26/32
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 12/20 12/20
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/7 3/7
Converted % 43% 43%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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