Brandon Nakashima and Alex Molcan will square off in the 2nd round of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court 12. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Brandon Nakashima who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Brandon Nakashima is the pick to win this match.
Brandon Nakashima -> 1.39
Alex Molcan -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Brandon Nakashima vs. Alex Molcan

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

Brandon Nakashima

Ranked no. 84, Brandon reached the 2nd round after defeating John Isner 7-67 7-66 6-3.

In the 1st round, Nakashima had a good straight sets win against Isner (7-67 7-66 6-3). During the match, Nakashima scored 116 points vs Isner’s 93. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.

Talking about the service games, Nakashima recorded 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Brandon Nakashima was exceptionally effective on serve to win 91% (49/54) of his 1st serve and 72% (28/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Brandon broke Isner twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Nakashima has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (90-50). 15-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nakashima has an aggregate56-26 match record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Quimper 2 Challenger where he defeated Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final 6-3 6-4.

Nakashima has an overall 32-19 win-loss record in 2021, 15-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.

U.S. Open
Nakashima's Record

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 138, the Slovakian reached the 2nd round after defeating Kimmer Coppejans 6-3 6-3, Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-3, Gastao Elias 6-2 4-6 7-66 and Cem Ilkel 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-1.

In the 1st round against Ilkel, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-1 6-1). During the match Molcan scored 120 points vs Ilkel’s 82. Molcan was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Molcan made 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alex Molcan was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (44/58) of his 1st serve and 78% (25/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Ilkel 6 times after converting 35% of his break points (6/17).

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

Alex has an aggregate 48-17 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 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

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Nakashima
A.Molcan
2h:26
2h:26
Time on court​
!
7h:37
7h:37
!
2h:26
2h:26
Last match​
!
2h:20
2h:20
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
35
35
Games Played​
101
101
3
3
Set played​​
11
11
116
116
Total points​
349
349
116
116
Avg point​
87.3
87.3
49
49
Winners
138
138
49
49
Avg Winners​
34.5
34.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
18
18
!
15
15
Avg Aces
4.5
4.5
5
5
Double Faults
7
7
5
5
Avg Double Faults
1.8
1.8
49/54
49/54
1st won total​
138/187
138/187
!
91%
91%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
28/39
28/39
2nd won total​
69/107
69/107
!
72%
72%
2nd won %
!
64%
64%
-- Break Points --
2/5
2/5
BP won
16/42
16/42
2/5
2/5
Avg BP won
4/10.5
4/10.5
40%
40%
Won
38%
38%
1
1
Conceded
14
14
1
1
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
1
1
Broken
5
5
1
1
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
0
0
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Nakashima Molcan
Match played 1 4
Tot Set 3 11
Tot Games 35 101
Pts 116-93 349-281
Total Points 209 630
Winners 49 138
%Winners 42% 40%

Nakashima played 1 match while Molcan competed in 4 matches. Molcan started his run from the qualifications while Nakashima had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alex Molcan dropped 2 sets while Brandon Nakashima hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nakashima has played 8 set(s) less than Molcan (3 vs 11). Therefore, Nakashima played 66 games less than Molcan. Nakashima scored 49 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan recorded 138 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Nakashima Molcan
Aces 15 18
Avg per match 15 4.5
1st in 54/93 187/294
%1st in 58% 64%
1st pts 49/54 138/187
%1st pts 91% 74%
2nd pts 28/39 69/107
%2nd pts 72% 64%

Nakashima bagged 15 aces . Molcan fired 18 aces (4.5 per match). Nakashima won 91% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Nakashima Molcan
Won 2 16
Converted 2/5 16/42
% Converted 40% 38%
Conceded 1 14
Saved 0 9
% Saved 0% 64%
Times Broken 1 5

Brandon broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Nakashima lost his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 16 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Nakashima
R1
Isner		 Total
Score 7-67 7-66 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 35 35
pts 116-93 116-93
Total points 209 209
Winners 49 49
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 15 15
Double Faults 5 5
1st in 54/93 54/93
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 49/54 49/54
% 1st pts 91% 91%
2nd pts 28/39 28/39
% 2nd pts 72% 72%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/5 2/5
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Molcan
Q1
Coppejans		 Q2
Kolar		 Q3
Elias		 R1
Ilkel		 Total
Score 6-3 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-2 4-6 7-66 4-6 6-3 6-1 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 3 4 11
Tot Games 18 19 31 33 101
pts 64-52 68-54 97-93 120-82 349-281
Total points 116 122 190 202 630
Winners 22 22 50 44 138
%Winners 34% 32% 52% 37% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 2 6 8 18
Double Faults 1 0 5 1 7
1st in 30/53 32/53 67/98 58/90 187/294
% 1st in 57% 60% 68% 64% 64%
1st pts 22/30 22/32 50/67 44/58 138/187
% 1st pts 73% 69% 75% 76% 74%
2nd pts 16/23 16/21 12/31 25/32 69/107
% 2nd pts 70% 76% 39% 78% 64%
Breaks
Won 3 3 4 6 16
Converted 3/6 3/11 4/8 6/17 16/42
Converted % 50% 27% 50% 35% 38%
Conceded 1 2 7 4 14
Saved 1/1 1/2 4/7 3/4 9
Saved % 100% 50% 57% 75% 282%
Times Broken 0 1 3 1 5

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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