Alex Molcan and Vit Kopriva will square off in the 2nd round of the Sibiu Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.135
Vit Kopriva -> 5.8
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Vit Kopriva
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Vit Kopriva fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Molcan won 6-4 6-3 in the semifinal in Czech Republic F5 (Pardubice) back in 2017.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 119, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-4 6-2). During the match, Molcan scored 60 points vs Bonadio’s 43. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molcan scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alex Molcan was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Slovakian broke Bonadio 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (184-111). 38-12 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has an aggregate116-65 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in the Liberec Challenger where he beat Tomas Machac in the final 6-0 6-1.
Alex has an overall 50-19 win-loss record in 2021, 38-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Vit Kopriva
Ranked no. 197 (career-high), Vit got to the 2nd round after beating Danilo Petrovic 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Petrovic (7-5 7-5). During the match Kopriva scored 90 points vs Petrovic’s 73. Vit was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Kopriva bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Vit Kopriva was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kopriva broke Petrovic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger,the Rome 1 Challenger,the Braunschweig Challenger and Gstaad.
Vit has a composed 33-22 win-loss record in 2021, 29-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 24 |
| Pts | 60-43 | 90-73 |
| Total Points | 103 | 163 |
| Winners | 22 | 32 |
| %Winners | 37% | 36% |
Both Molcan and Kopriva played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Kopriva have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 6 games less than Kopriva. Molcan scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kopriva struck 32 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 4 |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 43/78 |
| %1st in | 59% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 32/43 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 19/35 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 54% |
Molcan blasted 4 aces . Kopriva managed to score 4 aces . Molcan won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 1 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Alex surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kopriva broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kopriva conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 60-43 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kopriva | |||
| R1 Petrovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 90-73 | 90-73 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/78 | 43/78 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLWLLL Tennis Scores in Sibiu Challenger
- Stefan PalosiPalosi – Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Yshai OlielOliel – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Lukas RosolRosol (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Lucas MiedlerMiedler (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Alexey VatutinVatutin (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Zdenek KolarKolar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Yan BondarevskiyBondarevskiy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Ergi KirkinKirkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Yshai OlielOliel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
