Alex Molcan and Thanasi Kokkinakis will square off in the quarter of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 -> 1.59
Thanasi Kokkinakis -> 2.36
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Thanasi Kokkinakis
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Thanasi Kokkinakis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 119, the Slovakian reached the quarter after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-2 and Vit Kopriva 1-6 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Kopriva, The Slovakian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-0 6-4). During the match, Molcan scored 77 points vs Kopriva’s 61. Alex was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molcan couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Molcan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 64% of his first serves in, winning 58% (22/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Kopriva 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (185-111). 39-12 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molcan has a composed117-65 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
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 51-19 win-loss record in 2021, 39-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
Thanasi Kokkinakis
Ranked no. 194, Kokkinakis got to the quarter after defeating Maximilian Marterer 6-4 6-3 and Ergi Kirkin 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-1 6-1). During the match Kokkinakis scored 57 points vs Kirkin’s 30. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Kokkinakis scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Thanasi Kokkinakis lost the serve once. Furthermore, Kokkinakis put 49% of his first serves in, winning 70% (16/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. Thanasi broke Kirkin 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thanasi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Biella 6 Challenger where he overcame Enzo Couacaud in the final 6-3 6-4.
Thanasi has an aggregate 31-19 win-loss record in 2021, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 33 |
| Pts | 137-104 | 118-80 |
| Total Points | 241 | 198 |
| Winners | 44 | 38 |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% |
Both Molcan and Kokkinakis played 2 matches. At the moment, Alex Molcan lost 1 set while Thanasi Kokkinakis hasn’t lost a set so far. Molcan has played 1 set more than Kokkinakis (5 vs 4). Therefore, Molcan played 8 games more than Kokkinakis. Alex scored 44 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 38 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 67/108 | 50/98 |
| %1st in | 62% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 44/67 | 38/50 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 30/48 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 63% |
Molcan recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Kokkinakis scored 4 aces (2 per match). Molcan won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Kokkinakis won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Kokkinakis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/16 | 9/14 |
| % Converted | 63% | 64% |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 25% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Alex broke his opponents 10 times with a 63% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Thanasi broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Thanasi conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Bonadio |
R2 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 1-6 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 77-61 | 137-104 | |
| Total points | 103 | 138 | 241 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 29% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 29/49 | 38/59 | 67/108 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/38 | 44/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 58% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 13/21 | 25/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 6/10 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/7 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 29% | 15% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Kokkinakis | ||||
| R1 Marterer |
R2 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 14 | 33 | |
| pts | 61-50 | 57-30 | 118-80 | |
| Total points | 111 | 87 | 198 | |
| Winners | 22 | 16 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 28% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 23/47 | 50/98 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 49% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 16/23 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 70% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | 30/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/9 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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