Alex Molcan and Zdenek Kolar will square off in the quarter of the Bergamo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on PALAAGNELLI. 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.
Alex Molcan -> 1.54
Zdenek Kolar -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Zdenek Kolar
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Molcan and Zdenek Kolar face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Molcan and Kolar (see full H2H stats
), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.The last time that they fought against each other, Molcan won 6-4 6-3 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in August 2021.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 114, the Slovakian reached the quarter after beating Nino Serdarusic 6-74 6-4 6-2 and Nerman Fatic 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Fatic (6-1 6-4). During the match, Molcan scored 62 points vs Fatic’s 43. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Fatic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (190-114). 4-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has an overall16-19 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Liberec Challenger where he defeated Tomas Machac in the final 6-0 6-1.
Alex has an overall 56-22 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Zdenek Kolar
Ranked no. 136 (career-high), Kolar reached the quarter after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3 6-1 and Christopher O Connell 5-7 7-65 7-5.
In the 2nd round against O Connell, Zdenek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-65 7-5). During the match Kolar scored 116 points vs O Connell’s 115. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Kolar recorded 13 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Zdenek Kolar was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (51/71) of his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Zdenek was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break O Connell 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kolar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he defeated Gastao Elias in the final 6-4 7-5 and in the Iasi Challenger where he beat Hugo Gaston in the final 7-5 4-6 6-4 and in the Szczecin Challenger where he defeated Kamil Majchrzak in the final 7-6(4) 7-5.
Kolar has a compiled 41-29 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 53 |
| Pts | 157-124 | 178-158 |
| Total Points | 281 | 336 |
| Winners | 71 | 77 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Molcan and Kolar played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Molcan conceded 1 set, while Zdenek Kolar dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Kolar have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Molcan played 5 games less than Kolar. Molcan scored 71 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 77 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 93/142 | 109/178 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 71/93 | 77/109 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 32/49 | 38/69 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 55% |
Molcan made 12 aces (6 per match). Kolar fired 21 aces (10.5 per match). Molcan won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kolar won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Kolar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 7/9 |
| % Converted | 46% | 78% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Slovakian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Slovakian pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points. Zdenek broke his opponents 7 times with a 78% conversion rate. Kolar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Serdarusic | R2 Fatic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
| pts | 95-81 | 62-43 | 157-124 | |
| Total points | 176 | 105 | 281 | |
| Winners | 46 | 25 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 40% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 57/85 | 36/57 | 93/142 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 46/57 | 25/36 | 71/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 69% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 15/21 | 32/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 71% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/6 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kolar | ||||
| R1 Kukushkin | R2 O | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 5-7 7-65 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 37 | 53 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 116-115 | 178-158 | |
| Total points | 105 | 231 | 336 | |
| Winners | 26 | 51 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 13 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 71/118 | 109/178 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 60% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 51/71 | 77/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 72% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 25/47 | 38/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/3 | 7/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 100% | 78% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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