Alex Molcan and Tim Van Rijthoven will face off in the 1st round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 -> 1.51
Tim Van Rijthoven -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Tim Van Rijthoven
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Tim Van Rijthoven fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Molcan won 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Ludwigshafen Challenger back in 2019.
Alex Molcan
Ranked no. 103 (career-high), the Slovakian will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Bratislava Challenger where he lost 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 to Griekspoor in the semifinal on the 13th of November.
Alex has a composed 60-24 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Liberec Challenger where he defeated Tomas Machac in the final 6-0 6-1.
Talking about his overall career, Molcan has an overall 194-116 record. He has a negative 20-21 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Tim Van Rijthoven
Ranked no. 251, the Dutch will start his run in the Helsinki Challenger after he played his last match in the Ortisei Challenger where he lost 7-6(6) 7-5 to Cressy in the 1st round on the 10th of November.
Van Rijthoven has an overall 37-20 win-loss record in 2021, 16-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tim’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Biel and the Segovia Challenger.
In terms of his career, Van Rijthoven has an overall 193-109 record. He has a positive 53-31 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Helsinki Challenger
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao SousaSousa – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 7-69) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Julian LenzLenz – Jack DraperDraper (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-3 2-6 4-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matthias BachingerBachinger – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Emilio GomezGomez (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Joao SousaSousa – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Julian LenzLenz – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyrian JacquetJacquet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (0-2) – H2H and prediction
