Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Australian Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on Kia Arena. 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 Casper Ruud who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.21
Alex Molcan -> 4.65

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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alex Molcan

This will be the 2^nd time that Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Molcan won 6-4 2-0 ret. in the 2^nd round in the Seville Challenger back in 2018.

Casper Ruud

Ranked no. 8 (career-high), he will start his run at the Australian Open after he played his last match in the ATP Cup where he overcame 6-4 6-1 to Garin in the round robin on the 5^th of January.

The Norwegian has a compiled 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Casper has an overall 267-149 record. He has a positive 57-42 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4^th round in 2021. See his history.

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 74 (career-high), Alex will start his run at the Melbourne after he played his last match in Melbourne where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Ruusuvuori in the quarter on the 7^th of January.

Alex has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of his career, The Slovakian has an overall 201-117 record. He has a positive 51-25 record on hard.

Previously at the Australian Open

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

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