Denis Shapovalov and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Denis Shapovalov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Shapovalov is the pick to win this match.
Denis Shapovalov -> 1.285
Alex Molcan -> 3.8
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Prediction and head to head Denis Shapovalov vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Denis Shapovalov and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Denis Shapovalov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-23 | 9-10 | 5-6 | 7-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-13 | 6-6 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-26 | 22-12 | 4-4 | 7-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 11-11 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 8-6 | 5-2 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 12, Denis will start his run in Doha after he played his last match in Rotterdam where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Lehecka in the 1st round on the 8th of February.
Shapovalov has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Shapovalov has an overall 236-146 record. He has a positive 103-63 record on hard.
Previously in Doha
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 3-4 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 10-8 | 13-13 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-24 | 7-8 | 18-9 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 65-24 | 8-3 | 42-14 | 13-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, Molcan got to the 2nd round after beating Christopher O Connell 6-74 7-66 6-4.
In the 1st round against O Connell, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 7-66 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 113 points vs O Connell’s 102. Molcan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (49/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (16/35) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke O Connell 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
Molcan has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Doha
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – David GoffinGoffin (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Jiri VeselyVesely (3-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Joao SousaSousa (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-66 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Rohan Bopanna/Denis ShapovalovBopanna/Denis Shapovalov – Alex Molcan/Jiri VeselyMolcan/Jiri Vesely (7-5 4-6 10-6) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-74 7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – David GoffinGoffin (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Taro DanielDaniel (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Elias YmerYmer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Marin CilicCilic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Alexander BublikBublik (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
