Alex Molcan and Bernabe Zapata Miralles will play each other in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.33
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Bernabe Zapata Miralles since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 6-8 | 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. 65 (career-high), Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Franco Agamenone 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Agamenone (6-3 7-63). During the match, Molcan scored 84 points vs Agamenone’s 68. Molcan was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (32/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (21/33) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Agamenone 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (206-122). 1-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molcan has an aggregate121-67 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Molcan has a composed 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Molcan has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-21 | 1-4 | 13-15 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-29 | 1-9 | 20-13 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-30 | 2-6 | 35-18 | 4-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-28 | 6-5 | 23-10 | 8-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 0-2 | 16-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 124, Bernabe reached the 2nd round after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-3 6-4). During the match Zapata Miralles scored 74 points vs Brancaccio’s 57. Zapata Miralles was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Zapata Miralles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 69% of his first serves in, winning 73% (35/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Brancaccio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Spaniard has a composed 5-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 |
| Pts | 84-68 | 74-57 |
| Total Points | 152 | 131 |
| Winners | 32 | 35 |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% |
Both Molcan and Zapata Miralles played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Zapata Miralles have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 3 games more than Zapata Miralles. The Slovakian scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Zapata Miralles scored 35 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 49/82 | 48/70 |
| %1st in | 60% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 35/48 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 45% |
Molcan made 4 aces . Zapata Miralles made 1 ace . Molcan won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Zapata Miralles won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Zapata Miralles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 33% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Molcan broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Molcan dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Bernabe conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Agamenone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-68 | 84-68 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/82 | 49/82 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/49 | 32/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Zapata Miralles | |||
| R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 74-57 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/70 | 48/70 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 35/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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