Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan will play each other in the 2nd round of the BMW Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Casper Ruud is the pick to win this match.
Casper Ruud -> 1.175
Alex Molcan -> 5.25
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Molcan won 6-4 2-0 ret. in the 2nd round in the Seville Challenger back in 2018.
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-16 | 12-8 | 14-5 | 13-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 51-25 | 21-9 | 24-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 12-12 | 22-8 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-22 | 18-8 | 25-7 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 57-17 | 16-6 | 28-5 | 11-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7 (career-high), the Norwegian will start his run in Munich after he played his last match in Barcelona where he lost 4-6 7-6(8) 6-3 to Carreno-Busta in the quarter on the 22nd of April.
Casper has an aggregate 16-6 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Buenos Aires where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, The Norwegian has an overall 281-154 record. He has a positive 172-82 record on clay.
Previously in Munich
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-15 | 7-3 | 38-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 13-17 | 3-5 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 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 |
Ranked no. 46 (career-high), Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Norbert Gombos 6-1 3-6 7-67.
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Gombos (6-1 3-6 7-67). During the match Molcan scored 89 points vs Gombos’s 81. The Slovakian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Molcan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Gombos twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Marrakech.
Molcan has an aggregate 13-8 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Munich
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Maxime CressyCressy (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (3-6 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
