Karen Khachanov and Alex Molcan will face off in the 2nd round of the Open Parc for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT CENTRAL. 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 Karen Khachanov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.55
Alex Molcan -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 10-5 | 6-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 12-6 | 4-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, Karen got to the 2nd round after beating Gilles Simon 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Simon (6-1 6-4). During the match, Khachanov scored 69 points vs Simon’s 47. Khachanov was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Khachanov fired 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Karen Khachanov was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Khachanov broke Simon 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Khachanov has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (325-218). 4-4 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Khachanov has an aggregate 79-58 record in the last years on clay.
Khachanov’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Khachanov has an overall 15-12 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-9 | 3-4 | 6-5 | 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. 47, Alex reached the 2nd round after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Tsonga (6-4 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 69 points vs Tsonga’s 57. Alex was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Tsonga twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Molcan’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Marrakech.
Molcan has a composed 14-11 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Lyon
Molcan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Khachanov | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 69-47 | 69-57 |
| Total Points | 116 | 126 |
| Winners | 22 | 26 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Both Khachanov and Molcan played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Khachanov and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Khachanov played 3 games less than Molcan. Karen scored 22 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Alex fired 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Khachanov | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 36/58 |
| %1st in | 52% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 26/36 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 17/22 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 77% |
Khachanov managed to score 3 aces . Molcan bagged 3 aces . Khachanov won 85% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 77% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Khachanov | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/8 |
| % Converted | 60% | 25% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Karen broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Khachanov was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Alex broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Molcan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Simon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 69-47 | 69-47 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Tsonga |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 69-57 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/58 | 36/58 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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