H2H, PREDICTION Novak Djokovic vs Alex Molcan | French Open odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Paris. Djokovic and Molcan will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the French Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alex Molcan

Novak Djokovic and Alex Molcan will face off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on Court SUZANNE-LENGLEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Novak Djokovic who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Novak Djokovic is the pick to win this match.
Novak Djokovic -> 1.033
Alex Molcan -> 13.5

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Prediction and head to head Novak Djokovic vs. Alex Molcan

This will be the 2nd time that Novak Djokovic and Alex Molcan square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they played, Djokovic won 6-4 6-3 in the final in Belgrade back in 2021.

Highlights Novak Djokovic vs Alex Molcan – Belgrade 29-May-2021

Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic

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Rank
4
High
1
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-8 10-4 16-3 1-0 5-1 0-0
2023 56-7 27-1 12-3 11-2 6-1 0-0
2022 42-7 2-1 14-4 19-2 7-0 0-0
2021 55-7 19-3 18-3 11-1 7-0 0-0
2020 41-5 26-1 11-1 4-3 0-0 0-0
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Currently world no. 1 the Serbian got to the 2nd round after defeating Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-1 6-0.

In the 1st round, Novak had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-3 6-1 6-0). During the match, Djokovic scored 100 points vs Nishioka’s 65. Djokovic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Djokovic blasted 9 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Novak Djokovic lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Djokovic put 70% of his first serves in, winning 73% (44/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Nishioka 8 times after converting 44% of his break points (8/18).

Djokovic has an extraordinary match record in the last 10 years having won 87% of his matches (533-80). 11-3 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Djokovic has an overall 139-27 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in in Rome where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-0 7-6(5).

The Serbian has an overall 13-4 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Djokovic
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Alex Molcan

Alex Molcan
Alex Molcan

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Rank
329
High
38
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 12-14 3-4 9-10 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
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Ranked no. 38 (career-high), the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Federico Coria 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3.

In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Coria (6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Molcan scored 127 points vs Coria’s 114. Molcan was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Molcan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 61% (41/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (25/45) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Coria 8 times after converting 50% of his break points (8/16).

Alex’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Marrakech and Lyon.

Molcan has an overall 18-12 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Alex has never competed in this tournament before.

Molcan
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H2H Performance in the tournament

N.Djokovic
A.Molcan
1h:58
1h:58
Time on court​
!
3h:05
3h:05
1h:58
1h:58
Last match​
!
3h:05
3h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
37
37
3
3
Set played​​
4
4
100
100
Total points​
127
127
100
100
Avg point​
127
127
44
44
Winners
41
41
44
44
Avg Winners​
41
41
44%
44%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
1
1
9
9
Avg Aces
1
1
0
0
Double Faults
1
1
0
0
Avg Double Faults
1
1
44/60
44/60
1st won total​
41/67
41/67
!
73%
73%
1st won %
61%
61%
11/26
11/26
2nd won total​
25/45
25/45
42%
42%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
8/18
8/18
BP won
8/16
8/16
8/18
8/18
Avg BP won
8/16
8/16
44%
44%
Won
50%
50%
6
6
Conceded
8
8
6
6
Avg Conceded
8
8
1
1
Broken
6
6
1
1
Avg Broken
!
6
6
5
5
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Djokovic Molcan
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 4
Tot Games 22 37
Pts 100-65 127-114
Total Points 165 241
Winners 44 41
%Winners 44% 32%

Both Djokovic and Molcan played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Molcan surrendered 1 set while Novak Djokovic hasn’t lost a set so far. Djokovic has played 1 set(s) less than Molcan (3 vs 4). Therefore, Djokovic played 15 games less than Molcan. The Serbian scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alex scored 41 winners (32%).

Serve Performance

Serve Djokovic Molcan
Aces 9 1
Avg per match 9 1
1st in 60/86 67/112
%1st in 70% 60%
1st pts 44/60 41/67
%1st pts 73% 61%
2nd pts 11/26 25/45
%2nd pts 42% 56%

Djokovic bagged 9 aces . Molcan fired 1 ace . Djokovic won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Djokovic Molcan
Won 8 8
Converted 8/18 8/16
% Converted 44% 50%
Conceded 6 8
Saved 5 2
% Saved 83% 25%
Times Broken 1 6

Novak broke his opponent 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Serbian dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Djokovic
R1
Nishioka		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-0
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 22 22
pts 100-65 100-65
Total points 165 165
Winners 44 44
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 9 9
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 60/86 60/86
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 44/60 44/60
% 1st pts 73% 73%
2nd pts 11/26 11/26
% 2nd pts 42% 42%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/18 8/18
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 5/6 5
Saved % 83% 83%
Times Broken 1 1
Molcan
R1
Coria		 Total
Score 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 37 37
pts 127-114 127-114
Total points 241 241
Winners 41 41
%Winners 32% 32%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 67/112 67/112
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 41/67 41/67
% 1st pts 61% 61%
2nd pts 25/45 25/45
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/16 8/16
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 8 8
Saved 2/8 2
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 6 6

Head 2 Head

Novak Djokovic
  • 24Slam
  • 100Main
  • 3Chall
  • 2Minor
Alex Molcan
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 2Chall
  • 4Minor

Novak
Djokovic

2:0

Alex
Molcan

Rank

4

High

1

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Rank

329

High

38

Win Loss
Djokovic
WLWWWWWWWW
Molcan
LLWWWLLLLW
2024 2023 2022
31 - 8
11 - 14
10-4
Hard
3-4
16-3
Clay
8-10
5-1
Grass
0-0

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