Alex Molcan and Borna Coric will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hamburg European Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER 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 Borna Coric who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Borna Coric is the pick to win this match.
Borna Coric -> 1.9
Alex Molcan -> 1.98

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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Borna Coric

There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Borna Coric since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alex Molcan

Alex Molcan

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
202
High
38
LWLLWLWWWW
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. 48, Molcan reached the quarter after beating Marko Topo 7-5 6-3 and Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-3 1-6 7-65.

In the 2nd round, Alex defeated Carreno-Busta (6-3 1-6 7-65).During the match, Molcan scored less points (11) than Carreno-Busta. In fact, the world no. 48 won 92 points vs Carreno-Busta’s. That means that Molcan was more focused during the important points. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Regarding the service games, Molcan blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Carreno-Busta twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Molcan has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.

Molcan has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (222-132). 14-7 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has an overall134-74 record in the last 9 years on clay.

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

Alex has a compiled 23-16 win-loss record in 2022, 14-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hamburg

Hamburg
Molcan's Record

Borna Coric

Borna Coric

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
115
High
12
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-13 1-6 15-5 10-2 0-0 0-0
2024 23-27 8-13 3-7 11-6 1-1 0-0
2023 22-19 10-10 9-5 3-1 0-3 0-0
2022 27-17 10-5 10-9 7-3 0-0 0-0
2021 6-3 3-2 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 183, Borna reached the quarter after defeating Laslo Djere 1-6 7-64 6-3 and Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Borna had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (6-3 6-4). During the match Coric scored 63 points vs Griekspoor’s 51. Coric was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Coric managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Borna Coric was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Coric broke Griekspoor twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Croatian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Parma Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 7-6(4) 6-0.

Coric has a compiled 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Hamburg

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2015. See his history.

Hamburg
Coric's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Molcan
B.Coric
4h:01
4h:01
Time on court​
3h:59
3h:59
!
2h:30
2h:30
Last match​
1h:30
1h:30
2
2
Match played
2
2
50
50
Games Played​
48
48
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
160
160
Total points​
146
146
80
80
Avg point​
73
73
74
74
Winners
60
60
37
37
Avg Winners​
30
30
46%
46%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
16
16
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
8
8
4
4
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
74/103
74/103
1st won total​
60/82
60/82
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
34/59
34/59
2nd won total​
39/68
39/68
58%
58%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
5/16
5/16
BP won
4/9
4/9
2.5/8
2.5/8
Avg BP won
2/4.5
2/4.5
31%
31%
Won
44%
44%
18
18
Conceded
11
11
9
9
Avg Conceded
5.5
5.5
3
3
Broken
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
2
2
15
15
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Molcan Coric
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 50 48
Pts 160-157 146-139
Total Points 317 285
Winners 74 60
%Winners 46% 41%

Both Molcan and Coric played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Molcan conceded 1 set, while Borna Coric conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Coric have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Molcan played 2 games more than Coric. Molcan scored 74 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Borna made 60 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Molcan Coric
Aces 3 16
Avg per match 1.5 8
1st in 103/162 82/150
%1st in 64% 55%
1st pts 74/103 60/82
%1st pts 72% 73%
2nd pts 34/59 39/68
%2nd pts 58% 57%

Molcan managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Coric made 16 aces (8 per match). Molcan won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Molcan Coric
Won 5 4
Converted 5/16 4/9
% Converted 31% 44%
Conceded 18 11
Saved 15 7
% Saved 83% 64%
Times Broken 3 4

The Slovakian broke his opponents 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Alex surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Coric broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Molcan
R1
Topo
R2
Carreno-Busta
Total
Score 7-5 6-3 6-3 1-6 7-65
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 29 50
pts 68-54 92-103 160-157
Total points 122 195 317
Winners 32 42 74
%Winners 47% 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 1 2 3
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 38/53 65/109 103/162
% 1st in 72% 60% 64%
1st pts 32/38 42/65 74/103
% 1st pts 84% 65% 72%
2nd pts 10/15 24/44 34/59
% 2nd pts 67% 55% 58%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/8 2/8 5/16
Converted % 38% 25% 31%
Conceded 2 16 18
Saved 2/2 13/16 15
Saved % 100% 81% 91%
Times Broken 0 3 3
Coric
R1
Djere
R2
Griekspoor
Total
Score 1-6 7-64 6-3 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 29 19 48
pts 83-88 63-51 146-139
Total points 171 114 285
Winners 31 29 60
%Winners 37% 46% 41%
SERVE
Aces 7 9 16
Double Faults 3 2 5
1st in 46/89 36/61 82/150
% 1st in 52% 59% 55%
1st pts 31/46 29/36 60/82
% 1st pts 67% 81% 73%
2nd pts 24/43 15/25 39/68
% 2nd pts 56% 60% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 2 4
Converted 2/6 2/3 4/9
Converted % 33% 67% 44%
Conceded 8 3 11
Saved 4/8 3/3 7
Saved % 50% 100% 75%
Times Broken 4 0 4

Tennis Scores in Hamburg

  • Lloyd Glasspool/Harri HeliovaaraGlasspool/Harri HeliovaaraKevin Krawietz/Andreas MiesKrawietz/Andreas Mies (6-1 7-60) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Marcel Granollers/Horacio ZeballosGranollers/Horacio ZeballosKaren Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Tim Puetz/Michael VenusPuetz/Michael VenusDaniel Altmaier/Jan-Lennard StruffAltmaier/Jan-Lennard Struff (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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