Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the National Bank Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on Court Rogers. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.28
Alex Molcan -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Alex Molcan face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Ruud and Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Ruud won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Munich back in April 2022.
Highlights Casper Ruud vs Alex Molcan – Munich 28-April-2022
Casper Ruud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-8 | 17-5 | 13-3 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 4-5 | 17-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 7, Ruud will start his run in Toronto after he won the title in Gstaad after beating 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2 Berrettini in the final.
Ruud has a compiled 35-13 win-loss record in 2022, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Buenos Aires where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 5-7 6-2 6-3 and in in Geneva where he beat Joao Sousa in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 7-6(1) and in in Gstaad where he overcame Matteo Berrettini in the final 4-6 7-6(4) 6-2.
Talking about his overall career, Casper has an overall 300-161 record. He has a positive 63-44 record on hard.
Previously in Toronto
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 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. 42, Molcan got to the 2nd round after beating Mackenzie Mcdonald 7-61 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (7-61 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 83 points vs Mcdonald’s 66. Molcan was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Molcan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alex broke Mcdonald twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Molcan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Marrakech and Lyon.
Alex has a compiled 26-18 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Toronto
Molcan has never competed in this tournament before.
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