Alex Molcan and Thiago Moura Monteiro will play each other in the 1st round of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 4:00 pm on Court 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.63
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Thiago Moura Monteiro

This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Thiago Moura Monteiro play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Moura Monteiro (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played, Moura Monteiro won 6-0 6-2 in the 1st round in the Szczecin Challenger back in 2018.

Alex Molcan

Alex Molcan

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Rank
202
High
38
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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. 40, the Slovakian will start his run at the U.S. Open after he played his last match in Cincinnati where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-2 to Schwartzman in the 1st round on the 15th of August.

The Slovakian has a composed 26-20 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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

Talking about his overall career, Alex has an overall 225-136 record. He has a positive 56-31 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2021. See his history.

U.S. Open
Molcan's Record

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Thiago Moura Monteiro

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Rank
186
High
61
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-30 3-4 23-25 0-0 0-1 0-0
2024 39-28 1-3 33-17 4-6 1-2 0-0
2023 34-30 3-7 30-22 1-0 0-1 0-0
2022 43-33 8-8 28-16 4-7 3-2 0-0
2021 33-27 8-8 25-18 0-0 0-1 0-0

Ranked no. 67, Thiago will start his run at the New York after he played his last match in Winston Salem where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Bonzi in the 3rd round on the 24th of August.

The Brazilian has an aggregate 33-25 win-loss record in 2022, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Thiago’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Salzburg Challenger.

In terms of his career, Moura Monteiro has an overall 420-300 record. He has a positive 72-69 record on hard.

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021. See his history.

U.S. Open
Moura Monteiro's Record

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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