Alex Molcan and Alexei Popyrin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Srpska Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE 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 Alexei Popyrin who should win in 3 sets.
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.9
Alex Molcan -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Alexei Popyrin
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Molcan
| 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. 73, Molcan reached the 2nd round after beating Taro Daniel 3-6 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round against Daniel, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Molcan scored 99 points vs Daniel’s 89. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 70% of his first serves in, winning 59% (44/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Daniel 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (235-148). 2-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has an aggregate 140-78 record in the last years on clay.
Alex has an overall 7-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Banja Luka
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17-24 | 7-10 | 9-6 | 0-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-22 | 17-8 | 4-8 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, Popyrin reached the 2nd round after defeating Tallon Griekspoor 7-64 7-64.
In the 1st round, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Griekspoor (7-64 7-64). During the match Popyrin scored 94 points vs Griekspoor’s 78. Alexei was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Popyrin made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexei Popyrin was very efficient on serve to win 89% (39/44) of his 1st serve and 70% (23/33) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
The Australian has an aggregate 18-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 |
| Pts | 99-89 | 94-78 |
| Total Points | 188 | 172 |
| Winners | 44 | 39 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Both Molcan and Popyrin played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Molcan lost 1 set while Alexei Popyrin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Molcan has played 1 set more than Popyrin (3 vs 2). Therefore, Molcan played 2 games more than Popyrin. The Slovakian scored 44 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei blasted 39 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 74/105 | 44/77 |
| %1st in | 70% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 44/74 | 39/44 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 23/33 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 70% |
Molcan scored 2 aces . Popyrin blasted 7 aces . Molcan won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 89% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Popyrin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 0 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 0/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 0% |
| Conceded | 11 | 3 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 64% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Slovakian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. On the other side, The Australian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Alexei was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points without even conceding a single break point.
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Daniel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 99-89 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 74/105 | 74/105 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 44/74 | 44/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Popyrin | |||
| R1 Griekspoor | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 94-78 | 94-78 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/77 | 44/77 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/44 | 39/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/7 | 0/7 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Banja Luka
- Laslo DjereDjere – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Taro DanielDaniel (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (1-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Dino PrizmicPrizmic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Liam BroadyBroady (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Borna CoricCoric (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Hugo GastonGaston (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction