Alex Molcan and Stefano Napolitano will square off in the 1st round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7:00 pm on GRAND STAND ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.21
Stefano Napolitano -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Stefano Napolitano
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Stefano Napolitano 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Ranked no. 59, Molcan will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 5-7 6-4 6-4 to Nishioka in the 2nd round on the 28th of April.
Molcan has an aggregate 10-10 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Banja Luka.
Talking about his overall career, Molcan has an overall 238-150 record. He has a positive 143-80 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Stefano Napolitano
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-17 | 10-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-23 | 9-6 | 38-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 1-1 | 20-15 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-17 | 1-2 | 1-9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 555, Stefano got to the 1st round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-3 and Maximilian Marterer 4-6 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications against Marterer, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-5). During the match Napolitano scored 105 points vs Marterer’s 94. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Napolitano bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Stefano Napolitano was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (51/66) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Marterer 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefano started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Napolitano’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
Napolitano has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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