Andrey Rublev and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PIETRANGELI. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.18
Alex Molcan -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Andrey Rublev and Alex Molcan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Rublev won 6-2 6-4 in the semifinal in Banja luka back in April 2023.
Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Alex Molcan – Banja luka 22-April-2023
Andrey Rublev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-14 | 13-5 | 11-6 | 2-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-26 | 23-12 | 19-5 | 6-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-20 | 19-7 | 14-6 | 18-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 53-23 | 25-10 | 9-5 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 41-10 | 17-4 | 10-2 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 6, Rublev will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Madrid where he lost 7-6(8) 6-4 to Khachanov in the 4th round on the 2nd of May.
Rublev has an aggregate 23-10 win-loss record in 2023, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Carlo where he defeated Holger Rune in the final 5-7 6-2 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Rublev has an overall 402-220 record. He has a positive 105-62 record on clay.
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 6-8 | 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, Alex reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6-4 3-6 7-61.
In the 1st round, Alex defeated Napolitano (6-4 3-6 7-61). During the match Molcan and Napolitano scored the same amount of points (100). However, the world no. 6 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Molcan was very efficient on serve to win 72% (47/65) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Slovakian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Napolitano twice.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Banja Luka.
Molcan has an overall 11-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Cristian GarinGarin – Tommy PaulPaul (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (6-4 4-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-2 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Yibing WuWu (4-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Laslo DjereDjere – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (4-6 6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Alexander BublikBublik – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- David GoffinGoffin – Alexander ZverevZverev (3-2) – H2H and prediction
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- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Borna CoricCoric – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Christian GarinGarin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
