Alexander Zverev and Alex Molcan will square off in the 2nd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:15 pm on Court Philippe-CHATRIER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.178
Alex Molcan -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Alexander Zverev and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexander Zverev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57-25 | 24-9 | 18-7 | 9-6 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 69-21 | 29-10 | 23-6 | 11-3 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-27 | 22-13 | 20-7 | 8-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-10 | 9-4 | 17-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-15 | 28-6 | 14-4 | 13-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 27, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Lloyd Harris 7-66 7-60 6-1.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Lloyd (7-66 7-60 6-1). During the match, Zverev scored 122 points vs Lloyd’s 101. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zverev fired 10 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Alexander Zverev was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (58/80) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Lloyd 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Zverev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (409-197). 9-5 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has an overall 144-61 match record in the last years on clay.
Zverev’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Dubai and Geneva.
The German has an aggregate 17-14 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
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. 86, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Hugo Gaston 6-1 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Gaston (6-1 7-64 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 115 points vs Gaston’s 89. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (42/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Gaston 7 times after converting 39% of his break points (7/18).
Molcan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Banja Luka.
Molcan has a composed 12-11 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zverev | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 30 |
| Pts | 122-101 | 115-89 |
| Total Points | 223 | 204 |
| Winners | 58 | 42 |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% |
Both Zverev and Molcan played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zverev and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Zverev played 3 games more than Molcan. The German scored 58 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan struck 42 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zverev | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 6 |
| 1st in | 80/117 | 68/103 |
| %1st in | 68% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 58/80 | 42/68 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 20/35 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 57% |
Zverev managed to score 10 aces . Molcan scored 6 aces . Zverev won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zverev | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/18 |
| % Converted | 60% | 39% |
| Conceded | 8 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 88% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Zverev broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zverev | |||
| R1 Lloyd |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-60 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 122-101 | 122-101 | |
| Total points | 223 | 223 | |
| Winners | 58 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 80/117 | 80/117 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 58/80 | 58/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 115-89 | 115-89 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 68/103 | 68/103 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/18 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 39% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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