Alex Molcan and Tomas Machac will clash against each other in the quarter of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on Central Court. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.75
Alex Molcan -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Tomas Machac
This will be the 3rd time that Alex Molcan and Tomas Machac square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Molcan and Machac (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Molcan won 6-0 6-1 in the final in the Liberec Challenger back in 2021.
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. 80, the Slovakian got to the quarter after defeating Roman Andres Burruchaga 4-6 6-2 6-3 and Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Coppejans (6-4 7-5). During the match, Molcan scored 70 points vs Coppejans’s 58. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan was very effective on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Coppejans twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Molcan has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (242-152). 9-6 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has an overall 147-82 record in the last years on clay.
Alex’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Banja Luka.
The Slovakian has a compiled 14-12 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-19 | 15-9 | 2-5 | 3-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-24 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
Ranked no. 110, Machac got to the quarter after beating Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-76 6-2 and Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-0). During the match Machac scored 59 points vs Kolar’s 36. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Machac made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tomas Machac lost the serve once. Furthermore, Machac put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Tomas broke Kolar 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Machac has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Machac’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Prostejov Challenger.
Machac has a compiled 23-15 win-loss record in 2023, 15-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 47 |
| Pts | 163-134 | 160-122 |
| Total Points | 297 | 282 |
| Winners | 77 | 58 |
| %Winners | 47% | 36% |
Both Molcan and Machac played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Molcan surrendered 1 set, while Tomas Machac conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Machac have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Molcan played 2 games more than Machac. The Slovakian scored 77 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Machac fired 58 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 105/150 | 76/140 |
| %1st in | 70% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 77/105 | 58/76 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 37/64 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 58% |
Molcan blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Machac made 12 aces (6 per match). Molcan won 73% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 70% | 56% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 73% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Alex broke his opponents 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Tomas broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Tomas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Andres |
R2 Coppejans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 22 | 49 | |
| pts | 93-76 | 70-58 | 163-134 | |
| Total points | 169 | 128 | 297 | |
| Winners | 44 | 33 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 65/88 | 40/62 | 105/150 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 65% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 44/65 | 33/40 | 77/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 83% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 13/22 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 59% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/4 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 50% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Machac | ||||
| R1 Bonadio |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-76 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 16 | 47 | |
| pts | 101-86 | 59-36 | 160-122 | |
| Total points | 187 | 95 | 282 | |
| Winners | 40 | 18 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 26/46 | 76/140 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 40/50 | 18/26 | 58/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 69% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 13/20 | 37/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 65% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/8 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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