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

Alex Molcan

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Rank
206
High
38
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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
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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

Bratislava 1 Challenger
Molcan's Record

Tomas Machac

Tomas Machac

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Rank
32
High
20
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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
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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).

Bratislava 1 Challenger
Machac's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Molcan
T.Machac
3h:31
3h:31
Time on court​
3h:37
3h:37
1h:29
1h:29
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
47
47
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
163
163
Total points​
160
160
81.5
81.5
Avg point​
80
80
77
77
Winners
58
58
38.5
38.5
Avg Winners​
29
29
47%
47%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
12
12
1.5
1.5
Avg Aces
6
6
4
4
Double Faults
3
3
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
77/105
77/105
1st won total​
58/76
58/76
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
76%
76%
23/45
23/45
2nd won total​
37/64
37/64
51%
51%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
7/10
7/10
BP won
10/18
10/18
3.5/5
3.5/5
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
!
70%
70%
Won
!
56%
56%
11
11
Conceded
5
5
5.5
5.5
Avg Conceded
2.5
2.5
3
3
Broken
3
3
1.5
1.5
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
8
8
Saved
2
2
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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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