Sebastian Baez and Alex Molcan will play each other in the quarter of the Generali Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Baez who should win in 3 sets.
Sebastian Baez -> 1.49
Alex Molcan -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Baez and Alex Molcan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Molcan won 4-6 6-1 4-2 ret. in the 2nd round in the Ostrava Challenger back in 2021.
Sebastian Baez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-27 | 3-9 | 17-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72, the Argentine reached the quarter after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 6-4 6-2 and Roberto Carballes Baena 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Baez had a good straight sets win against Carballes Baena (6-1 6-2). During the match, Baez scored 59 points vs Carballes Baena’s 36. Baez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Baez wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Baez was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Baez broke Carballes Baena 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Baez has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (207-114). 18-13 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Baez has a composed182-78 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in Cordoba where he beat Federico Coria in the final 6-1 3-6 6-3.
Baez has a compiled 20-20 win-loss record in 2023, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Kitzbuhel
Baez has never competed in this tournament before.
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. 120, the Slovakian got to the quarter after beating Luca Van Assche 6-4 6-3 and Sebastian Ofner 4-6 7-5 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Ofner, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 7-65). During the match Molcan scored 120 points vs Ofner’s 119. Molcan was very aggressive to blast 61 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 66% of his first serves in, winning 73% (61/84) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (14/44) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Ofner 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Alex’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Banja Luka and the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
Molcan has a composed 17-17 win-loss record in 2023, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Baez | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 54 |
| Pts | 128-84 | 191-176 |
| Total Points | 212 | 367 |
| Winners | 51 | 88 |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% |
Both Baez and Molcan played 2 matches. At the moment, Alex Molcan lost 1 set while Sebastian Baez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Baez has played 1 set(s) less than Molcan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Baez played 21 games less than Molcan. Baez scored 51 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan blasted 88 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Baez | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 67/97 | 117/179 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 51/67 | 88/117 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 25/62 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 40% |
Baez fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Molcan fired 8 aces (4 per match). Baez won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Baez | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 48% | 42% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Baez broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Baez dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Molcan broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Baez | ||||
| R1 Medjedovic | R2 Carballes Baena | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 33 | |
| pts | 69-48 | 59-36 | 128-84 | |
| Total points | 117 | 95 | 212 | |
| Winners | 29 | 22 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 26/35 | 67/97 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 74% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 29/41 | 22/26 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 85% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 6/9 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/12 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 42% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | – | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Van | R2 Ofner | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 35 | 54 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 120-119 | 191-176 | |
| Total points | 128 | 239 | 367 | |
| Winners | 27 | 61 | 88 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 84/128 | 117/179 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 61/84 | 88/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 14/44 | 25/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 32% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 63% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 9/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 64% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
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