Luca Van Assche and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Orleans Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:00 pm on CENTRAL ARENA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Van Assche who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Van Assche is the pick to win this match.
Luca Van Assche -> 1.79
Alex Molcan -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Luca Van Assche vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Van Assche and Alex Molcan play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Molcan won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Kitzbuhel back in July 2023.
Highlights Alex Molcan vs Luca Van Assche – Kitzbuhel 31-July-2023
Luca Van Assche
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-38 | 15-15 | 8-10 | 10-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 1-7 | 15-11 | 15-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-31 | 0-1 | 40-20 | 15-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 3-2 | 8-7 | 15-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 6-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, the French player will start his run in the Orleans Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-3 3-6 6-2 7-6(3) to Jarry in the 1st round on the 29th of August.
Van Assche has an overall 27-24 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Pau Challenger where he beat Ugo Humbert in the final 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(6) and the Sanremo Challenger where he beat Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 6-1 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Luca has an overall 115-81 record. He has a positive 39-29 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2020 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113, will start his run in the Orleans Challenger after he played his last match in 3 where he defeated 7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 to Tsitsipas in the Rubber 4 on the 17th of September.
Alex has an aggregate 20-20 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Banja Luka and the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
In terms of his career, Alex has an overall 248-160 record. He has a flat 26-26 record on indoor hard courts.
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