Alex Molcan and Marius Copil will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Olbia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.41
Marius Copil -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Marius Copil
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Marius Copil face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Molcan won 7-5 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in 1 back in 2022.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 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. 115, Alex got to the 2nd round after defeating Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-65 ret..
In the 1st round against Kuzmanov, Molcan had a free pass after Kuzmanov retired on a 7-65 . scoreline.
Molcan has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (249-163). 8-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molcan has a composed 64-39 match record in the last years on hard.
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Banja Luka and the Bratislava 1 Challenger.
Alex has an overall 21-23 win-loss record in 2023, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Olbia Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Marius Copil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 17-11 | 9-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-0 | 9-13 | 11-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 1-3 | 3-7 | 9-4 | 8-3 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 345, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after beating Gian Matias Di Natale 6-4 6-4, Robert Strombachs 6-2 4-6 7-5 and Francesco Maestrelli 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-3 6-4). During the match Copil scored 55 points vs Maestrelli’s 44. Marius was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Copil bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marius Copil was quite effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Maestrelli twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25+H Bacau.
The Romanian has a compiled 36-19 win-loss record in 2023, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 69 |
| Pts | 48-44 | 221-193 |
| Total Points | 92 | 414 |
| Winners | 22 | 86 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Molcan played 1 match while Copil competed in 3 matches. Copil started his run from the qualifications while Molcan had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marius Copil dropped 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t dropped a set so far. Molcan has played 5 set(s) less than Copil (2 vs 7). Therefore, Molcan played 56 games less than Copil. Molcan scored 22 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Copil managed to score 86 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 114/196 |
| %1st in | 70% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 86/114 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 49/82 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 60% |
Molcan bagged 2 aces . Copil struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Molcan won 69% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Copil won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 10/32 |
| % Converted | 50% | 31% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Alex broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Molcan lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 10 times with a 31% conversion rate. Copil conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 48-44 | 48-44 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/46 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Copil | |||||
| Q1 Matias Di Natale |
Q3 Strombachs |
R1 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 4-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 19 | 69 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 101-100 | 55-44 | 221-193 | |
| Total points | 114 | 201 | 99 | 414 | |
| Winners | 26 | 34 | 26 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 50/94 | 31/53 | 114/196 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 53% | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 34/50 | 26/31 | 86/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 68% | 84% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 23/44 | 14/22 | 49/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 52% | 64% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/20 | 2/4 | 10/32 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 25% | 50% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 25% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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