H2H, prediction of Flavio Cobolli vs Alex Molcan in Olbia Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 21st October 2023

PREVIEW. Olbia Challenger. Cobolli and Molcan will square off in the semifinal of the Olbia Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Saturday the 21st of October

Flavio Cobolli and Alex Molcan will square off in the semifinal of the Olbia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 pm on CENTRALE. 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.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.67
Flavio Cobolli -> 2.14

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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Alex Molcan

There is no head to head record between Flavio Cobolli and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Flavio Cobolli

Flavio Cobolli
Flavio Cobolli

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
50
High
50
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 24-16 14-7 8-7 2-1 0-1 0-0
2023 56-36 10-6 43-23 3-6 0-1 0-0
2022 35-34 6-4 24-21 5-8 0-1 0-0
2021 46-30 5-4 39-21 2-5 0-0 0-0
2020 4-8 2-2 2-4 0-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 106 (career-high), Flavio got to the semifinal after beating Emilio Nava 6-2 6-77 6-3, Federico Gaio 6-2 6-4 and Constant Lestienne 7-5 7-64.

In the quarter, Flavio had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (7-5 7-64). During the match, Cobolli scored 93 points vs Lestienne’s 83. Flavio was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cobolli scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 63% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Cobolli broke Lestienne 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Flavio has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Cobolli has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (143-107). 9-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cobolli has a compiled24-16 record in the last 6 years on hard.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Lisbon Challenger where he beat Benjamin Hassan in the final 7-5 7-5.

Cobolli has an aggregate 52-30 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

Cobolli has never competed in this tournament before.

Cobolli
Olbia Challenger
Cobolli's Record

Alex Molcan

Alex Molcan
Alex Molcan

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
249
High
38
LLLLWWWLLL
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 reached the semifinal after beating Dimitar Kuzmanov 7-65 ret., Marius Copil 6-2 6-2 and Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Bellucci (6-3 6-2). During the match Molcan scored 59 points vs Bellucci’s 40. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about serving, Molcan wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan lost the serve once. Furthermore, Molcan put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Bellucci 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alex hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Banja Luka and the Bratislava 1 Challenger.

The Slovakian has a composed 23-23 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Molcan
Olbia Challenger
Molcan's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Cobolli
A.Molcan
5h:28
5h:28
Time on court​
3h:57
3h:57
!
2h:07
2h:07
Last match​
1h:19
1h:19
3
3
Match played
3
3
73
73
Games Played​
46
46
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
259
259
Total points​
177
177
86.3
86.3
Avg point​
59
59
111
111
Winners
65
65
37
37
Avg Winners​
21.7
21.7
43%
43%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
3
3
2.7
2.7
Avg Aces
1
1
4
4
Double Faults
2
2
1.3
1.3
Avg Double Faults
0.7
0.7
111/146
111/146
1st won total​
65/92
65/92
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
71%
71%
47/92
47/92
2nd won total​
31/53
31/53
51%
51%
2nd won %
58%
58%
-- Break Points --
11/24
11/24
BP won
11/18
11/18
3.7/8
3.7/8
Avg BP won
3.7/6
3.7/6
46%
46%
Won
!
61%
61%
11
11
Conceded
9
9
3.7
3.7
Avg Conceded
3
3
4
4
Broken
4
4
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
7
7
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Cobolli Molcan
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 73 46
Pts 259-218 177-130
Total Points 477 307
Winners 111 65
%Winners 43% 37%

Both Cobolli and Molcan played 3 matches. At the moment, Flavio Cobolli dropped 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t lost a set so far. Cobolli has played 1 set more than Molcan (7 vs 6). Therefore, Cobolli played 27 games more than Molcan. Flavio scored 111 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian made 65 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Cobolli Molcan
Aces 8 3
Avg per match 2.7 1
1st in 146/238 92/145
%1st in 61% 63%
1st pts 111/146 65/92
%1st pts 76% 71%
2nd pts 47/92 31/53
%2nd pts 51% 58%

Cobolli made 8 aces (2.7 per match). Molcan fired 3 aces (1 per match). Cobolli won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 71% 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 Cobolli Molcan
Won 11 11
Converted 11/24 11/18
% Converted 46% 61%
Conceded 11 9
Saved 7 5
% Saved 64% 56%
Times Broken 4 4

The Italian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Cobolli
R1
Nava
R2
Gaio
1/4
Lestienne
Total
Score 6-2 6-77 6-3 6-2 6-4 7-5 7-64
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 30 18 25 73
pts 100-84 66-51 93-83 259-218
Total points 184 117 176 477
Winners 46 27 38 111
%Winners 46% 41% 41% 43%
SERVE
Aces 3 4 1 8
Double Faults 3 1 0 4
1st in 59/97 34/57 53/84 146/238
% 1st in 61% 60% 63% 61%
1st pts 46/59 27/34 38/53 111/146
% 1st pts 78% 79% 72% 76%
2nd pts 20/38 13/23 14/31 47/92
% 2nd pts 53% 57% 45% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 3 4 11
Converted 4/6 3/7 4/11 11/24
Converted % 67% 43% 36% 46%
Conceded 3 2 6 11
Saved 2/3 2/2 3/6 7
Saved % 67% 100% 50% 72%
Times Broken 1 0 3 4
Molcan
R1
Kuzmanov
R2
Copil
1/4
Bellucci
Total
Score 7-65 ret. 6-2 6-2 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 1 2 2 5
Tot Games 13 16 17 46
pts 48-44 70-46 59-40 177-130
Total points 92 116 99 307
Winners 22 23 20 65
%Winners 46% 33% 34% 37%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 0 3
Double Faults 1 0 1 2
1st in 32/46 29/43 31/56 92/145
% 1st in 70% 67% 55% 63%
1st pts 22/32 23/29 20/31 65/92
% 1st pts 69% 79% 65% 71%
2nd pts 7/14 8/14 16/25 31/53
% 2nd pts 50% 57% 64% 58%
Breaks
Won 2 5 4 11
Converted 2/4 5/9 4/5 11/18
Converted % 50% 56% 80% 61%
Conceded 5 3 1 9
Saved 3/5 2/3 0/1 5
Saved % 60% 67% 0% 42%
Times Broken 2 1 1 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Cobolli
LLWLWWWLWL
Molcan
LLLLWWWLLL
2024 2023 2022
24 - 16
8 - 12
14-7
Hard
3-4
2-1
I Hard
0-0
8-7
Clay
5-8

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