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.
As 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
| 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.
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 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
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