David Goffin and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Bergamo Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on BERGAMO ITALCEMENTI. 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 David Goffin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, David Goffin is the pick to win this match.
David Goffin -> 1.69
Alex Molcan -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head David Goffin vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 3rd time that David Goffin and Alex Molcan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Goffin and 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, Goffin won 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the final in Marrakech back in 2022.
Highlights David Goffin vs Alex Molcan – Marrakech 10-April-2022
David Goffin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-24 | 20-10 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-26 | 2-5 | 11-9 | 18-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-29 | 7-13 | 14-5 | 9-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-15 | 4-8 | 5-5 | 5-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-11 | 9-4 | 0-2 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 110, Goffin reached the quarter after defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-4 7-64 and Francesco Passaro 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-3 7-5). During the match, Goffin scored 72 points vs Passaro’s 55. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Goffin blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. David Goffin lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Goffin put 58% of his first serves in, winning 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Goffin broke Passaro 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
David hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Goffin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (372-217). 14-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Goffin has an aggregate 99-54 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Neuve Challenger where he overcame Mikael Ymer in the final 6-4 6-1.
David has an overall 32-23 win-loss record in 2023, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bergamo Challenger
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-14 | 3-4 | 9-10 | 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. 119, the Slovakian reached the quarter after beating Matteo Gigante 6-2 6-2 and Gijs Brouwer 3-6 7-63 7-63.
In the 2nd round against Brouwer, Molcan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-63 7-63). During the match Molcan scored 115 points vs Brouwer’s 108. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan blasted 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (51/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (25/43) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Brouwer 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Molcan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Banja Luka,the Bratislava 1 Challenger and the Olbia Challenger.
Alex has an aggregate 25-24 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Goffin | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 51 |
| Pts | 155-125 | 168-141 |
| Total Points | 280 | 309 |
| Winners | 64 | 77 |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% |
Both Goffin and Molcan played 2 matches. At the moment, Alex Molcan conceded 1 set while David Goffin hasn’t lost a set so far. Goffin has played 1 set(s) less than Molcan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Goffin played 7 games less than Molcan. The Belgian scored 64 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan recorded 77 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Goffin | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 83/138 | 109/164 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 64/83 | 77/109 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 31/55 | 32/55 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 58% |
Goffin struck 12 aces (6 per match). Molcan blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Goffin won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% 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 | Goffin | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 54% |
| Conceded | 10 | 15 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 70% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
David broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Goffin conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Goffin | ||||
| R1 Vincent |
R2 Passaro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| pts | 83-70 | 72-55 | 155-125 | |
| Total points | 153 | 127 | 280 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/76 | 36/62 | 83/138 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 32/47 | 32/36 | 64/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 89% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 13/26 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/5 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 60% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 80% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Gigante |
R2 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 3-6 7-63 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 | 51 | |
| pts | 53-33 | 115-108 | 168-141 | |
| Total points | 86 | 223 | 309 | |
| Winners | 26 | 51 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 44% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/44 | 77/120 | 109/164 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 64% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 51/77 | 77/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 66% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 25/43 | 32/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/7 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 10/14 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 71% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
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