Emil Ruusuvuori and Alex Molcan will square off in the 2nd round of the Helsinki Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Emil Ruusuvuori who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emil Ruusuvuori is the pick to win this match.
Emil Ruusuvuori -> 1.52
Alex Molcan -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Emil Ruusuvuori vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 3rd time that Emil Ruusuvuori and Alex Molcan play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ruusuvuori (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ruusuvuori won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in Melbourne back in 2022.
Emil Ruusuvuori
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 7-5 | 2-5 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-30 | 13-11 | 6-7 | 9-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 15-12 | 10-9 | 10-7 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-26 | 21-12 | 1-5 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-15 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69, the Finn reached the 2nd round after defeating Joris De Loore 4-6 6-0 6-1.
In the 1st round against De Loore, Emil recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-1). During the match, Ruusuvuori scored 82 points vs De Loore’s 60. Ruusuvuori was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruusuvuori struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Emil Ruusuvuori lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ruusuvuori put 64% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Ruusuvuori broke De Loore 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Ruusuvuori has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (261-159). 8-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ruusuvuori has a compiled93-40 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Finn’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Hertogenbosch.
Ruusuvuori has an aggregate 30-28 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Helsinki Challenger
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. 118, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-0 2-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Molcan defeated Bellucci (6-0 2-6 6-1). During the match Molcan scored 78 points vs Bellucci’s 61. Molcan was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (31/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Bellucci 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Molcan’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Banja Luka,the Bratislava 1 Challenger and the Olbia Challenger.
Molcan has a compiled 26-25 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruusuvuori | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 |
| Pts | 82-60 | 78-61 |
| Total Points | 142 | 139 |
| Winners | 36 | 31 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Both Ruusuvuori and Molcan played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Emil Ruusuvuori dropped 1 set, while Alex Molcan lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ruusuvuori and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ruusuvuori played 2 games more than Molcan. Emil scored 36 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian struck 31 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruusuvuori | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 41/69 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 46% |
Ruusuvuori scored 5 aces . Molcan managed to score 4 aces . Ruusuvuori won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruusuvuori | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 56% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 67% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Emil broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Emil conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruusuvuori | |||
| R1 De Loore |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 82-60 | 82-60 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/69 | 44/69 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 36/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 2-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 78-61 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/69 | 41/69 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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