Alex Molcan and Hugo Grenier will play each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on STADIUM 8. 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 Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.82
Alex Molcan -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Hugo Grenier
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Hugo Grenier fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Grenier (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Grenier won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Antalya back in 2021.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-17 | 3-5 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 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. 130, Alex reached the qualifications after beating Benoit Paire 7-65 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Paire (7-65 6-3). During the match, Molcan scored 84 points vs Paire’s 76. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molcan couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 5 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (12/29) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Paire 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Molcan has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (252-166). 3-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has a composed 65-39 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Slovakian has a composed 6-5 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Hugo Grenier
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-33 | 25-15 | 2-8 | 9-8 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-33 | 15-8 | 7-10 | 4-11 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-35 | 21-14 | 9-10 | 1-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 22-9 | 9-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-16 | 7-2 | 5-9 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 146, the French player reached the qualifications after defeating Hamad Medjedovic 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Medjedovic (6-1 6-1). During the match Grenier scored 58 points vs Medjedovic’s 35. Grenier was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Grenier bagged 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Hugo Grenier was very effective on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hugo broke Medjedovic 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
The French player has an overall 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 14 |
| Pts | 84-76 | 58-35 |
| Total Points | 160 | 93 |
| Winners | 30 | 22 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Molcan and Grenier played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Grenier have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 8 games more than Grenier. Molcan scored 30 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Grenier managed to score 22 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 10 |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 29/47 |
| %1st in | 60% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 56% |
Molcan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Grenier blasted 10 aces . Molcan won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Grenier won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 38% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Alex surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. The French player was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Molcan | |||
| Q1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 84-76 | 84-76 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 44/73 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/29 | 12/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Grenier | |||
| Q1 Medjedovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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