Remy Bertola and Alex Molcan will face off in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT . 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 -> 1.55
Remy Bertola -> 2.35
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Prediction and head to head Remy Bertola vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Remy Bertola and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Remy Bertola
38 - 19win/loss
294
273
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-28 | 20-10 | 20-11 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-31 | 12-5 | 21-21 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-0 | 41-23 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-24 | 13-7 | 29-14 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 27-9 | 17-5 | 8-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273 (career-high), the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Benoit Paire 3-2 ret..
In the 1st round against Paire, Bertola had a free pass after Paire retired on a 3-2 . scoreline.
Bertola has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (282-171). 20-9 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Bertola has a composed170-101 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Bertola’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Loubet and M25 Klosters.
Bertola has a compiled 38-19 win-loss record in 2024, 20-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
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. 344, the Slovakian got to the 2nd round after beating Gustavo Heide 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-2 6-2). During the match Molcan scored 56 points vs Heide’s 36. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Molcan was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Heide 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Slovakian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague Challenger.
Molcan has an overall 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bertola | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 5 | 16 |
| Pts | 20-17 | 56-36 |
| Total Points | 37 | 92 |
| Winners | 5 | 21 |
| %Winners | 25% | 38% |
Both Bertola and Molcan played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bertola and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bertola played 11 games less than Molcan. The Swiss scored 5 winners (25% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan fired 21 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bertola | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 7/13 | 24/41 |
| %1st in | 54% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 21/24 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 2/6 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 65% |
Bertola recorded 1 ace . Molcan also struck 1 ace . Bertola won 71% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bertola | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Swiss broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Bertola | |||
| R1 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 20-17 | 20-17 | |
| Total points | 37 | 37 | |
| Winners | 5 | 5 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Molcan | |||
| R1 Heide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 56-36 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 24/41 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Como Challenger
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Benoit PairePaire (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Valerio AboianAboian – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico BondioliBondioli – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-2 7-63) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Gonzalo BuenoBueno (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Filip Jeff PlaninsekJeff Planinsek (6-2 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Svyatoslav GulinGulin (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-2 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (4-6 7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Remy BertolaBertola – Benoit PairePaire (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Alexander WeisWeis (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Ignacio BuseBuse – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-6(4) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Remy BertolaBertola – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Filip MisolicMisolic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-1) – H2H and prediction
