Zsombor Piros and Alex Molcan will square off in the quarter of the Como Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 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 Zsombor Piros who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.75
Alex Molcan -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
21 - 22win/loss
212
106
WWLLLLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-22 | 1-6 | 13-14 | 7-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 212, Zsombor reached the quarter after defeating Gonzalo Bueno 6-1 7-6(2) and Raul Brancaccio 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Zsombor had a good straight sets win against Brancaccio (6-4 6-3). During the match, Piros scored 71 points vs Brancaccio’s 57. Zsombor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zsombor Piros was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Piros broke Brancaccio twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Piros hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Piros has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (253-156). 13-14 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Piros has a composed165-87 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Cherbourg Challenger where he overcame Matteo Martineau in the final 6-3 6-4.
The Hungarian has a composed 21-22 win-loss record in 2024, 13-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-12 | 3-4 | 8-8 | 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. 344, Molcan reached the quarter after defeating Gustavo Heide 6-2 6-2 and Remy Bertola 7-5 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Molcan defeated Bertola (7-5 3-6 6-2). During the match Molcan scored 89 points vs Bertola’s 88. Molcan was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (37/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (11/30) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Bertola 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Prague Challenger.
Alex has a composed 11-12 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 45 |
| Pts | 149-113 | 145-124 |
| Total Points | 262 | 269 |
| Winners | 60 | 58 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Piros and Molcan played 2 matches. At the moment, Alex Molcan conceded 1 set while Zsombor Piros hasn’t lost a set so far. Piros has played 1 set(s) less than Molcan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Piros played 6 games less than Molcan. The Hungarian scored 60 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan managed to score 58 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 81/140 | 80/127 |
| %1st in | 58% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 60/81 | 58/80 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 37/59 | 22/47 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 47% |
Piros fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Molcan scored 2 aces (1 per match). Piros won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 40% | 45% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 90% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Piros broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Piros dropped his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | ||||
| R1 Bueno |
R2 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 78-56 | 71-57 | 149-113 | |
| Total points | 134 | 128 | 262 | |
| Winners | 31 | 29 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 40/72 | 81/140 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 29/40 | 60/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 73% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 20/32 | 37/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/4 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Heide |
R2 Bertola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-5 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 29 | 45 | |
| pts | 56-36 | 89-88 | 145-124 | |
| Total points | 92 | 177 | 269 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 11 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 56/86 | 80/127 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 37/56 | 58/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 66% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/30 | 22/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 37% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/13 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 46% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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