Ignacio Buse and Alex Molcan will face off in the semifinal of the Como Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.86
Ignacio Buse -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Ignacio Buse vs. Alex Molcan

There is no head to head record between Ignacio Buse and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ignacio Buse

Ranked no. 270, the Peruvian got to the semifinal after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-1, Filip Misolic 6-4 6-2 and Valerio Aboian 4-6 6-4 6-1.

In the quarter against Aboian, Buse recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match, Buse scored 96 points vs Aboian’s 82. Buse was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Buse made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ignacio Buse lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Buse put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the 2nd serve. Ignacio broke Aboian 6 times after converting 29% of his break points (6/21).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Peruvian has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Buse has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (89-55). 35-17 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Buse has an overall75-47 match record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Peruvian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Tarragona and M25 Vic.

Ignacio has an aggregate 38-20 win-loss record in 2024, 35-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Como Challenger

The Peruvian has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 344, the Slovakian got to the semifinal after defeating Gustavo Heide 6-2 6-2, Remy Bertola 7-5 3-6 6-2 and Zsombor Piros 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter against Piros, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2). During the match Molcan scored 100 points vs Piros’s 86. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Molcan blasted 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 58% of his first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Piros 9 times after converting 69% of his break points (9/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Molcan has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Molcan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague Challenger.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 12-12 win-loss record in 2024, 9-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Buse	Molcan
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	8
Tot Games	62	75
Pts	237-181	245-210
Total Points	418	455
Winners	66	89
%Winners	28%	36%

Both Buse and Molcan played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ignacio Buse surrendered 1 set, while Alex Molcan dropped 2 sets. Buse has played 1 set(s) less than Molcan (7 vs 8). Therefore, Buse played 13 games less than Molcan. Buse scored 66 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan blasted 89 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Buse	Molcan
Aces	12	5
Avg per match	4	1.7
1st in	90/162	130/213
%1st in	56%	61%
1st pts	66/90	89/130
%1st pts	73%	68%
2nd pts	49/72	41/83
%2nd pts	68%	49%

Buse scored 12 aces (4 per match). Molcan managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Buse won 73% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Buse	Molcan
Won	13	19
Converted	13/43	19/35
% Converted	30%	54%
Conceded	9	16
Saved	6	6
% Saved	67%	38%
Times Broken	3	10

The Peruvian broke his opponents 13 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ignacio dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 19 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.

Buse
	R1 Cecchinato	R2 Misolic	1/4 Aboian	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-4 6-2	4-6 6-4 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	17	18	27	62
pts	72-48	69-51	96-82	237-181
Total points	120	120	178	418
Winners	20	20	26	66
%Winners	28%	29%	27%	28%
SERVE
Aces	3	5	4	12
Double Faults	0	0	2	2
1st in	24/41	26/54	40/67	90/162
% 1st in	59%	48%	60%	56%
1st pts	20/24	20/26	26/40	66/90
% 1st pts	83%	77%	65%	73%
2nd pts	13/17	19/28	17/27	49/72
% 2nd pts	76%	68%	63%	68%
Breaks
Won	4	3	6	13
Converted	4/12	3/10	6/21	13/43
Converted %	33%	30%	29%	30%
Conceded	1	2	6	9
Saved	1/1	2/2	3/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%	50%	83%
Times Broken	0	0	3	3

Molcan
	R1 Heide	R2 Bertola	1/4 Piros	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	7-5 3-6 6-2	6-74 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	16	29	30	75
pts	56-36	89-88	100-86	245-210
Total points	92	177	186	455
Winners	21	37	31	89
%Winners	38%	42%	31%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	3	5
Double Faults	0	11	7	18
1st in	24/41	56/86	50/86	130/213
% 1st in	59%	65%	58%	61%
1st pts	21/24	37/56	31/50	89/130
% 1st pts	88%	66%	62%	68%
2nd pts	11/17	11/30	19/36	41/83
% 2nd pts	65%	37%	53%	49%
Breaks
Won	4	6	9	19
Converted	4/9	6/13	9/13	19/35
Converted %	44%	46%	69%	54%
Conceded	0	10	6	16
Saved	0/0	5/10	1/6	6
Saved %	–	50%	17%	22%
Times Broken	0	5	5	10

Tennis Scores in Como Challenger

• Alex MolcanMolcan – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-7⁴ 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Valerio AboianAboian (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Mircea-Alexandru Jecan/Ivan LiutarevichJecan/Ivan Liutarevich – Johannes Ingildsen/David StevensonIngildsen/David Stevenson (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Gabriel DebruDebru – Kei NishikoriNishikori (w/o) – See score progression
• Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-7(4) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Ignacio BuseBuse – Valerio AboianAboian (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alex MolcanMolcan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction