Alex Molcan and Raul Brancaccio will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Valencia Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis 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 -> 1.533
Raul Brancaccio -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Raul Brancaccio
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Molcan and Raul Brancaccio square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Brancaccio (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Brancaccio won 7-6(7) 2-6 6-2 in the 1st round in the Florence Challenger back in 2019.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-14 | 3-4 | 10-10 | 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. 329, Molcan got to the qualifications after beating Blaz Rola 7-5 6-7(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian defeated Rola (7-5 6-73 6-3). During the match, Molcan scored 116 points vs Rola’s 107. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molcan scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 9 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 72% of his first serves in, winning 72% (58/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (14/32) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Rola 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Molcan has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (259-175). 10-10 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has an overall 161-99 record in the last years on clay.
Alex’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Prague Challenger and the Como Challenger.
Alex has an overall 13-14 win-loss record in 2024, 10-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Raul Brancaccio
25 - 26win/loss
411
121
WLLWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-26 | 6-6 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 411, Brancaccio got to the qualifications after beating Lukas Neumayer 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Brancaccio had a good straight sets win against Neumayer (6-3 6-2). During the match Brancaccio scored 73 points vs Neumayer’s 52. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Brancaccio managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (28/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Brancaccio broke Neumayer 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Brancaccio’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Gandia.
Brancaccio has a composed 25-26 win-loss record in 2024, 19-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 17 |
| Pts | 116-107 | 73-52 |
| Total Points | 223 | 125 |
| Winners | 58 | 28 |
| %Winners | 50% | 38% |
Both Molcan and Brancaccio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alex Molcan conceded 1 set while Raul Brancaccio hasn’t dropped a set so far. Molcan has played 1 set more than Brancaccio (3 vs 2). Therefore, Molcan played 17 games more than Brancaccio. Alex scored 58 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Brancaccio recorded 28 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 81/113 | 35/56 |
| %1st in | 72% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 58/81 | 28/35 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 43% |
Molcan managed to score 1 ace . Brancaccio also made 3 aces . Molcan won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Brancaccio won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Brancaccio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/15 |
| % Converted | 63% | 27% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Alex broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Raul broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Raul conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | ||||
| Q1 Rola |
Q1 Rola |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-73 6-3 | 7-5 6-73 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | 68 | |
| pts | 116-107 | 116-107 | 232-214 | |
| Total points | 223 | 223 | 446 | |
| Winners | 58 | 58 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 81/113 | 81/113 | 162/226 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 58/81 | 58/81 | 116/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/32 | 14/32 | 28/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | 10/16 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Brancaccio | ||||
| Q1 Neumayer |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | ||
| pts | 73-52 | 73-52 | ||
| Total points | 125 | 125 | ||
| Winners | 28 | 28 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | ||
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | ||
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | ||
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | ||
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | ||
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | ||
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | ||
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | ||
| Saved % | 83% | 42% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
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