Francesco Passaro and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. 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 Francesco Passaro who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francesco Passaro is the pick to win this match.
Francesco Passaro -> 1.41
Alex Molcan -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Francesco Passaro vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Francesco Passaro and Alex Molcan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Passaro (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Passaro won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Prostejov Challenger back in 2024.
Francesco Passaro
21 - 13win/loss
118
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LWLWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25-15 | 5-3 | 20-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 39-25 | 4-5 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-35 | 8-11 | 18-20 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 12-6 | 35-18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-27 | 4-5 | 39-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 131, Passaro got to the 2nd round after defeating Luca Van Assche 7-6(2) 6-7(4) 7-6(2).
In the 1st round, Francesco defeated Van Assche (7-62 6-74 7-62). During the match, Passaro scored 130 points vs Van Assche’s 127. Francesco was extremely aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about the service games, Passaro fired 11 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francesco Passaro lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Passaro put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (57/74) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (24/51) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Van Assche 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Passaro has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (195-144). 16-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Passaro has an aggregate158-102 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Francesco’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sassuolo Challenger.
Francesco has a composed 21-12 win-loss record in 2025, 16-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-11 | 0-1 | 31-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 480, Molcan reached the 2nd round after beating Robert Strombachs 7-5 6-3, Daniel Masur 6-2 6-3 and Saba Purtseladze 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Purtseladze (6-4 6-3). During the match Molcan scored 69 points vs Purtseladze’s 59. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Molcan made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Purtseladze 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Alex’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Reggio Emilia.
Molcan has an aggregate 24-7 win-loss record in 2025, 24-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Passaro | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 57 |
| Pts | 130-127 | 197-150 |
| Total Points | 257 | 347 |
| Winners | 57 | 81 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Passaro played 1 match while Molcan competed in 3 matches. Molcan started his run from the qualifications while Passaro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Francesco Passaro lost 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t lost a set so far. Passaro has played 3 set(s) less than Molcan (3 vs 6). Therefore, Passaro played 18 games less than Molcan. The Italian scored 57 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan made 81 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Passaro | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 2 |
| 1st in | 74/125 | 107/162 |
| %1st in | 59% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 57/74 | 81/107 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 31/55 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 56% |
Passaro recorded 11 aces . Molcan managed to score 6 aces (2 per match). Passaro won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 76% of the points behind 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 | Passaro | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 36% | 52% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 43% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Francesco broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Molcan broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Passaro | |||
| R1 Van |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-74 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 130-127 | 130-127 | |
| Total points | 257 | 257 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 74/125 | 74/125 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 57/74 | 57/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Molcan | |||||
| Q1 Strombachs |
Q3 Masur |
R1 Purtseladze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 19 | 57 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 59-35 | 69-59 | 197-150 | |
| Total points | 125 | 94 | 128 | 347 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 30 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 33/42 | 39/66 | 107/162 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 79% | 59% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 24/33 | 30/39 | 81/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 77% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 6/9 | 11/27 | 31/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 67% | 41% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 5/9 | 3/6 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 56% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/2 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 75% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger
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- Nerman FaticFatic – Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Federico ArnaboldiArnaboldi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Justin EngelEngel (6-2 7-67) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Alex BarrenaBarrena (7-64 7-66) – See score progression
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Norbert GombosGombos (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Mariano NavoneNavone – Ignacio BuseBuse (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Mika PetkovicPetkovic (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Filip MisolicMisolic – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (7-62 6-74 7-62) – See score progression
- Diego DeduraDedura – Elias YmerYmer (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tom GentzschGentzsch – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-73 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christoph NegrituNegritu – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Alex MolcanMolcan (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
