Roberto Carballes Baena and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on BRAWO CENTER COURT. 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 Roberto Carballes Baena who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roberto Carballes Baena is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 1.7
Alex Molcan -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Alex Molcan

This will be the 3^rd time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Alex Molcan square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Carballes Baena won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Umag back in 2022.

Highlights Roberto Carballes Baena vs Alex Molcan – Umag 27-July-2022

Roberto Carballes Baena

Ranked no. 74, Carballes Baena got to the quarter after defeating Alex Barrena 7-6(4) 7-6(6) and Christoph Negritu 1-6 6-3 6-2.

In the 2^nd round against Negritu, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 82 points vs Negritu’s 70. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Talking about the service games, Carballes Baena made 3 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Roberto Carballes Baena was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Roberto broke Negritu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Carballes Baena has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Carballes Baena has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (347-283). 5-5 on clay in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Carballes Baena has a composed 286-186 match record in the last years on clay.

Carballes Baena’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Marrakech.

The Spaniard has an overall 11-13 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 480, Alex reached the quarter after defeating Robert Strombachs 7-5 6-3

, Daniel Masur 6-2 6-3, Saba Purtseladze 6-4 6-3 and Francesco Passaro 6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-3 6-3). During the match Molcan scored 66 points vs Passaro’s 46. Molcan was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Molcan struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Molcan lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 67% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Passaro 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Molcan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Reggio Emilia.

Alex has a compiled 25-7 win-loss record in 2025, 25-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Carballes Baena	Molcan
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	5	8
Tot Games	50	75
Pts	172-150	263-196
Total Points	322	459
Winners	83	111
%Winners	48%	42%

Carballes Baena played 2 matches while Molcan competed in 4 matches. Molcan started his run from the qualifications while Carballes Baena had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Roberto Carballes Baena surrendered 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t lost a set so far. Carballes Baena has played 3 set(s) less than Molcan (5 vs 8). Therefore, Carballes Baena played 25 games less than Molcan. The Spaniard scored 83 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan made 111 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Carballes Baena	Molcan
Aces	5	9
Avg per match	2.5	2.3
1st in	115/153	145/219
%1st in	75%	66%
1st pts	83/115	111/145
%1st pts	72%	77%
2nd pts	20/38	40/74
%2nd pts	53%	54%

Carballes Baena bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Molcan recorded 9 aces (2.3 per match). Carballes Baena won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Carballes Baena	Molcan
Won	6	15
Converted	6/15	15/27
% Converted	40%	56%
Conceded	12	14
Saved	7	10
% Saved	58%	71%
Times Broken	5	4

The Spaniard broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Molcan broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Carballes Baena
	R1 Barrena	R2 Negritu	Total
Score	7-64 7-66	1-6 6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	26	24	50
pts	90-80	82-70	172-150
Total points	170	152	322
Winners	44	39	83
%Winners	49%	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5
Double Faults	0	0	0
1st in	62/85	53/68	115/153
% 1st in	73%	78%	75%
1st pts	44/62	39/53	83/115
% 1st pts	71%	74%	72%
2nd pts	11/23	9/15	20/38
% 2nd pts	48%	60%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/9	3/6	6/15
Converted %	33%	50%	40%
Conceded	7	5	12
Saved	4/7	3/5	7
Saved %	57%	60%	59%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Molcan
	Q1 Strombachs	Q3 Masur	R1 Purtseladze	R2 Passaro	Total
Score	7-5 6-3	6-2 6-3	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	21	17	19	18	75
pts	69-56	59-35	69-59	66-46	263-196
Total points	125	94	128	112	459
Winners	27	24	30	30	111
%Winners	39%	41%	43%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	0	3	3	3	9
Double Faults	1	0	1	1	3
1st in	35/54	33/42	39/66	38/57	145/219
% 1st in	65%	79%	59%	67%	66%
1st pts	27/35	24/33	30/39	30/38	111/145
% 1st pts	77%	73%	77%	79%	77%
2nd pts	14/19	6/9	11/27	9/19	40/74
% 2nd pts	74%	67%	41%	47%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	5	3	4	15
Converted	3/6	5/9	3/6	4/6	15/27
Converted %	50%	56%	50%	67%	56%
Conceded	3	2	4	5	14
Saved	3/3	0/2	3/4	4/5	10
Saved %	100%	0%	75%	80%	128%
Times Broken	0	2	1	1	4

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