Ivan Gakhov and Alex Molcan will square off in the 1st round of the Tampere Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 2:30 pm on COURT 7. 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 Alex Molcan who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Molcan -> 1.44
Ivan Gakhov -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Alex Molcan
There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ivan Gakhov
37 - 21win/loss
263
142
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54-36 | 3-3 | 46-29 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-35 | 1-2 | 35-32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256, the Russian will start his run in the Tampere Challenger after he played his last match in the Bunschoten Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 4-6 6-4 to Ferreira Silva in the 1st round on the 15th of July.
The Russian has an aggregate 36-21 win-loss record in 2025, 29-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Gakhov’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa margherita di Pula and M25 The Hague.
Talking about his overall career, Gakhov has an overall 451-288 record. He has a positive 396-227 record on clay.
Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47-15 | 7-3 | 38-10 | 2-2 | 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. 384, the Slovakian got to the 1st
round after beating Jiri Cizek 6-2 6-2 and Luca Castagnola 5-1 ret..In the qualifications against Castagnola, Molcan had a free pass after Castagnola retired on a 5-1 . scoreline.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Reggio Emilia.
Molcan has a composed 28-8 win-loss record in 2025, 28-7 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Tampere Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Tampere Challenger
- Daniel RinconRincon – Christoph NegrituNegritu (6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Eero VasaVasa (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Sumit NagalNagal (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva – (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mathys ErhardErhard – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel MichalskiMichalski – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vesa AhtiAhti – Max HoukesHoukes (0-0) – H2H and prediction