Alex Molcan and Mikael Ymer will play each other in the qualifications of the Liberec Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on SVIJANY COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.6
Mikael Ymer -> 2.22

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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Mikael Ymer

This will be the 2^nd time that Alex Molcan and Mikael Ymer square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Ymer won 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the 1^st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2023.

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 384, Molcan got to the qualifications after defeating Johan Nikles 1-6 6-1 6-1.

In the qualifications against Nikles, Alex recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-1). During the match, Molcan scored 77 points vs Nikles’s 58. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Molcan couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 56% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Molcan broke Nikles 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

Molcan has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (277-179). 29-8 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Molcan has a compiled 183-103 record in the last years on clay.

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

Alex has an aggregate 29-9 win-loss record in 2025, 29-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Liberec Challenger

Mikael Ymer

Ranked no. 617, Ymer reached the qualifications after beating Amit Vales 4-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Vales, Ymer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Ymer scored 103 points vs Vales’s 91. The Swede was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Ymer struck 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikael Ymer lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (25/50) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Vales 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).

The Swede’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Esch/Alzette and M25 Varnamo.

Mikael has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Molcan	Ymer
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	21	28
Pts	77-58	103-91
Total Points	135	194
Winners	23	32
%Winners	30%	31%

Both Molcan and Ymer played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Alex Molcan conceded 1 set, while Mikael Ymer conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Ymer have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Molcan played 7 games less than Ymer. The Slovakian scored 23 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Ymer recorded 32 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Molcan	Ymer
Aces	0	3
Avg per match	0	3
1st in	36/64	48/98
%1st in	56%	49%
1st pts	23/36	32/48
%1st pts	64%	67%
2nd pts	13/28	25/50
%2nd pts	46%	50%

Molcan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ymer fired 3 aces . Molcan won 64% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Molcan	Ymer
Won	7	6
Converted	7/13	6/16
% Converted	54%	38%
Conceded	11	13
Saved	6	9
% Saved	55%	69%
Times Broken	5	4

The Slovakian broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Alex lost his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Mikael broke his opponent 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Swede conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.

Molcan
	Q1 Nikles	Total
Score	1-6 6-1 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	21	21
pts	77-58	77-58
Total points	135	135
Winners	23	23
%Winners	30%	30%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	36/64	36/64
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	23/36	23/36
% 1st pts	64%	64%
2nd pts	13/28	13/28
% 2nd pts	46%	46%
Breaks
Won	7	7
Converted	7/13	7/13
Converted %	54%	54%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	6/11	6
Saved %	55%	55%
Times Broken	5	5

Ymer
	Q1 Vales	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	28	28
pts	103-91	103-91
Total points	194	194
Winners	32	32
%Winners	31%	31%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	48/98	48/98
% 1st in	49%	49%
1st pts	32/48	32/48
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	25/50	25/50
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/16	6/16
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	13	13
Saved	9/13	9
Saved %	69%	69%
Times Broken	4	4

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