Alex Molcan and Filip Pieczonka will square off in the qualifications of the Sofia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Molcan who should win in 2 sets.
Alex Molcan -> 1.23
Filip Pieczonka -> 3.82
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Prediction and head to head Alex Molcan vs. Filip Pieczonka
There is no head to head record between Alex Molcan and Filip Pieczonka since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 362, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after beating S D Prajwal Dev 6-0 6-2.
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against D Prajwal Dev (6-0 6-2). During the match, Molcan scored 59 points vs D Prajwal Dev’s 30. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Molcan bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Molcan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (17/22) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molcan broke D Prajwal Dev 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Molcan has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (280-181). 32-10 on clay in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Molcan has an aggregate 186-105 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Molcan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Reggio Emilia.
Molcan has an overall 32-11 win-loss record in 2025, 32-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sofia 2 Challenger
The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.
Filip Pieczonka
10 - 8win/loss
900
739
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12-15 | 3-5 | 4-8 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-17 | 6-4 | 23-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2023 | 6-7 | 0-3 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 811, Filip got to the qualifications after beating Maxim Mrva 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Filip had a good straight sets win against Mrva (6-4 7-5). During the match Pieczonka scored 80 points vs Mrva’s 70. Pieczonka was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Pieczonka struck 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Filip Pieczonka lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Pieczonka put 51% of his first serves in, winning 80% (35/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. The Pole broke Mrva 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Pieczonka’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Oslo.
The Pole has an overall 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molcan | Pieczonka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 22 |
| Pts | 59-30 | 80-70 |
| Total Points | 89 | 150 |
| Winners | 17 | 35 |
| %Winners | 29% | 44% |
Both Molcan and Pieczonka played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Molcan and Pieczonka have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Molcan played 8 games less than Pieczonka. The Slovakian scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Pieczonka recorded 35 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molcan | Pieczonka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 44/86 |
| %1st in | 48% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 35/44 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 17/42 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 40% |
Molcan struck 5 aces . Pieczonka blasted 9 aces . Molcan won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Pieczonka won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molcan | Pieczonka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 83% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 5 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Alex broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Molcan extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Pieczonka broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Pieczonka conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molcan | |||
| Q1 D Prajwal Dev | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 59-30 | 59-30 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 22/46 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 17/22 | 17/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pieczonka | |||
| Q1 Mrva | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 80-70 | 80-70 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 44/86 | 44/86 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 35/44 | 35/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/42 | 17/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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