Martin Landaluce and Alex Molcan will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Landaluce who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Martin Landaluce is the pick to win this match.
Martin Landaluce -> 1.58
Alex Molcan -> 2.26

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Prediction and head to head Martin Landaluce vs. Alex Molcan

There is no head to head record between Martin Landaluce and Alex Molcan since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Martin Landaluce

Ranked no. 138, Landaluce reached the 2^nd round after defeating Vadym Ursu 6-3 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Martin had a good straight sets win against Ursu (6-3 6-0). During the match, Landaluce scored 65 points vs Ursu’s 42. Landaluce was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Landaluce managed to score 6 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Martin Landaluce lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Landaluce put 75% of his first serves in, winning 67% (24/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (8/12) on the 2nd serve. Martin broke Ursu 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Landaluce has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 55% of his matches (93-77). 11-7 on hard in 2025. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Landaluce has an overall45-27 record in the last 4 years on hard.

Martin’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra Challenger,the Prague Challenger and the Nottingham 2 Challenger.

Martin has a composed 25-24 win-loss record in 2025, 11-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 257, Molcan got to the 2^nd round after defeating Ivan Nedelko 6-4 1-0 ret..

In the 1^st round against Nedelko, the Slovakian had a free pass after Nedelko retired on a 6-4 1-0 . scoreline.

His best result of the year was winning the title the Sofia 2 Challenger where he beat Joel Schwaerzler in the final 7-5 6-4.

The Slovakian has an aggregate 39-11 win-loss record in 2025, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Istanbul Challenger

The Slovakian has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Landaluce	Molcan
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	15	11
Pts	65-42	34-25
Total Points	107	59
Winners	24	10
%Winners	37%	29%

Both Landaluce and Molcan played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Landaluce has played 1 set(s) less than Molcan (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Landaluce played 4 games more than Molcan. The Spaniard scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Molcan struck 10 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Landaluce	Molcan
Aces	6	0
Avg per match	6	0
1st in	36/48	13/29
%1st in	75%	45%
1st pts	24/36	10/13
%1st pts	67%	77%
2nd pts	8/12	8/16
%2nd pts	67%	50%

Landaluce struck 6 aces . Molcan didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Landaluce won 67% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 77% 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	Landaluce	Molcan
Won	5	3
Converted	5/11	3/3
% Converted	45%	100%
Conceded	3	1
Saved	2	0
% Saved	67%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Martin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Landaluce conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Landaluce
	R1 Ursu	Total
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	65-42	65-42
Total points	107	107
Winners	24	24
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	36/48	36/48
% 1st in	75%	75%
1st pts	24/36	24/36
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	8/12	8/12
% 2nd pts	67%	67%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/11	5/11
Converted %	45%	45%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Molcan
	R1 Nedelko	Total
Score	6-4 1-0 ret.
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	11	11
pts	34-25	34-25
Total points	59	59
Winners	10	10
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	13/29	13/29
% 1st in	45%	45%
1st pts	10/13	10/13
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	8/16	8/16
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	0/1	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Ivan NedelkoNedelko (6-4 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Luca PotenzaPotenza – Koray KirciKirci (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Peter MakkMakk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Alastair GrayGray – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 2-6 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Michal KrajciKrajci (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos SakellaridisSakellaridis – Christian LangmoLangmo (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker – Kaya ArincArinc (7-6³ 6-2) – See score progression
• Milos KarolKarol – Michal KrajciKrajci (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-2 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-2 2-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
• Luca PotenzaPotenza – Koray KirciKirci (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Calvin HemeryHemery – Peter MakkMakk (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Martin LandaluceLandaluce – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
• Alastair GrayGray – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Pavel KotovKotov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Norbert GombosGombos – Luca PotenzaPotenza (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Alastair GrayGray (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker – Calvin HemeryHemery (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex MolcanMolcan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas MejiaMejia – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – (0-1) – H2H and prediction