Dusan Lajovic and Alex Molcan will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Olbia Challenger for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.64
Dusan Lajovic -> 2.16

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Prediction and head to head Dusan Lajovic vs. Alex Molcan

This will be the 3^rd time that Dusan Lajovic and Alex Molcan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Lajovic and Molcan (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Molcan won 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the Rubber 2 in 4 back in 2024.

Dusan Lajovic

Ranked no. 121, Lajovic got to the 2^nd round after defeating Michele Ribecai 6-2 4-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Dusan defeated Ribecai (6-2 4-6 6-1). During the match, Lajovic scored 97 points vs Ribecai’s 72. The Serbian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Regarding the service games, Lajovic blasted 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Dusan Lajovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Lajovic put 79% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the 2nd serve. The Serbian broke Ribecai 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).

Lajovic has a losing match record in the last 10 years having won only 49% of his matches (270-276). 5-10 on hard in 2025. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lajovic has an aggregate 82-96 record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the season was conquering the title the Cordenons Challenger where he overcame Lukas Neumayer in the final 6-2 7-6(3).

The Serbian has a composed 35-30 win-loss record in 2025, 5-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

Lajovic has never competed in this tournament before.

Alex Molcan

Ranked no. 205, the Slovakian reached the 2^nd round after defeating Marek Gengel 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Alex had a good straight sets win against Gengel (6-2 6-4). During the match Molcan scored 67 points vs Gengel’s 50. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Molcan made 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alex Molcan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (27/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Molcan broke Gengel 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Sofia 2 Challenger where he defeated Joel Schwaerzler in the final 7-5 6-4 and the Istanbul Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-6(9) 6-2.

Alex has an overall 46-12 win-loss record in 2025, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Olbia Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Lajovic	Molcan
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	25	18
Pts	97-72	67-50
Total Points	169	117
Winners	43	27
%Winners	44%	40%

Both Lajovic and Molcan played 1 match. At the moment, Dusan Lajovic conceded 1 set while Alex Molcan hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lajovic has played 1 set more than Molcan (3 vs 2). Therefore, Lajovic played 7 games more than Molcan. Dusan scored 43 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian struck 27 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Lajovic	Molcan
Aces	5	4
Avg per match	5	4
1st in	66/84	33/48
%1st in	79%	69%
1st pts	43/66	27/33
%1st pts	65%	82%
2nd pts	11/18	8/15
%2nd pts	61%	53%

Lajovic made 5 aces . Molcan struck 4 aces . Lajovic won 65% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Lajovic	Molcan
Won	6	4
Converted	6/12	4/11
% Converted	50%	36%
Conceded	10	3
Saved	7	2
% Saved	70%	67%
Times Broken	3	1

Dusan broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Lajovic surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Molcan broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Slovakian conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Lajovic
	R1 Ribecai	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	25	25
pts	97-72	97-72
Total points	169	169
Winners	43	43
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	0	0
1st in	66/84	66/84
% 1st in	79%	79%
1st pts	43/66	43/66
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	11/18	11/18
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	6	6
Converted	6/12	6/12
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	10	10
Saved	7/10	7
Saved %	70%	70%
Times Broken	3	3

Molcan
	R1 Gengel	Total
Score	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	67-50	67-50
Total points	117	117
Winners	27	27
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	33/48	33/48
% 1st in	69%	69%
1st pts	27/33	27/33
% 1st pts	82%	82%
2nd pts	8/15	8/15
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Tennis Scores in Olbia Challenger

• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Michele RibecaiRibecai (6-2 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-1 6-7⁴ 6-4) – See score progression
• Borna GojoGojo – Francesco FortiForti (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniil GlinkaGlinka – Clement TaburTabur (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Arthur GeaGea – Tom ParisParis (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
• Carlo Alberto CaniatoAlberto Caniato – Dan AddedAdded (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Marek GengelGengel (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Nerman FaticFatic – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Lorenzo CarboniCarboni (4-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Vit KoprivaKopriva – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Moez EcharguiEchargui (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luka PavlovicPavlovic – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Hugo GrenierGrenier – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Luca Van AsscheVan Assche – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 1-6 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Norbert GombosGombos – Hugo GrenierGrenier (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex MolcanMolcan – Dusan LajovicLajovic (1-1) – H2H and prediction