Jay Clarke and Alex Molcan will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Tiriac Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Molcan is the pick to win this match.
Alex Molcan -> 1.31
Jay Clarke -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Jay Clarke vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 2nd time that Jay Clarke and Alex Molcan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Clarke won 4-1 ret. in the 1st round in Turkey F42 back in 2016.
Jay Clarke
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23-26 | 4-9 | 16-15 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 62-30 | 30-9 | 26-9 | 5-6 | 0-5 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 54-29 | 6-4 | 41-18 | 6-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 10-12 | 21-4 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-27 | 11-12 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 185, Jay got to the qualifications after defeating Gabriel Ghetu 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Ghetu (6-4 6-3). During the match, Clarke scored 71 points vs Ghetu’s 58. Jay was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Clarke couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Jay Clarke lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Clarke put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Jay broke Ghetu 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Clarke has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (313-229). 2-2 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Clarke has a composed 153-80 match record in the last years on clay.
The Brit has a compiled 6-9 win-loss record in 2026, 2-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Bucharest
Jay has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Molcan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-19 | 1-3 | 24-11 | 2-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 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 |
Ranked no. 189, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after defeating Billy Harris 6-1 7-6(3).
In the qualifications, Alex had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-1 7-63). During the match Molcan scored 78 points vs Harris’s 62. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Molcan put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (33/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. The Slovakian broke Harris 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Molcan has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2026, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Clarke | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 71-58 | 78-62 |
| Total Points | 129 | 140 |
| Winners | 25 | 33 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Clarke and Molcan played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Clarke and Molcan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Clarke played 1 game less than Molcan. The Brit scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian struck 33 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Clarke | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 4 |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 49/71 |
| %1st in | 61% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 33/49 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 15/22 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 68% |
Clarke didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Molcan bagged 4 aces . Clarke won 68% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Clarke | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 75% | 27% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 57% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The Brit broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Brit dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Molcan conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Clarke | |||
| Q1 Ghetu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Molcan | |||
| Q1 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 78-62 | 78-62 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/71 | 49/71 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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