Tallon Griekspoor and Alex Molcan will square off in the quarter of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on COURT SVR. 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 Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tallon Griekspoor is the pick to win this match.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.57
Alex Molcan -> 2.22
Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).
At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.
Â
Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Alex Molcan
This will be the 4th time that Tallon Griekspoor and Alex Molcan fight against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Griekspoor won 0-6 6-3 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in Mallorca back in 2022.
Tallon Griekspoor
10 - 11win/loss
55
21
WLLWWWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15-19 | 7-7 | 3-7 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 32-24 | 10-11 | 13-8 | 5-4 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-30 | 10-11 | 8-8 | 11-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 14-10 | 3-5 | 12-7 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-6 | 12-6 | 4-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 31, the Dutch got to the quarter after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Griekspoor had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (6-4 6-3). During the match, Griekspoor scored 66 points vs Bonzi’s 49. Tallon was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Griekspoor recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the 2nd serve. Tallon broke Bonzi 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
ATP Bordeaux Challenger - Tallon Griekspoor's projected path
Griekspoor has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (320-204). 2-5 on clay in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Griekspoor has an overall 130-76 match record in the last years on clay.
Tallon’s best result of the year was getting to the final in Dubai.
The Dutch has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2026, 2-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2025. See his history.
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. 113, Molcan got to the quarter after beating Jenson Brooksby 6-2 7-5 and Rei Sakamoto 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Molcan had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-4 6-0). During the match Molcan scored 61 points vs Sakamoto’s 38. The Slovakian was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Molcan bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Molcan was very effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Molcan hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
ATP Bordeaux Challenger - Alex Molcan's projected path
The Slovakian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Munich.
Molcan has a composed 16-8 win-loss record in 2026, 13-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Griekspoor | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 36 |
| Pts | 66-49 | 136-91 |
| Total Points | 115 | 227 |
| Winners | 21 | 51 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Griekspoor played 1 match while Molcan competed in 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Griekspoor has played 2 set(s) less than Molcan (2 vs 4). Therefore, Griekspoor played 17 games less than Molcan. Griekspoor scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Alex fired 51 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Griekspoor | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 65/107 |
| %1st in | 62% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 51/65 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 27/42 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 64% |
Griekspoor recorded 4 aces . Molcan scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Griekspoor won 64% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Molcan won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Griekspoor | Molcan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 71% | 47% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Griekspoor broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Tallon surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Griekspoor | |||
| R2 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 66-49 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 33/53 | 33/53 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Molcan | ||||
| R1 Brooksby |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 16 | 36 | |
| pts | 75-53 | 61-38 | 136-91 | |
| Total points | 128 | 99 | 227 | |
| Winners | 28 | 23 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 27/50 | 65/107 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 54% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 23/27 | 51/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 85% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 14/23 | 27/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 61% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/5 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 80% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
WWWWWWWWWW
WWWWWWWWWW 
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Quentin HalysHalys (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – (2-2) – H2H and prediction
