Alex Molčan

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Alex Molčan
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Molčan at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)  Slovakia
Residence Prešov, Slovakia
Born (1997-12-01) 1 December 1997 (age 27)
Prešov, Slovakia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro 2015
Plays Left-handed
Coach(es) Karol Beck
Marián Vajda
Prize money US$ 856,480
Singles
Career record 25–18 (58.14% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 38 (23 May 2022)
Current ranking No. 45 (13 June 2022)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2022)
French Open 2R (2022)
Wimbledon 3R (2022)
US Open 3R (2021)
Doubles
Career record 1–3 (25% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 268 (14 June 2021)
Current ranking No. 611 (13 June 2022)
Last updated on: 13 June 2022.

Alex Molčan (born 1 December 1997) is a Slovak professional tennis player. Molčan has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 268 achieved on 14 June 2021. He is currently the No. 1 Slovak tennis player in singles.[1] Molčan has reached three ATP 250 finals at the 2021 Belgrade Open, in Morocco in 2022 and at the 2022 ATP Lyon Open. He also reached eleven singles ITF finals, with a record of 6 wins and 5 losses which includes a 2–2 result in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he has reached five career doubles ITF finals, with a record of 2 wins and 3 losses, including a 1–3 result in ATP Challenger finals.

Professional career

2021: First ATP final, Grand Slam debut and third round, Slovak No. 1 player, top 100 debut

Ranked No. 313 at the beginning of the year in January, Molčan made his ATP debut at the 2021 Antalya Open in Turkey, where he defeated Andrey Golubev and Blaž Kavčič to qualify for the main draw. Molčan then lost in the first round to France's Hugo Grenier in straight sets.[2] In February he won the doubles title at the 2021 Challenger La Manche with compatriot Lukáš Klein.

In March, he advanced through the qualifying rounds of Open 13 in Marseille, France, defeating Antoine Hoang and Ernests Gulbis to reach his second main draw appearance. He was defeated in the first round by Lucas Pouille.

In May, at the 2021 Belgrade Open, after qualifying yet again, Molčan reached the final of an ATP tournament for the first time in his career by defeating two Serbian wildcard players Hamad Međedović and Peđa Krstin, Spaniard Fernando Verdasco and clay specialist Argentinian Federico Delbonis which propelled him 74 spots up into the top 200 at World No. 181 in the rankings on 31 May 2021. In the final, he lost in straight sets to the top seed and world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.[3]

He entered the top 150 on 19 July 2021 after reaching the final of the 2021 Moneta Czech Open Challenger in Prostějov, and the round of 16 as a qualifier at the 2021 Hamburg European Open defeating Gianluca Mager. In August, he won his first Challenger title at the 2021 Svijany Open in Liberec defeating Tomáš Macháč in 58 minutes where he lost just 18 games to win the title. [4][5] As a result he hit a new career-high of No. 136 on 9 August 2021.

He made his Grand Slam debut the 2021 US Open after qualifying to the main draw.[6] He overcame fellow qualifier and also making his debut Cem İlkel and Brandon Nakashima in five sets to reach the second and third round respectively for the first time in his career.[7][8][9]In the third round, he was defeated by the eleventh seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.[10] As a result he hit a new career-high of No. 117 on 13 September 2021. He became the No. 1 Slovak player on 8 November 2021 when he reached a career-high of No. 106 in the singles rankings following a semifinal at the Challenger in Bergamo. In November, he won the title at the 2021 Tali Open Challenger in Helsinki thus breaking into the top 100 at world No. 87 in the ATP year-end rankings on 22 November 2021.[11][12]

2022: Top 40 debut, two ATP finals, Wimbledon third round

He reached a career-high ranking in the top 75 at World No. 74 on 10 January 2022.

On his debut at the 2022 Australian Open he recorded his first win at this Major defeating lucky loser Roman Safiullin in the first round.[13]

In Marrakesh, Molčan recorded his first Top 10 win after defeating the top seed Félix Auger-Aliassime.[14][15] He then advanced to his second career ATP final by defeating Botic van de Zandschulp[16] and Laslo Djere.[17] In the final, Molčan lost to David Goffin in 3 sets.[18] As a result, Molčan's ranking rose 15 places, marking his top 50 debut on 11 April 2022.[19]

Molčan hired fellow Slovak Marián Vajda to join his coaching team in May 2022.[20][21][22]

At the 2022 ATP Lyon Open he reached the third tour-level final of his career, and second of the season by defeating former World No. 5 wildcard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga,[23] 5th seed Karen Khachanov, Federico Coria[24] and 4th seed Alex de Minaur en route without losing a set. He lost to top seed Cameron Norrie in three sets in the final.[25] As a result he moved into the top 40 at World No. 38 on 23 May 2022.[26]

He made his debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and won his first match at this Major defeating Pedro Martínez. He reached the third round at this Major for the first time defeating Marcos Giron in the second round.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–3)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2021 Belgrade Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Serbia Novak Djokovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Belgium David Goffin 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 May 2022 Lyon Open, France 250 Series Clay United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2015 Turkey F41, Antalya Futures Hard Russia Kirill Dmitriev 2–6, 6–0, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2016 Turkey F41, Antalya Futures Hard Serbia Nikola Milojević 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–2 Mar 2017 Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Egypt Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 0–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 2017 Czech Republic F5, Pardubice Futures Clay Austria Dennis Novak 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 2–3 Jul 2018 Slovakia F1, Trnava Futures Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Jiroušek 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 3–3 Aug 2018 Slovakia F2, Piestany Futures Clay United Kingdom Ewan Moore 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–3 Aug 2018 Slovakia F3, Bratislava Futures Clay Czech Republic Petr Nouza 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Sep 2018 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Belgium Kimmer Coppejans 6–7(2–7), 1–6
Loss 4–5 Jun 2021 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Coria 6–7(1–7), 3–6
Win 5–5 Aug 2021 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Macháč 6–0, 6–1
Win 6–5 Nov 2021 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Portugal João Sousa 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard Slovakia Lukáš Klein Ukraine Vadim Alekseenko
Portugal Frederico Ferreira Silva		 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–1 Feb 2019 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Clay Slovakia Lukáš Klein Belgium Joran Vliegen
Belgium Sander Gille		 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Nov 2020 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard Slovakia Lukáš Klein Finland Harri Heliovaara
Finland Emil Ruusuvuori		 4–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2021 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Slovakia Lukáš Klein France Albano Olivetti
France Antoine Hoang		 1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 2–3 Mar 2021 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay Slovakia Lukáš Klein Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
Slovenia Blaž Rola		 6–2, 3–6, [3–10]


Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF R# RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 1–1
French Open A A 2R 1–1
Wimbledon NH Q3 3R 2–1
US Open A 3R 2–1
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 4–3 6–4
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters NH A A 0–0
Miami Open NH A A 0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters NH A A 0–0
Madrid Open NH A Q1 0–0
Italian Open A A Q1 0–0
Canadian Open NH A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters NH 0–0
Paris Masters A A 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Career statistics
2020 2021 2022 Career
Tournaments 0 5 9 15
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
Overall win–loss 0–0 7–6 9–6 16–12
Year-end ranking 312 87 52%

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 2015 Australian Open Hard Poland Hubert Hurkacz Australia Jake Delaney
Australia Marc Polmans		 6–0, 2–6, [8–10]

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Molčan's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Serbia Novak Djokovic 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2021 Belgrade 2
Number 7 ranked players
Spain Fernando Verdasco 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–0) at 2021 Belgrade 2
Belgium David Goffin 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (6–3, 3–6, 3–6) at 2022 Marrakech
Number 8 ranked players
Argentina Diego Schwartzman 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 3–6, 3–6) at 2021 US Open
Number 9 ranked players
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 2–6, 7–6(9–7)) at 2022 Marrakech
Number 10 ranked players
United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (3–6, 7–6(7–3), 1–6) at 2022 Lyon
France Lucas Pouille 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2021 Marseilles
Total 3–5 37.5% 1–2
(33.33%)		 2–3
(40%)		 0–0
( – )		 * Statistics correct as of 22 May 2022.

Wins over 10 players

Season 2022 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score AMR
2022
1. Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 9 Marrakech, Morocco Clay 2R 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(9–7) 65

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