Grand Slam · 1st Round Qualifying · Roland Garros
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Molcan
🪃 Counterpuncher
Crawford
🎯 Baseliner
Matchup analysis
The 🎯 Baseliner archetype wins about 56% vs 🪃 Counterpuncher across 1,649 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Oliver Crawford here.
Baseliner players often use precise groundstrokes and court control to pressure the counterpuncher's elite bp conversion. On Clay, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Molcan | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 14–3 | 2–4 |
| Avg odds | 2.00 | 1.80 |
| ROI % | +51.2% | -44.7% |
| Units P/L | +8.71u | -2.68u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Molcan
0
Crawford
Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months
Molcan has a higher win rate against shared opponents (88% vs Crawford's 38%).
| Opponent | Molcan | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Rei Sakamoto | W 64 60 | W 64 63 |
| Jenson Brooksby | W 62 75 | W 64 75 |
| Jay Clarke | W 63 57 76 | W 36 75 63 |
| Chris Rodesch | L 67 63 57 | L 36 36 |
| Stefanos Sakellaridis | W 62 64 | L 57 64 67 |
| Marek Gengel | W 62 64 | L 61 16 16 |
| Sho Shimabukuro | W 64 46 63 | L 36 63 57 |
| Martin Landaluce | W 63 64 | L 46 46 |
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Molcan | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 64.4% | 58.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 66.8% | 78.2% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 48.5% | 47.6% |
| Aces / Match | 3.6 | 4.5 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2.2 | 5.5 |
| Break Points Saved % | 61% | 61.8% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 32.2% | 30.4% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 48.7% | 44.4% |
| BP Converted % | 42% | 48.3% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 18.9 | 24.7 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 30.1 | 35.7 |
| Net Pts Won % | 66.8% | 60.2% |
| Total Pts Won % | 49.6% | 51% |
| Surface (Clay) | ||
| Clay Win % | 78% | 33% |
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Match summary
Alex Molcan and Oliver Crawford meet in the 1st Round Qualifying of Roland Garros on May 18 on clay. Molcan, ranked 106th, arrives as the higher-seeded player; Crawford sits at 243rd. The two have never faced each other.
Molcan has won 7 of his last 10 matches and carries a 17-3 clay record in recent play. Crawford has struggled more visibly, winning just 2 of his last 10 and sitting on a two-match losing streak after a month away from competition. Both players have faced common opponents including Marek Gengel and Martin Landaluce, with Molcan defeating each while Crawford fell to both.
Molcan operates as a counterpuncher who reads the court and breaks rhythm; he has thrived on clay at an 85% clip. Crawford prefers baseline aggression but has managed only 35% on the surface recently. Crawford must establish his groundstrokes early to dictate points; Molcan's movement and timing will work to control the rally patterns and force errors from deep in the court.
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