Alex Molcan vs Abedallah Shelbayh — Istanbul CH Quarter-final

Istanbul CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
Alex Molcan
SVK
Alex Molcan
#101ATP
1742ELO
1653Hard ELO
$295kYTD
$2.7MCAREER
28 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 1 September 2025
hard
JOR
Abedallah Shelbayh
1442ELO
1448Hard ELO
22 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLWW
Molcan A.
4-6 6-1 7-6
Shelbayh A.
Molcan A.
46772
Shelbayh A.
61651

Alex Molcan defeated Abedallah Shelbayh 4-6 6-1 7-6 in the Istanbul CH quarter-final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Molcan A.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Shelbayh A.

Shelbayh A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Molcan A.

Serve advantage — Molcan A.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Molcan A.Shelbayh A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
63%
59%
Return points won·Even
43%
40%
Break points saved·Even
59%
57%
Aces / match·Even
3.0
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (64 vs 79). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Molcan A.Shelbayh A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
79
36
Break points saved·Clear edge
90
74
Break points won·Dominant
61
31
Deciding sets·Dominant
91
54
Tiebreaks·Dominant
91
22

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Molcan A.
7.1
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Shelbayh A.
5.7
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
7.5+205 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.5Hard Elo 1448
8.7Overall Elo 1742
ELO gap
1.3Overall Elo 1442
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
2.3
Surface form
6.5
10.08-match win streak
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
4.6
Minutes 14d
8.6
3-set count
7.0
9.0
Prev. match
7.0
6.0
Surface transition
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Freshness

Recent load
Molcan A.Shelbayh A.
Freshness·Slight edge
90
100

Molcan A.: 10 days rest · 2 matches (14d) · Shelbayh A.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Molcan A.
Mejia N.
7-696-2
Semi-finals
Mejia N.
Potenza L.
6-36-1
Molcan A.
Sakellaridis S.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Mejia N.
Karol M.
6-27-61
Potenza L.
Hemery C.[6]
6-47-65
Sakellaridis S.
Grenier H.[7]
7-56-736-2
Molcan A.
Shelbayh A.
4-66-17-65
R16
Karol M.
Klein L.[1]
6-766-27-5
Mejia N.
Gengel M.
7-683-66-2
Hemery C.[6]
Turker M.
6-23-66-3
Shelbayh A.
Durasovic V.
6-46-0
Potenza L.
Gombos N.
7-56-3
Molcan A.
Landaluce M.[3]
6-36-4
Grenier H.[7]
Gray A.
6-716-16-2
Sakellaridis S.
Virtanen O.[2]
6-23-1
R32
Gray A.
Huesler M.
6-32-66-4
Karol M.
Krajci M.
6-36-2
Gombos N.
Pacheco Mendez R.[9]
6-22-67-65
Potenza L.
Kirci K.
7-57-5
Turker M.
Arinc K.
7-636-2
Hemery C.[6]
Makk P.
6-46-4
Landaluce M.[3]
Ursu V.
6-36-0
Virtanen O.[2]
Kotov P.
6-46-2
Sakellaridis S.
Langmo C.
4-66-36-4
Shelbayh A.
Echargui M.[5]
6-46-4
Gengel M.
Hassan B.[8]
6-43-66-2
Grenier H.[7]
Hernandez Serrano J.
7-656-3
Klein L.[1]
Purtseladze S.
6-46-3
Durasovic V.
Rosenkranz M.
7-656-3
Mejia N.
Ivashka I.
6-22-1
Molcan A.
Nedelko I.
6-41-0