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Ben Shelton #6 def. Alex Molcan #166

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 2026
Tournament	BMW Open by Bitpanda
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ben Shelton
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Alex Molcan
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Ben Shelton	Alex Molcan
Aces	6	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	58	52
First serve points won %	71	74
Second serve points won %	68	50
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	70	63
Return points won %	37	30
Total points won %	53	47
Serve rating	301	253
Return rating	123	61

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ben Shelton	Alex Molcan
Country	USA	SVK
Birth date	Oct 9, 2002	Dec 1, 1997
Age	23	28
Height	193	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	166
Ranking points (entering)	3,900	376
Elo (entering)	1,988	1,785
Career W-L	135–86	54–48
Career earnings	$13,698,562	$2,677,721

Pre-match H2H

Ben Shelton 0 – 0 Alex Molcan

Path

Ben Shelton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2026	QF	Joao Fonseca	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2026	R16	Alexander Blockx	6-4 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2026	R32	Emilio Nava	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ben Shelton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 2026	F	Flavio Cobolli	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Alex Molcan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2026	QF	Denis Shapovalov	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2026	R16	Daniel Altmaier	6-4 7-6(10)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2026	R32	Alexander Bublik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2026	Q2	Emilio Nava	6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 2026	Q1	Roberto Carballes Baena	0-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data