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Alex Molčan vs Daniel Altmaier — 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-2
 Alex Molčan✓ | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
 Daniel Altmaier | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
Final · Monday, June 29, 2026 · Round of 128
Result
Alex Molčan beat Daniel Altmaier 6–4 3–6 7–5 6–2 in the Wimbledon first round. Molčan won despite being out-hit on winners (33 to 57) and out-served on aces (8 to 19), leaning instead on cleaner play — 26 unforced errors to Altmaier's 38 — and a decisive edge on break points, converting five of 13 to Altmaier's two of 17. It was their second career meeting, both won by the Slovak.
Alex MolčanStats: Official wimbledon.com match statistics (IBM) · as of 2026-07-09
Rows the source hadn’t published are left off rather than guessed.
At this Stage
The stat sheet says Daniel Altmaier won this match — 57 winners to 33, 19 aces to eight — and the scoreboard says otherwise, which tells you where it was really decided. Alex Molčan converted five of 13 break points while Altmaier took just two of 17, and the Slovak's cleaner hitting, 26 unforced errors to 38, carried him through 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-2. It was their second career meeting and the second won by Molčan, a former top-40 player rebuilding from around No. 100. For Altmaier, who has reached the second round at the other three majors, Wimbledon's opening hurdle remains the one he cannot clear. Molčan moved on to a round-of-64 meeting with 13th seed Jiří Lehečka — where the numbers, this time, all pointed the same way.
What we know now
Court: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London
Match length: 3:17
Tale of the tape
Alex MolčanDaniel AltmaierPlayer vitals: ATP Tour player profiles and Wikipedia (career records) · as of 2026-07-09.
The briefing
Storylines
- Molčan, a former top-40 player ranked around No. 100, moved into the second round despite Altmaier striking far more winners and aces.
- The match turned on efficiency and break-point conversion: Molčan took five of 13 chances while Altmaier managed only two of 17.
- Altmaier had reached at least the second round at three of the four majors but again failed to advance past the Wimbledon opening round.
Head to head
Molčan led the head-to-head 1–0 going in, having beaten Altmaier 6–4 7–6(10) in the Munich second round in April 2026; the Wimbledon win made it 2–0.
Source: ATP head-to-head · as of 2026-06-29.
Venue: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London — grass.