Rudolf Molleker and Jiri Lehecka will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jiri Lehecka who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Lehecka is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Lehecka -> 1.3
Rudolf Molleker -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Jiri Lehecka
There is no head to head record between Rudolf Molleker and Jiri Lehecka since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Rudolf Molleker
Ranked no. 226, the German reached the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-3 7-5). During the match Molleker scored 65 points vs Karlovskiy’s 52. Rudolf was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker scored 10 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Rudolf Molleker was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Molleker was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Karlovskiy 3 times.
Molleker has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 51% of his matches (102-97). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molleker has a 9-18 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The German has a 4-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Jiri Lehecka
Ranked no. 332, the Czech reached the 2nd round after defeating Ivan Nedelko 6-1 6-3, Jelle Sels 6-4 6-3 and Matija Pecotic 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Pecotic (6-2 7-64). During the match Lehecka scored 69 points vs Pecotic’s 58. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Lehecka struck 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jiri Lehecka lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Lehecka put 75% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Pecotic 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Jiri’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Lehecka has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 56 |
| Pts | 65-52 | 205-150 |
| Total Points | 117 | 355 |
| Winners | 32 | 93 |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% |
Molleker played 1 match while Lehecka competed in 3 matches. Lehecka started his run from the qualifications while Molleker had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Molleker has played 4 set(s) less than Lehecka (2 vs 6). Therefore, Molleker played 35 games less than Lehecka. Rudolf scored 32 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Lehecka scored 93 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 126/171 |
| %1st in | 70% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 93/126 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 23/45 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 51% |
Molleker fired 10 aces . Lehecka fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Molleker won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Lehecka won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Lehecka |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 100% | 62% |
| Conceded | 2 | 16 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Rudolf broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Molleker surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Jiri broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||
| R1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 65-52 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/61 | 43/61 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lehecka | |||||
| Q1 Nedelko |
Q3 Sels |
R1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 21 | 56 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 72-50 | 69-58 | 205-150 | |
| Total points | 106 | 122 | 127 | 355 | |
| Winners | 26 | 33 | 34 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/47 | 44/57 | 50/67 | 126/171 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 77% | 75% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 33/44 | 34/50 | 93/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 68% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 5/13 | 12/17 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 38% | 71% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/8 | 3/4 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 63% | 75% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/7 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 57% | 83% | 207% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLLWWLWW Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg 2 Challenger
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- Mirza BasicBasic – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Igor SijslingSijsling (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Vaja UzakovUzakov (6-0 6-0) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Cem IlkelIlkel (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Duckhee LeeLee (0-6 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Jesper De JongDe Jong (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Alexey VatutinVatutin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mirza BasicBasic – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Dmitry PopkoPopko (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Pedja KrstinKrstin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Jack SockSock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
