Johan Nikles and Rudolf Molleker will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on PISTA 3. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johan Nikles who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johan Nikles is the pick to win this match.
Johan Nikles -> 1.45
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.67
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 291 (career-high), Nikles reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Johan had a good straight sets win against Merida Aguilar (6-4 6-2). During the match, Nikles scored 70 points vs Merida Aguilar’s 56. The Swiss was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nikles scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 79% of his first serves in, winning 59% (32/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Merida Aguilar 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Nikles has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (229-161). 6-4 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nikles has a composed154-101 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Nikles has a composed 8-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-18 | 4-4 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 53-35 | 2-3 | 42-25 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 47-28 | 2-1 | 45-24 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-23 | 0-1 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-7 | 0-1 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 429, Molleker got to the qualifications after beating Kyrian Jacquet 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Rudolf had a good straight sets win against Jacquet (6-2 6-2). During the match Molleker scored 66 points vs Jacquet’s 47. Molleker was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Molleker scored 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Rudolf Molleker was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Molleker broke Jacquet 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
The German has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nikles | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 |
| Pts | 70-56 | 66-47 |
| Total Points | 126 | 113 |
| Winners | 32 | 22 |
| %Winners | 46% | 33% |
Both Nikles and Molleker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nikles and Molleker have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nikles played 2 games more than Molleker. Nikles scored 32 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The German scored 22 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nikles | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 11 |
| 1st in | 54/68 | 28/49 |
| %1st in | 79% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 32/54 | 22/28 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 62% |
Nikles struck 1 ace . Molleker also made 11 aces . Nikles won 59% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nikles | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nikles surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Rudolf was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Nikles | |||
| Q1 Merida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 70-56 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/68 | 54/68 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 32/54 | 32/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Jacquet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-47 | 66-47 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/49 | 28/49 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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