Miljan Zekic and Rudolf Molleker will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:30 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Miljan Zekic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miljan Zekic is the pick to win this match.
Miljan Zekic -> 1.61
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Miljan Zekic vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Miljan Zekic and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-11 | 5-4 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, Miljan got to the qualifications after defeating Thomas Fancutt 6-0 6-3.
In the qualifications, Zekic had a good straight sets win against Fancutt (6-0 6-3). During the match, Zekic scored 55 points vs Fancutt’s 26. The Serbian was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zekic managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Miljan Zekic was very effective on serve to win 84% (16/19) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Zekic broke Fancutt 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Zekic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (414-209). 24-11 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zekic has an aggregate 387-178 match record in the last years on clay.
The Serbian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Barletta Challenger and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Zekic has an aggregate 24-11 win-loss record in 2022, 24-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-34 | 4-8 | 15-18 | 7-6 | 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. 504, Rudolf reached the qualifications after beating Ruben Bemelmans 6-4 3-6 7-64.
In the qualifications, Rudolf defeated Bemelmans (6-4 3-6 7-64).During the match Molleker scored less points (2) than Bemelmans. In fact, the world no. 285 won 93 points vs Bemelmans’s. That means that Molleker was more focused during the important points. Rudolf was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Molleker recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 56% of his first serves in, winning 77% (37/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Bemelmans 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Split.
Molleker has a composed 11-8 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zekic | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 32 |
| Pts | 55-26 | 93-95 |
| Total Points | 81 | 188 |
| Winners | 16 | 37 |
| %Winners | 29% | 40% |
Both Zekic and Molleker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rudolf Molleker conceded 1 set while Miljan Zekic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zekic has played 1 set(s) less than Molleker (2 vs 3). Therefore, Zekic played 17 games less than Molleker. Zekic scored 16 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Molleker managed to score 37 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zekic | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 19/38 | 48/86 |
| %1st in | 50% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 37/48 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 18/38 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 47% |
Zekic made 3 aces . Molleker struck 8 aces . Zekic won 84% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zekic | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 83% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Zekic broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Zekic pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Molleker broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Rudolf conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zekic | |||
| Q1 Fancutt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 16 | 16 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 19/38 | 19/38 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 16/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Bemelmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 93-95 | 93-95 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/86 | 48/86 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/38 | 18/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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