Rudolf Molleker and Alexander Erler will square off in the qualifications of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 7. 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 Rudolf Molleker who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rudolf Molleker is the pick to win this match.
Rudolf Molleker -> 1.27
Alexander Erler -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Alexander Erler
There is no head to head record between Rudolf Molleker and Alexander Erler since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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. 386, Rudolf reached the qualifications after defeating Lucas Krainer 0-6 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications against Krainer, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Molleker scored 64 points vs Krainer’s 53. Molleker was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve 5 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Krainer 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Molleker has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 51% of his matches (139-131). 36-20 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molleker has an aggregate104-77 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Rudolf’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Split,M15 Kamen and M25 Wetzlar.
Molleker has an overall 36-20 win-loss record in 2022, 36-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
Alexander Erler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-17 | 1-3 | 7-9 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-28 | 9-4 | 28-14 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2020 | 26-21 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
Ranked no. 776, the Austrian reached the qualifications after defeating Marko Topo 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Topo (7-5 6-3). During the match Erler scored 63 points vs Topo’s 46. Erler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Erler made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexander Erler was pretty effective on serve to win 97% (28/29) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Austrian broke Topo 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Erler has a composed 8-13 win-loss record in 2022, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Erler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 |
| Pts | 64-53 | 63-46 |
| Total Points | 117 | 109 |
| Winners | 23 | 28 |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% |
Both Molleker and Erler played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rudolf Molleker surrendered 1 set while Alexander Erler hasn’t conceded a set so far. Molleker has played 1 set more than Erler (3 vs 2). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (21). Molleker scored 23 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander managed to score 28 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Erler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 29/51 |
| %1st in | 63% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 28/29 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 97% |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 12/22 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 55% |
Molleker recorded 1 ace . Erler also made 5 aces . Molleker won 64% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Erler won 97% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Erler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 60% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 17% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
The German broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The German lost his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Krainer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 64-53 | 64-53 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/36 | 23/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/6 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 17% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Erler | |||
| Q1 Topo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 63-46 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/29 | 28/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 97% | 97% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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