Rudolf Molleker and Cem Ilkel will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 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 Cem Ilkel who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Cem Ilkel is the pick to win this match.
Cem Ilkel -> 1.37
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Rudolf Molleker vs. Cem Ilkel
This will be the 3rd time that Rudolf Molleker and Cem Ilkel play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ilkel (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Ilkel won 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 in the qualifications in the Oeiras 1 Challenger back in January 2023.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-19 | 4-4 | 7-9 | 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. 331, Molleker got to the qualifications after beating Edan Leshem 6-4 6-74 7-67.
In the qualifications, Molleker defeated Leshem (6-4 6-74 7-67). During the match, Molleker scored 126 points vs Leshem’s 120. Molleker was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Molleker submerged his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Rudolf Molleker was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (55/73) of his 1st serve and 51% (26/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Molleker broke Leshem 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Molleker has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 52% of his matches (152-138). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Molleker has a composed12-25 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The German has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Cem Ilkel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-29 | 6-10 | 0-4 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-16 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 16-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-29 | 17-9 | 13-11 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 13-15 | 2-3 | 1-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 337, Cem reached the qualifications after beating Fabio Coelho 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Cem had a good straight sets win against Coelho (6-3 6-4). During the match Ilkel scored 59 points vs Coelho’s 48. Ilkel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Ilkel managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cem Ilkel was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cem broke Coelho twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Turk’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Ilkel has a composed 6-1 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Molleker | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 19 |
| Pts | 126-120 | 59-48 |
| Total Points | 246 | 107 |
| Winners | 55 | 30 |
| %Winners | 44% | 51% |
Both Molleker and Ilkel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Rudolf Molleker surrendered 1 set while Cem Ilkel hasn’t conceded a set so far. Molleker has played 1 set more than Ilkel (3 vs 2). Therefore, Molleker played 17 games more than Ilkel. The German scored 55 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Cem scored 30 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Molleker | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 20 | 7 |
| 1st in | 73/124 | 37/57 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 55/73 | 30/37 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 26/51 | 12/20 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 60% |
Molleker fired 20 aces . Ilkel recorded 7 aces . Molleker won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ilkel won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Molleker | Ilkel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 |
| Saved | 8 | 1 |
| % Saved | 73% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The German broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Molleker surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Cem broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Ilkel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Molleker | |||
| Q1 Leshem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-74 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 126-120 | 126-120 | |
| Total points | 246 | 246 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 20 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 73/124 | 73/124 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 55/73 | 55/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/51 | 26/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ilkel | |||
| Q1 Coelho |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 59-48 | 59-48 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 30/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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