Ivan Gakhov and Rudolf Molleker will play each other in the 2nd round of the Karlsruhe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivan Gakhov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivan Gakhov is the pick to win this match.
Ivan Gakhov -> 1.61
Rudolf Molleker -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Ivan Gakhov vs. Rudolf Molleker
There is no head to head record between Ivan Gakhov and Rudolf Molleker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Ivan Gakhov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 1-2 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 2-4 | 26-21 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 56-32 | 1-3 | 53-26 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 38-23 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-12 | 5-5 | 8-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Nerman Fatic 7-66 6-2.
In the 1st round, Ivan had a good straight sets win against Fatic (7-66 6-2). During the match, Gakhov scored 87 points vs Fatic’s 80. Gakhov was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gakhov made 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivan Gakhov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gakhov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Ivan broke Fatic 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Gakhov has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (371-218). 18-9 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gakhov has an overall324-168 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Girona Challenger where he defeated Gastao Elias in the final 5-7 6-4 ret. and the Troisdorf Challenger where he beat Frederico Ferreira Silva in the final 6-2 5-7 6-3.
Ivan has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2023, 18-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Karlsruhe Challenger
Gakhov has never competed in this tournament before.
Rudolf Molleker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 4-4 | 3-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 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. 260, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Michael Geerts 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Geerts, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match Molleker scored 96 points vs Geerts’s 85. Molleker was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Molleker struck 12 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Rudolf Molleker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Molleker put 54% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (19/39) on the 2nd serve. Rudolf broke Geerts 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Molleker’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Oberhaching,M25 Palmanova and M25 Bodrum.
The German has an aggregate 34-19 win-loss record in 2023, 26-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gakhov | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 30 |
| Pts | 87-80 | 96-85 |
| Total Points | 167 | 181 |
| Winners | 30 | 38 |
| %Winners | 34% | 40% |
Both Gakhov and Molleker played 1 match. At the moment, Rudolf Molleker dropped 1 set while Ivan Gakhov hasn’t lost a set so far. Gakhov has played 1 set(s) less than Molleker (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gakhov played 9 games less than Molleker. The Russian scored 30 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 38 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gakhov | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 12 |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 45/84 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 38/45 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 19/39 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 49% |
Gakhov recorded 6 aces . Molleker scored 12 aces . Gakhov won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Molleker won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gakhov | Molleker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ivan surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Molleker broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Molleker conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gakhov | |||
| R1 Fatic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 87-80 | 87-80 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 12/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Molleker | |||
| R1 Geerts |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-85 | 96-85 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/84 | 45/84 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/45 | 38/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/39 | 19/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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